Archive for November, 2009

Rome taxis seek to wipe out tourist scams (Reuters)

Monday, November 30th, 2009

The Colosseum is seen in the background as taxi drivers block the famous Fori Imperiali road in downtown Rome, November 29, 2007. REUTERS/Dario PignatelliReuters – Rome’s largest taxi cooperative is trying to improve the bad name of the city’s cabbies, notorious among tourists to one of the world’s best loved cities.


Goncourt winner Littell wins Bad Sex Award (Reuters)

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Reuters – Jonathan Littell, who won France’s prestigious Prix Goncourt in 2006 for “The Kindly Ones,” has picked up another prize for the same work — the Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction Award.

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Sunday, November 29th, 2009

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Lexmark X544DN Multifunction Printer

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

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Bulgarians name brandy after PM after tax victory (Reuters)

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov speaks to the media in front of the polling station in Bankya, near Sofia, November 15, 2009. REUTERS/Oleg PopovReuters – Bulgarian villagers have named their home-made rakia brandy “Borisovka,” playing on the name of Prime Minister Boiko Borisov to thank him for stopping parliament from raising taxes on alcohol.


“Coffee police” fight fraud on shop shelves (Reuters)

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

A judge takes a spoonful of specialty coffee before tasting it during the Cup of Excellence competition in Machado November 13, 2009. REUTERS/Paulo WhitakerReuters – Brazil’s coffee industry is engaged in a tireless battle against rogue roasters who cut corners and costs by bulking up their products with corn, soy or even wood, the ABIC industry association says.


Irish use strike day to shop across border (Reuters)

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

A woman pushes a pram across a glass walkway in the Victoria Square shopping centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland, November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughtonReuters – Irish workers caused traffic jams on Tuesday as hundreds made use of a one-day public sector strike to do some Christmas shopping in the cheaper stores across the border in Northern Ireland.


Hitler’s favorite car makes comeback? (Reuters)

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Nazi leader Adolph Hitler waves to crowds in his six seater Mercedes car in this undated World War II file photo. REUTERS/HandoutReuters – A car expert says he has tracked down Hitler’s favorite Mercedes to a garage near the town that helped the Austrian-born Fuehrer become a German citizen.


Using your plastic for plastic surgery.. (Reuters)

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Reuters – Unfazed by a recession and rampant inflation, image-conscious Venezuelans show no signs of cutting back on the facelifts, liposuction, and breast augmentation that have become de rigueur beauty treatments.

Man robbed of $2 million bank withdrawal (Reuters)

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Reuters – A man in Taiwan was robbed of more than $2 million in cash that he had just withdrawn from the bank, a police official said on Tuesday.