Archive for January, 2010

Oysters – the Tudor version of cinema popcorn (Reuters)

Friday, January 29th, 2010

A customer eats raw oysters at the Fish Warf in Washington August 15, 2008. REUTERS/Molly RileyReuters – Elizabethan theater-goers chomped on an exotic array of foods while enjoying the latest plays of the day, new evidence found at the sites of Shakespearean playhouses in London suggests.


Priest checks fingerprints for mass attendance (Reuters)

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Reuters – A Polish priest has installed an electronic reader in his church for schoolchildren to leave their fingerprints in order to monitor their attendance at mass, the Gazeta Wyborcza daily said on Friday.

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Thursday, January 28th, 2010

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Boy faces court for bee sting prank (Reuters)

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Reuters – A prank has had serious repercussions for an Indonesian boy facing criminal charges because he caused a classmate to be stung by a bee, the Jakarta Post reported on Thursday.

Pork better for sex than Viagra? (Reuters)

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Eating pork is at least as effective as popping a Viagra pill to spice up your sex life, according to Argentine President Cristina Kirchner, seen here in 2009 and who claims to have tested the theory.(AFP/File/Miguel Rojo)Reuters – Argentina’s president recommended pork as an alternative to Viagra Wednesday, saying she spent a satisfying weekend with her husband after eating barbecued pork.


Man torches car battling frost (Reuters)

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Reuters – A 76-year-old German man trying to thaw out his car incinerated it instead when he decided to speed things up by putting a blow heater under the hood.

Mobsters buck downturn, may target bourse (Reuters)

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Reuters – Italy’s mafia crime syndicates bucked the recession in 2009 to raise ‘profits’ by almost 8 percent with the financial crisis making companies and even the stock market even more vulnerable to cash-flush mobsters.

Draft law to jail dog eaters whets debate (Reuters)

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Reuters – A proposal to jail people who eat dog meat for up 15 days has caused controversy in China, where dog hot pot is traditionally popular.

Church offers for a prayer for wedding day nerves (Reuters)

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Reuters – The Church of England is offering to pray for lovestruck couples to help ease any jitters ahead of their wedding day.

Leader slaughters goats to ward off evil? (Reuters)

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Reuters – Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has a black goat slaughtered at his house almost every day to ward off “evil eyes” and protect him from “black magic,” a newspaper reported Wednesday.