Belly Dancer Flops

I bet the practical lessons are fun!

South Korean prosecutors said Monday they have charged a well-known belly dancer with forging an undergraduate degree to get a job teaching the skill at university.

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Hoons to See Their Cars Smashed

I suspect a number of them will get a kick from being on YouTube!

Street racers in Australia will soon see their beloved cars being deliberately smashed by the authorities in videos posted on the Internet.

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2 Year-Old Cited for Speeding

Probably drove better than her parents.....

Ayesha Khan was clocked doing 65mph in a 40mph zone. The trouble is she's two, and her feet don't even reach the pedals!

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Violinist Put in Box

You could argue she must be bad if she has to stay in a box!

MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish violinist spending a week in a transparent box on a busy Madrid street says she hopes to gain inspiration from living under the gaze of strangers.

"The idea was to talk through my music. It's also a way to promote myself," said Patricia Arguelles before climbing into her sponsored see-through home outside Retiro Park.

The box, like a glass-sided caravan, contains a bed and a table for her laptop, and is in full view of the street.

She has privacy only in her toilet and shower.

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Police Use Seance to Catch Murderer

I think a few too many whiskeys had been used to lubricate the investigative process.

Detectives investigating a 27 year-old murder, attended a seance in the hope of getting some clues.

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German and French Ministers to Make Record

It's the musical kind - a sort of Euro-pop thing. Can't wait for it to be on YouTube!

BERLIN (Reuters) - The French and German foreign ministers will record a "rhythm and blues" song on European integration next week, an official spokesman said on Friday.

The song by Bernard Kouchner and Frank-Walter Steinmeier will be recorded in Berlin on Monday on the sidelines of a Franco-German summit, which will focus on European integration.

"The two foreign ministers want to make their contribution to the debate but in a somewhat unconventional way," German Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Jaeger told a news conference.

"No one has ever heard a French and German foreign minister singing together. On Monday this will happen," Jaeger added.

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Man Forgets Car

If I ever forgot a car, I'd be so drunk I couldn't drive it anyway!

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German man forgot his car after filling it up at a petrol station, police said Friday.

He just forgot about it and walked off home," said a spokesman for police in the western city of Wuppertal.

After the car had sat blocking the pump for about an hour, a woman working at the petrol station became suspicious and alerted authorities.

Officers contacted the 63-year-old from Remscheid, who came straight back to fetch the vehicle. He had paid to fill up the car before walking off.

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Miley High Price for Miley Cyrus

I'm sure it must be a mistake, but it would be interesting to see if anyone actually pays that much!

An Internet ticket site was Thursday offering tickets to see a show on the sold-out US tour of children's television idol Hannah Montana for $24,000.

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Save Money! Or This Bomb Will Go Off!

Well, it should remind you to save!

The "Savings Bomb," which goes on sale in Japan next week, "explodes" and scatters coins if users fail to save for a long time, toy manufacturer TOMY Co Ltd said Thursday.

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Hide Drugs in Ferret Droppings says US Government

As long as the ferret doesn't try to smuggle them through security we'll be OK.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Got some leftover drugs -- the kind that someone else might want to use, such as painkillers or stimulants? Wrap them up in used kitty litter or other pet droppings, the government advises.

The Food and Drug Administration recommends flushing some of the most dangerous ones down the toilet, including the strong, addictive painkillers oxycodone and fentanyl and stimulants such as methylphenidate.

"Mixing prescription drugs with an undesirable substance, such as used coffee grounds or kitty litter, and putting them in impermeable, nondescript containers, such as empty cans or sealable bags, will further ensure the drugs are not diverted," it says.

Of course some people do not drink coffee. But maybe they have a pet ferret.

"Ferret waste, like nearly any other form of pet waste, can be effectively used to help prevent the abuse of unused prescription drugs," SAMHSA spokesman Mark Weber said.

This news delighted the American Ferret Association.

"The U.S. government declares ferret poop to be an effective weapon against drug abuse," the group said in a statement.

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Decadence and Dessert

Isn't this a case of an over-priced spoon and bracelet set with a free dessert?

The most expensive dessert in the world will soon be offered at New York's Serendipity 3. It will cost $25,000 and come with a diamond bracelet and a gold spoon, as well as some gold you're actually supposed to eat.

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Rub a Dub Dub, 87 Snakes in a Tub

Ain't a lot going on in Dublin, Texas.

clipped from news.yahoo.com DUBLIN, Texas - Another day, another bizarre world record for Jackie Bibby, the "Texas Snake Man." Bibby spent about 45 minutes in a see-through bathtub with 87 rattlesnakes Monday, fully clothed, shattering his own record by 12 snakes just in time for Guinness World Records Day, which is Thursday. A Guinness official certified the record. "They can go wherever they want as long as they don't start biting," Bibby said. "The key to not biting is for me to stay still. Rapid movement scares a rattlesnake. If you move real slow and gentle, that doesn't seem to bother them." The clear bathtub was specially made several years ago for Bibby by the Guinness folks for a televised segment. He has used it for subsequent attempts at the record for sitting in a tub with snakes. The Texas Snake Man also claims to hold non-sanctioned records for climbing into a sleeping bag head first with 20 rattlesnakes and going in feet first with 112.

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Hooch Excluded from Doggie Walk of Fame

Do they have have souvenir Doggie Walk of Fame poop bags?

Famous dogs including Lassie and Oscar-winning animated pooch Gromit were inducted into the world's first canine Walk of Fame here Monday, as the four-legged version of the Hollywood pantheon was unveiled.

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Clooney, Pitt Mauled

I wonder if they spend much time on making sure the buttocks are right?

Waxworks of Brad Pitt and George Clooney have had to be repaired — after they were badly mauled by girl fans.

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96 Year Old Man Gets Over His Commitment Issues

See girls - men get embrace commitment in the end.

Bill Rodgers, 96, is due to marry his long-term girlfriend at his home in Cherrybank, near Perth, on Saturday.

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Axe Killer on Advent Calendar

He's looking hungry!

clipped from www.ananova.com Tourism officials have been slammed for featuring an axe wielding serial killer on a children's Christmas advent calendar. Head of the Hanover tourism board, Hans-Christian Nolte, has defended the calendar, saying: "He is part of our city's history. Even on guided tours the serial killer's story is told."

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Campaign to Save Schmuck

This foundation has already raised $20M!

clipped from www.theonion.com NEW YORK—Saying he could no longer stand idly by while a vital part of American culture is lost forever, activist and Broadway producer Mel Brooks has founded a private nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the word "schmuck." "We must save this word!" Brooks said to thunderous applause as those in attendance began chanting "Schmuck! Schmuck! Schmuck!" "How will we be able to charmingly describe someone who acts in an inappropriate manner? Especially given the tragic loss of the word 'schmegeggie' in 2001. So I urge you: Tonight, when you get home, please, call up your family, your friends, your loved ones, and tell them they're a bunch of schmucks." "I've never told anyone this before," Brooks added, choking back tears, "but my father was a schmuck."

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Pandas Make Out in Front of Thousands

I don't understand why they're nearly extinct when they can perform in front of a crowd.

A male and female red panda at a Tokyo zoo kiss and cuddle everyday astonishing the crowds.

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Sheep Disappearance Mystery Grows

It must be the Big Bad Wolf...or Dick Chaney.

Swiss police are investigating after a flock of 90 sheep vanished from a remote Alpine pasture - for the second time.

It is the second time in a year that the flock has vanished, leaving no traces of their whereabouts.

After the first time, farmer Silvano Bacciarini, from the Magadino plain in Tessin, had to buy entirely new animals.

A baffled police spokesman admitted: "The only way to the pasture is by a remote track - the sheep were not driven away as there was no foot prints, nor was a lorry driven to the meadow.

"Yet we searched by helicopter and there is no sign of the animals anywhere."

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100 Year Old Jumps Off a Mountain

I've got to get to 100 first - then I'll jump.

A brave British pensioner celebrated her 100th birthday by setting what is believed to be a new world record on Wednesday after paragliding from the top of a mountain range in Cyprus.

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From the Daily Mail

British grandmother Peggy McAlpine celebrated her 100th birthday by becoming the world's oldest paraglider.

Not content with her letter from the Queen, Peggy floated into the record books just three years after moving to "start a new life" in Cyprus.

She had already bungee-jumped with members of the Royal Parachute Regiment as an 80-year-old "youngster."

But cracking open a bottle of champagne after a safe landing, Peggy was already planning her next adventure.

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