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Arrest in US buttocks injections case

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A woman who calls herself the ``Black Madam'' could face charges in the death of a London tourist who received illegal buttocks-enhancement injections last year in a Philadelphia hotel, police said Thursday.Padge Victoria Windslowe, 42, was arrested Wednesday night as she prepar

March 2, 2012

340-ton boulder begins trek to museum

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (UPI) -- The 340-ton granite boulder chosen to be part of a Los Angeles County Museum of Art installation has completed the first 5 miles of its 106-mile journey.Mark Albrecht, project manager Emmert International, which is handling transportation of the massive rock, said the boul

March 1, 2012

Nepalese man, 72, claims to be world's shortest

He has never worked outside the home or seen a doctor, and until Wednesday, he had never left his remote mountain village in western Nepal. So 72-year-old Chandra Bahadur Dangi only recently learned he might be the world's shortest man. Nepalese Chandra Bahadur Dangi, 72, who says he's only 22

Feb. 23, 2012

Nepalese man, 72, claims to be world's shortest

Monaco prince bloodied after brawl in NYC bar

NEW YORK (AP) -- A grandson of the late Princess Grace of Monaco has been briefly hospitalized after a brawl in a New York City nightclub.Prince Pierre Casiraghi suffered cuts to his face during the brawl. Former nightclub owner Adam Hock was arraigned Sunday on charges of assaulting the prince and

Feb. 21, 2012

Woman leaves home for lack of toilet in India

When Anita Narre stormed out of the house, she just had one request; let me flush.According to BBC reports, the newlywed woman in India left home because they had no toilet and returned only when her husband built one.Her husband Shivram, a daily wage worker, said he had not been able to have a toilet at home for lack of money. He said his newly constructed toilet, built on his savings and “some support from the village council,” convinced his wife to come back home after eight days.An NGO annou

Feb. 15, 2012

Jesse Jackson Jr. says ticket purchase for girlfriend was not an ethics violation

Jesse Jackson Jr. says ticket purchase for girlfriend was not an ethics violationRep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., said Monday that he did not violate House ethics rules when he had a longtime friend and fundraiser buy a plane ticket for a woman who had a secret relationship with the congressman, the

Feb. 8, 2012

Doctors in Peru to remove 'parasitic twin'

LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Doctors in Peru have found a ``parasitic twin'' in the stomach of a 3-year-old boy, and plan to surgically remove the tissue Monday.Dr. Carlos Astocondor of the medical team at Las Mercedes Hospital in the northern port of Chiclayo says the condition occurs in about one of ev

Feb. 1, 2012

Doctors in Peru to remove 'parasitic twin'

Nearly 14-pound baby boy born in US

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A woman in the state of Iowa has given birth to a boy weighing 13 pounds and 13 ounces (6.2 kilograms) -- without the aid of surgery.Asher Stewardson was born Thursday at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, measuring 23.5 inches (59.7 centimeters) long. Fifteen months a

Jan. 31, 2012

Secret Service probes Internet Obama photo

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Federal agents say they are investigating a picture on the Internet allegedly showing Arizona men holding guns and a bullet-ridden image of President Obama.The picture allegedly displayed seven young men with four of them holding up two assault rifles, a revolver and a bolt-actio

Jan. 29, 2012

Protesters strip down for Washington gala

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Protesters from Occupy DC, facing a clampdown on their encampment Monday, stripped down for a topless street party Saturday outside a black-tie gala for Washington's biggest movers and shakers.President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle topped the guest list for the 99th ga

Jan. 29, 2012

Flying 'shark’ stuns pilot

A remote-controlled helium-filled shark toy stunned an airborne pilot in New Zealand, NZ Newswire reported. The passenger jet was on its descent about 9 kilometers from Christchurch International Airport on Dec. 26 when the pilot encountered the “rogue shark” and radioed ground control. It was

Jan. 4, 2012

Catholic church ordains married man

Jan. 1, 2012

Pizza maker charged with using mice against competition

Jan. 1, 2012

Harassment claim letter against ex-HP CEO released

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- A Hewlett-Packard contract employee fended off advances from chief executive Mark Hurd for two years before accusing him of sexual harassment, according to a letter that prompted his resignation as head of the world's largest computer company.Hurd, who is now president of HP

Jan. 1, 2012

Chavez: Could US have technology to cause cancer?

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is questioning the rash of cancer cases among Latin American leaders and asking if somehow the U.S. might have a way to induce the illness. Venezuela`s President Hugo Chavez (right) talks to Argentina`s President Cristina Fernandez during t

Dec. 29, 2011

Chavez: Could US have technology to cause cancer?

Airport X-ray suitcase surprise: Poisonous snakes

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Surprised airport workers in Argentina found hundreds of wriggling poisonous snakes and endangered reptiles inside the baggage of a Czech man who was about to board a flight to Spain.Karel Abelovsky, 51, was made to open his baggage at Buenos Aires' international

Dec. 28, 2011

Airport X-ray suitcase surprise: Poisonous snakes

Egyptian court bans military 'virginity tests'

CAIRO (AP) _ An Egyptian court on Tuesday ordered the country's military rulers to stop the use of “virginity tests” on female detainees, in a rare condemnation by a civilian tribunal of a military practice that has caused an uproar among activists and rights groups.Egyptian women hold signs that re

Dec. 28, 2011

Egyptian court bans military 'virginity tests'

Shop to make breast milk ice cream

Dec. 27, 2011

Woman wins $100,000 from abandoned dollar

SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian woman has won the right to pocket the Aus$100,000 ($101,000) she won on a slot machine, after a casino agreed to pay her the money she won with another gambler's abandoned dollar.Cecilia Cubillo used a $1 credit someone else had left in a poker machine to hit the jackpot

Dec. 25, 2011

Japanese baby survives 10-floor fall

TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese baby survived a 10-floor fall virtually unscathed after being deliberately dropped by his father from their apartment on Thursday, reports said. (Bloomberg)The one-year-old boy landed in some shrubbery at the bottom of the building, where he was found in tears by police offi

Dec. 15, 2011