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British Police's First Lesson from U.S. Cops: Where to Get the Best Doughnuts

Caroline Graham
Daily Mail
Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:40 UTC
U.S. and British
© Daily MailU.S. train cops in Philadelphia show the British Transport Police where to get the best doughnuts.
It is the stuff of TV and movie cliche, but it seems doughnuts really ARE high on an American cop's list of priorities.

After all, Philadelphia police officers were quick to show their British counterparts where to get the best kind during an exchange programme today.

British Transport Police (BTP) officers are currently in the States to share railroad security and counter-terrorism practices with officers from Amtrak Police Department (APD), which looks after America's railways.

But first things first - the day began with the all-important visit to Dunkin Donuts.
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Family

Los Angeles: Cops Called to Octo-Home Eight Times

Olsen Ebright
MSNBC
Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:17 UTC
Suleman
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Long before we knew way too much about octo-mom Nadya Suleman and her 14 children, the police were well aware of her, according to a report published Tuesday.

Police were called to Suleman's last two homes a total of eight times, TMZ.com reported.

- Jan. 9, 2008 -- One of Suleman's children was locked in a room. Police picked the lock, TMZ reported.

- May 12, 2008 -- Neighbors called police after the front door was left open.

- July 7, 2008 -- Police escorted the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services during an investigation into the well being of the six children. The allegations were unfounded, according to officials, TMZ reported.
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Black Cat

Cat Credited With Waking Up Bremerton Woman Amid Fire

Derek Sheppard
Kitsap Sun
Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:19 UTC
In a rare role reversal, it was the cat who helped out the firefighters.

More importantly, it was a cat who saved a woman's life with what would normally be a routine annoyance for cat owners - the early-morning face pawing.

Around 6:45 a.m. Saturday, an elderly Bremerton woman's Veldee Avenue home filled with smoke billowing through the vents from the home's heater.

The smoke alarm was going off, but she didn't hear it.

Good thing she has a cat.
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$#$%##! LA County, US tries for cuss-free week

John Rogers
Associated Press
Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:28 UTC
Pay no attention to that eerie silence in the nation's most populous county this week; it will simply be the sound of 10 million people not cussing.

At least that's the result McKay Hatch is hoping for once his campaign to clear the air is recognized by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

On Tuesday, the board is scheduled to issue a proclamation by Supervisor Michael Antonovich making the first week in March No Cussing Week.
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Grey Alien

German man calls police over 'Russian-speaking extraterrestrials'


RIA Novosti
Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:53 UTC
A man in northwest Germany called police early on Monday to report a close encounter with Russian-speaking extraterrestrials, police said.

The 40-year-old man from Gifhorn, Lower Saxony called the police at 3:30 a.m. local time [2:30 GMT] and said six extraterrestrial beings, each about 15 centimeters tall, were flying around his apartment and talking Russian.
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Satire: Are Violent Video Games Adequately Preparing Children For The Apocalypse?


The Onion
Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:37 UTC

Are Violent Video Games Adequately Preparing Children For The Apocalypse?
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Welsh town ends ban on Monty Python film


United Press International
Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:08 UTC
Life of Brian - Monty Python_01
Monty Python's Life of Brian, a spoof of religious movies, is to be shown openly in a Welsh town this month for the first time in 30 years.

The movie -- which tells the story of a boy born in the next stable over from Jesus Christ and ends up crucified while singing "Always look on the bright side of life" -- was banned in Aberystwyth soon after its release in 1979.

As near as anyone can remember, a committee of local religious leaders decided the film was blasphemous.
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Light Saber

Cypriots and U.N. soldiers in asparagus standoff

Michele Kambas
Reuters
Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:37 UTC
U.N. peacekeepers have upset traditional wild asparagus harvesters on the ethnically divided island of Cyprus by preventing them from entering a buffer zone to gather the tasty shoots.

U.N. soldiers, restricting access to the buffer zone which splits the island from east to west after Cyprus was divided in a Turkish invasion in 1974 triggered by a Greek-inspired coup, say they are only doing their job, but residents are livid.
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Revealed - The secrets of belly button fluff

Patrick Sawer
UK Telegraph
Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:09 UTC
After three years of research, Georg Steinhauser, a chemist, has discovered a type of body hair that traps stray pieces of lint and draws them into the navel.

Dr Steinhauser made his discovery after studying 503 pieces of fluff from his own belly button.

Chemical analysis revealed the pieces of fluff were not made up of only cotton from clothing. Wrapped up in the lint were also flecks of dead skin, fat, sweat and dust.

Dr Steinhauser's observations showed that 'small pieces of fluff first form in the hair and then end up in the navel at the end of the day'.
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Parrots help mute man speak again


United Press International
Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:07 UTC
parrot helps man
© Agence France-Presse/Getty Brian Wilson holds one of his rescued parrots
A former firefighter in Maryland rendered mute by a car accident says a pair of talkative pet parrots helped him regain his speech.

Brian Wilson of Damascus, Md., gives credit to the birds for their determination to keep talking to him, eventually prompting his damaged brain to respond in kind. In gratitude, Wilson says he has since rescued about 80 exotic birds, The Daily Telegraph reported Saturday.
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