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The world's tiniest baby - meet the 10oz bundle of defiance


Daily Mail
Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:01 UTC
When she was born, 15 weeks premature and weighing ten and a half ounces, her father's confidence was about the only thing on Kimberly Mueller's side.

In the few snatched moments he was allowed before his daughter was whisked away by doctors, Andreas Mueller spoke from his heart.

"I whispered to her: 'Kimberly, you'll make it,'" he recalled.

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The size of a mobile phone: Kimberley Mueller weighed just over 10 ounces when she was born in Hanover, Germany - making her the world's smallest surviving baby
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Tom Cruise building 'bunker to protect against alien attack'


This Is London
Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:37 UTC
Hollywood star Tom Cruise is planning to build a bunker at his Colorado home to protect his family in the event of an intergalactic alien attack, according to new reports.
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N.C. Man Charged With 'Coughing' Assault


Associated Press
Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:44 UTC
MORRISVILLE, N.C. - Morrisville police have charged a man with assault on a government official after an officer said the man coughed into his face during a traffic stop.
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UK: Major helicopter search for missing boy, 5, ends when he is found asleep UNDER his bed


Daily Mail
Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:39 UTC
Maybe he thought it would be cosier beneath his bed rather than in it. Or perhaps five-year-old Alex Olver simply fancied a change.

Whatever the reason, the youngster was soon curled up under a blanket and fast asleep, out of sight and oblivious to the commotion developing around the family home.
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Extreme Makeover: Man Spent Year Following Bible Rules

Jennie Yabroff
Newsweek
Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:29 UTC
After A. J. Jacobs spent a year reading the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica for his book "The Know-It-All," he figured he had the yearlong experiment thing down. How much harder could it be to follow every rule in the Bible? Much, much harder, he soon discovered, as he found himself growing his beard, struggling not to curse and asking strangers for permission to stone them for adultery. Jacobs spent the year carrying around a stapled list of the more than 700 rules and prohibitions identified in the Good Book, and also consulted with religious leaders and spent time with the Amish, Hassidic Jews and Jehovah's Witnesses. He spoke to NEWSWEEK's Jennie Yabroff about his experience and his new book, "The Year of Living Biblically" (Simon & Schuster), which goes on sale Oct. 9. Excerpts:
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Hundreds flock to see image of Virgin Mary on Miami altar

Christy Tetzler
9News.com
Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:27 UTC


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Virgin Mary on Miami altar.

Hundreds of faithful people lined up at a South Florida church on Thursday and Friday nights, claiming to see visions of the Virgin Mary and Jesus in a cloth tapestry.

Comment: They obviously wanted a day off from those smelly grilled-cheese sandwiches.

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Russia: Newborn baby Nadia weighs in at 17lb


Telegraph
Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:13 UTC
A Siberian woman who gave birth to her 12th child was stunned to find that little Nadia weighed in at 17lb (7.75 kg).

The child, who was delivered by caesarean section earlier this month, joined eight sisters and three brothers. "We were all simply in shock," said Nadia's mother, Tatyana Barabanova, 43, from Russia's Altai region.

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Nadia joined eight sisters and three brothers
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Alaska rehab facility takes in orphaned walrus


Associated Press
Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:49 UTC
A young walrus is exploring new surroundings at the Alaska SeaLife Center after first appearing without its mother about a month ago near the Red Dog Mine port facility south of Kivalina.

The walrus, born last year and weighing over 400 pounds, seemed exhausted and lethargic, hauling out on the backs of zinc ships as they were loaded. It eluded several attempts to capture it, until last Thursday.

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In this photo released by the Alaska SeaLife Center shows young walrus at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska Friday Sept. 21, 2007. The walrus was found without its mother in late August near the Red Dog Mine port facility south of Kivalina, Alaska.
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Nudity and Everest don't mix


AP
Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:13 UTC
Nudity could be outlawed on the world's tallest mountain complaints about the number of climbers attempting to reach its summit without clothes

Nepalese mountaineering authorities are reportedly outraged that people were ditching their clothes on Mount Everest, which is worshipped by some villagers.
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Speak 'Bush' in one easy lesson


AFP
Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:55 UTC
US President George W. Bush says "nuke-you-lar" not "nuclear," but on Tuesday visitors to the United Nations Internet site could get a handy, abbreviated presidential pronunciation guide for other challenging words.

A quickly remedied glitch momentarily gave visitors to the UN website a version of Bush's UN General Assembly speech that included phonetic spellings for world leaders, a former Soviet satellite, and at least one capital.
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