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Although crime rates are actually decreasing in Japan, an experimental fashion designer has found a new way to shield herself from any potential attackers - by dressing like a vending machine to blend into the Tokyo surroundings.
Aya Tsukioka invented the strange design in the hope that it will ease Japan's increasing fear of crime.
Comment: Can we expect assorted alphabet agency spooks to take this idea on?
New York - Pageantry proved ageless on Friday night as a bevy of Brooklyn grandmothers competed in the sixth annual Your Highness Grandmother Beauty contest.
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| Participants Galina Ostrowics (L) and Anna Malkina-Shumayev (R) pose after winning "Ms Grandmother" and "Ms Queen Grandmother" at the 2007 "Your Highness Grandmother" pageant in Brooklyn, New York, October 20, 2007.
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"Dumbledore is gay," the author announced to a crowd of fans.
Comment: The HP book series has ended, but, as is their way, the author, publishers and entertainers keep mining the topic, and the fan's interest, for more cash through movies, licensed merchandise, etc. To do that, they seem to have employed a perennial favorite, polarizing topic. Or, it could just be that Dumbledore has always been gay - either way, a fictional character in a fictional world gets much more attention than reality. As usual - the world is burning and millions of people would rather ponder this than pay attention.
BBCSat, 20 Oct 2007 07:51 UTC
A New Zealand brewery is reportedly offering a lifetime supply of beer for the return of a stolen laptop.
Local media said the laptop was stolen from the Croucher Brewing Company in the central North Island city of Rotorua earlier this week.
Owners were desperate to retrieve the computer containing designs, contact details and financial information, the Rotorua Daily Post said.
A tourist who had drunk 12 cans of beers before being attacked by a crocodile while swimming in a Queensland river fell asleep at his campsite before going to hospital for treatment.
Matt Martin was camping in an area of the northeastern state of Queensland known to be inhabited by crocodiles when he drank what he later described as half a slab - or 12 cans of beer.
When he dived into the river at Cow Bay in the topical far north of the state, he landed on a crocodile.
Rep. John Haller (R-PA) introduces a bill that will allocate (classified) dollars over the next (classified) years to fight flesh-eating (classified).
Built centuries ago to keep out the barbarian hoards, China's Great Wall was lit up on Friday with its first ever big-name fashion show.
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TelegraphFri, 19 Oct 2007 22:56 UTC
From Mother Theresa in a cinammon bun, to the Virgin Mary on a toasted cheese sandwich - images resembling religious icons are regularly spotted in unlikely places.
Sonia Zjawinski
WiredWed, 17 Oct 2007 19:28 UTC
The Graffiti Research Lab is known for its off-the-wall hacks, but the Mobile Broadcast Unit, or MBU, is the group's most ambitious yet. The $10,000 multimedia tricycle is used to project videos and on-the-fly artwork onto buildings several stories high.
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Major roles filled for 11th Star Trek celluloid outing.
Comment: The word in the Trekkie world is that William Shatner will, also, have a cameo role.
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Comment: Can we expect assorted alphabet agency spooks to take this idea on?