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Reuters – The cash-strapped state of Rhode Island is hoping to turn residents’ patriotic fervor into a boost in tax revenue this July 4th, after passing a law that legalizes small fireworks for individual use.
Read More: Fireworks could brighten up Rhode Island budget
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Reuters – A Russian fisheries official suspected of accepting bribes tossed 10 million roubles ($322,000) from his car after a police chase and a crash on a busy Moscow highway, investigators said on Monday.
Read More: Russia police car chase ends with cash in the wind
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Reuters – Ukrainian and German police have recovered a painting by 17th century Italian artist Caravaggio stolen from a Ukrainian museum, the Interfax news agency quoted Ukraine’s interior minister as saying on Tuesday.
Read More: Ukraine recovers stolen Caravaggio work: report
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Reuters – Britain’s financial regulator has fined and banned a former broker for manipulating oil prices by buying more than 7 million barrels while on a drinking binge.
Read More: Oil broker banned for drunk trading binge
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Reuters – An alligator was found roaming the streets of a small German town in the middle of the night, authorities said on Friday.
Read More: Alligator takes late-night stroll through town
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Reuters – Sweden’s Feminist party roasted a pile of bank notes worth 100,000 Swedish crowns ($13,010) on Tuesday in a stunt designed to highlight wage disparities between men and women ahead of a national election.
Read More: Fired up feminists burn cash over pay gap
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Reuters – China’s military officers have added matchmaking to their duties, after the government banned troops from online dating over fears that lonely hearts might let sensitive information slip, state media said on Monday.
Read More: China bans online love for soldiers
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Reuters – Women in Iran must cover their hair in public to comply with Sharia law, and men, too, are expected to have modest haircuts — but what exactly does that entail?
Read More: Men get guidance for modest haircuts
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Reuters – A “motivation day” organized by one of Italy’s biggest real estate agencies ended in tears and scars when nine staff had to be treated in hospital after walking barefoot on a bed of hot coals.
Read More: Corporate "firewalk" ends with burnt feet in Italy
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Reuters – A lock of hair cut from Napoleon Bonaparte’s head after he died has sold for US$13,000 at an auction in New Zealand.
Read More: Lock of Napoleon's hair sells for $13,000
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Reuters – A Michigan man has sued Wal-Mart Stores Inc for firing him after he tested positive for medical marijuana he was using legally to treat pain from an inoperable brain tumor and sinus cancer.
Read More: Wal-Mart worker, fired for legal pot smoking, sues
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Reuters – Eight percent of Russians believe their national team will win the World Cup, despite the fact that it never qualified for the tournament, an independent poll has showed.
Read More: Absent Russia will win World Cup, 8 percent of nation say
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Reuters – Stressed-out city executives looking to get away from it all have the chance to buy their own rural village in New Zealand, complete with a pub and population of 40.
Read More: For sale – village with pub, 40 people
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Reuters – Modern festival-goers who dread ending up with a dead mobile phone battery after days stuck in a muddy field with no electric plug power points may now have a solution — power boots.
Read More: Gum goots designed with a blast to charge mobile phones
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Reuters – Teen apparel chain Abercrombie & Fitch Co has closed its Hollister store in New York City due to bedbug infestation.
Read More: Abercrombie shuts New York store due to bedbugs
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Reuters – A tooth, thumb and finger cut off from the body of renowned Italian scientist Galileo, who died in 1642, go on display this week in Florence after an art collector found them by chance last year.
Read More: Galileo lost tooth, fingers go on show in Florence
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Reuters – A New Jersey woman is waging a campaign to become the world’s heaviest living woman, admitting that she is as hungry for attention as she is for calorie-rich food.
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Reuters – With divorce on the rise in Japan, some couples are choosing to celebrate the end of an unhappy marriage by saying “I do” for a final time at a divorce ceremony before friends and family.
Read More: Japanese couples say "I do" — in divorce ceremonies
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Reuters – The United States training session ahead of Saturday’s World Cup Group C opener with England was briefly delayed after an elephant blocked the route of the team bus.
Read More: Elephant blocks U.S. squad on trunk road
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Reuters – Forget famous goal celebrations such as “The Robot” by Peter Crouch and “The Dive” by Juergen Klinsmann, here comes the South African “Diski dance.”
Read More: Forget The Robot and The Dive, it's time to Diski
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