News Archive - 15 to 21 January 2008

21 January 2008:

Monday 21 January the gloomiest day of the year

Swedish university receives $590 000 to study belching cows

Driver in stolen car lies, says wife is in labour; gets police escort

Police seize winning lottery ticket bought with drug money

20 January 2008:

Girl Scout earns every badge available

19 January 2008:

Burglar steals chives

Pantomime group has to have toy gun registered, wooden swords locked up

Congressional campaigner alters photo in mailer to make himself look thinner

18 January 2008:

Bank robber violated probation when buying winning ticket, but gets to keep the money

Court says monkeys, chimps can't sue

Boomerang comes back after 25 years

Burglar finds corpse and calls police

Giant palm tree baffles botanists

17 January 2008:

Workman's skirt for men

Kids offered $5 000 not to smoke

Inoperable car tagged 250 miles away

Fan mistakenly shreds game tickets

Clowns scare children

16 January 2008:

Panhandler found with $3 400

Armed robber flees after being ignored by shopkeeper

Protesting with balls in Italy

Police discover woman arrested for shoplifting was registered as dead a month earlier

Robber accidentally shoots himself in groin

Sex toy causes bomb scare in Sweden

15 January 2008:

The higher the wine price the more people enjoy drinking it

Man charged with driving lawnmower drunk

Columbus blamed for the spread of Syphillis in Europe

Man reports theft of marijuana supply to police

Burglar feeds cat, steals chicken feed

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