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U.S. Vet Finds 62 Hair Bands, 8 Pairs of Underwear Inside Dog

This hungry U.S. Labrador has some unusual taste buds.

A Pennsylvania veterinarian retrieved 62 hair bands, eight pairs of underwear and a bandage from the dog's stomach during exploratory surgery.

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Looking for Other Japanese Speakers in Paris? There's an App for That

Paris, the city of light, love, and tourists, has released a new mobile app called "Yes I speak touriste" to help foreigners struggling with their French find some respite.

The app provides users with an interactive map showing locations like restaurants and hotels where their native tongue is spoken. 

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Injured Woman Left with Boyfriend's Body for Days after Car Crash

A young woman who was critically injured in a car crash in Scotland spent three days waiting with the dead body of her boyfriend for help to arrive, it emerged Thursday.

Lamara Bell's father accused police of ignoring his 25-year-old daughter after officers admitted they had received a report of the crash on Sunday but failed to act.

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King Pigeon Pose ahead? Putin Tells Indian PM: I'll Try Yoga

Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi, center, introduces an Indian official to He's flown with cranes, petted a polar bear and tranquilized a tiger. Now Vladimir Putin is ready to face the Downward Dog.

In a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Russian city of Ufa, the Russian president said Wednesday he wants to try out the discipline of yoga.

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Don't Whine about the Price: Japan Grapes Sell for $8,000

A bunch of Japanese grapes has sold for a record one million yen ($8,200), or $315 per berry -- no trifling matter even in a country where fruit can cost a small fortune.

The record-setting bunch of 26 "Ruby Roman" grapes was the highest-priced at this year's first auction in Kanazawa, 300 kilometres (180 miles) northwest of Tokyo, smashing the previous record of 550,000 yen set last year. 

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Report: Brazil Baby Born in Toilet Bowl

Talk about a splash landing.

A Brazilian baby was born in a toilet bowl after his mother, who did not know she was pregnant, sat down to relieve stomach pains, O Dia newspaper reported Wednesday.

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The Battle for Control of the Growing Breast Milk Industry

It could trade for 400 times more than the price of crude oil and 2,000 times more than iron ore. If sold off the shelf, it could cost more than 150 times the price of a gallon of cow's milk and 15 times more than coffee.

Going for as much as $4 per ounce, breast milk is a hot commodity that is emerging as a surprisingly cutthroat industry, one that states are seeking to regulate amid a battle for control between nonprofit and for-profit banks that supply hospital neonatal units.

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'Lenin and Stalin' Scuffle near Red Square

Two of Russia's most iconic historical figures came to blows close to Moscow's Red Square when a Stalin double allegedly attacked a Lenin lookalike over a work dispute, police said Tuesday.  

"A Lenin impersonator on Manezh Square has filed a complaint with the metro police, accusing the Stalin impersonator he was working with of having struck him three times in the back with an umbrella after a heated argument," Moscow metro official Alexander Rybak told Agence France Presse. 

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Russian Police Launch 'Safe Selfie' Guide after Spate of Deaths

Russian police on Tuesday launched a campaign urging people to take safer selfies after around 100 were injured and dozens died this year in gruesome accidents while striking high-risk poses. 

"A cool selfie could cost you your life," the interior ministry warned in a new leaflet packed with tips such as "a selfie with a weapon kills".

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Twizzlers and String Cheese: the True Facts of the Iran Talks

Little has leaked out about the details of the Iran nuclear talks, but senior U.S officials have offered a rare insight into some of the more surprising behind-the-scenes facts.

 

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