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Priest who blessed Morales found with cocaine (Reuters)

Posted: July 30th, 2010, 9:42am PDT

Reuters - The Aymara priest who blessed Bolivian President Evo Morales at an inauguration ceremony four years ago has been arrested in possession of 530 pounds (240 kg) of cocaine, police said Thursday.
Churchill's dentures fetch nearly $24,000 (Reuters)

Posted: July 29th, 2010, 8:04am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - A partial set of British wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill's gold-mounted dentures has fetched 15,200 pounds ($23,770) at auction, over three times the estimate.
Brewer claims world's strongest beer (Reuters)

Posted: July 29th, 2010, 7:59am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - A Dutch brewer with a penchant for competition has laid claim to creating the world's strongest brew: a beer that is some 60 percent alcohol by volume.
Vicar conducted 360 sham marriages (Reuters)

Posted: July 29th, 2010, 7:53am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - A vicar was found guilty on Thursday of conducting hundreds of sham marriages between African nationals and cash-strapped eastern Europeans to allow illegal immigrants to gain residency in Britain.
Escaped tiger found after massive South Africa search (Reuters)

Posted: July 28th, 2010, 12:01pm PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - Rangers captured an escaped tiger at a South African farm on Wednesday after a two-day helicopter search that had dominated news broadcasts.
Fur farm foxes trained to combat rat plague (Reuters)

Posted: July 28th, 2010, 9:42am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - Authorities in China's far west have bred and trained "an army" of silver foxes bought from a fur farm to fight a plague of rats threatening a huge expanse of grasslands, state media said on Wednesday.
Former top diplomat Rice opts for Mozart concerto (Reuters)

Posted: July 28th, 2010, 9:41am PDT

Reuters - Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice abandoned international affairs for a Mozart piano concerto on Tuesday, teaming up with Soul legend Aretha Franklin to perform at a charity concert.
Hamas targets women's underwear in modesty drive (Reuters)

Posted: July 28th, 2010, 9:32am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - The Islamist rulers of the Gaza Strip have ordered lingerie shops to display more modesty.
Tiger escapes from trip to the vet (Reuters)

Posted: July 27th, 2010, 10:57am PDT

Reuters - A 17-month-old tiger escaped from the back of a pick-up truck while it was being driven to a veterinary clinic in South Africa, triggering a helicopter search by police and wildlife experts.
Bear crashes in runaway car (Reuters)

Posted: July 27th, 2010, 10:57am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - A black bear attracted by the smell of a peanut butter sandwich managed to open the door of a car, climb in and got stuck, knocking the gear stick into neutral and sending the car rolling down a slope into trees.
Caves offer new tour -- in Klingon (Reuters)

Posted: July 27th, 2010, 10:56am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - Staff at the Jenolan Caves west of Sydney have added a new out-of-this-world attraction -- a tour in the Star Trek language Klingon.
Pub lets clients drink between the lines (Reuters)

Posted: July 26th, 2010, 9:26am PDT

Reuters - On the way home from a hard day's work, Ferenc Nagy often gets the urge to pop into his favorite boozer for another round of binge reading.
Teenager survives fall from 16th story balcony (Reuters)

Posted: July 26th, 2010, 9:24am PDT

Reuters - A 15-year-old New Zealand boy has survived with minor injuries after falling 16-storeys from the balcony of his family's apartment onto a concrete floor, New Zealand media reported Monday.
"Darth Vader" strikes NY bank (Reuters)

Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 3:05pm PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - The Force was with a man when he robbed a bank wearing a Darth Vader mask and a cape.
PM Cameron calls time on jailhouse rock revival (Reuters)

Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 9:39am PDT

Reuters - British Prime Minister David Cameron has said prisoners will not be allowed to hold parties behind bars after a minister proposed lifting a ban on arts events for inmates introduced by the previous administration.
Hot weather shrinks size of German fries (Reuters)

Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 9:36am PDT

Reuters - French fries in Germany could be significantly shorter this year due to the heatwave that has baked Germany and much of Europe this month, the German Farmers' Association (DBV) said on Friday.
Police nab bandit who used underwear as mask (Reuters)

Posted: July 22nd, 2010, 1:13pm PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - An unemployed woman who said she was desperate for money has been arrested on charges she robbed an Oklahoma McDonald's with a white stretch girdle wrapped around her face as a makeshift mask.
NY "bouquet bandit" arrested for two bank robberies (Reuters)

Posted: July 22nd, 2010, 10:03am PDT

Reuters - New York police arrested a man on Wednesday accused of robbing two banks -- with a bunch of flowers and a potted plant.
Romantic comedies affecting off-screen love lives (Reuters)

Posted: July 21st, 2010, 10:11am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - Romantic comedies might provide 90 minutes of light-hearted fun but the happy-ever-after movies are also impacting people's real love lives, according to an Australian survey.
Chinese police beat official's wife by mistake (Reuters)

Posted: July 21st, 2010, 10:09am PDT

Reuters - Plainclothes police severely beat the wife of a provincial official, mistaking her for one of many Chinese who petition government offices in the hope of redressing wrongs, the China Daily reported on Wednesday.
Colorado man delivers pizza and saves heart attack victim (Reuters)

Posted: July 21st, 2010, 10:01am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - A laid off paramedic who turned to delivering pizzas to make ends meet is credited with saving the life of a man who went into cardiac arrest just as a pizza was delivered to his door.
U.S. border cops nab Mexican teen pot "pedaler" (Reuters)

Posted: July 20th, 2010, 10:49am PDT

Reuters - U.S. border police have nabbed a Mexican teen caught cycling over the Arizona border with a load of marijuana -- his second such arrest in five days, authorities said.
The perils of eating fire in Saudi Arabia (Reuters)

Posted: July 20th, 2010, 10:47am PDT

Reuters - Saudi artist Maher al-Luqman is always nervous when he goes on stage to eat glass and fire or to walk on nails, for fear the country's religious police will disrupt his show.
Air France attendant held for robbing passengers (Reuters)

Posted: July 20th, 2010, 10:47am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - French police have arrested an Air France stewardess on suspicion of stealing thousands of euros in cash, cards and jewelry as passengers slept on long haul flights, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Bridge game fights "led man to murder wife" (Reuters)

Posted: July 20th, 2010, 10:46am PDT

Reuters - A British man murdered his wife after constant arguments about her ability to play bridge, a court heard Tuesday. Stephen Green, 52, is accused of stabbing his wife Carole to death in January, after fights about her card playing.
China warns tourists on "forced shopping" in Hong Kong (Reuters)

Posted: July 19th, 2010, 4:39am PDT

Reuters - China's National Tourism Administration has issued an advisory on travel to Hong Kong after a video of mainland tourists being insulted and "forced to shop" by a Hong Kong tour guide sparked outrage on the Internet.
Germans hold 60 km-long party on motorway (Reuters)

Posted: July 19th, 2010, 4:38am PDT

Reuters - About three million people turned a busy motorway into one of the biggest open-air festivals in Germany's history on Sunday.
Indonesian Muslims told to change prayer direction (Reuters)

Posted: July 16th, 2010, 9:02am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - Indonesia's Muslims learned on Friday they have been praying in the wrong direction, after the country's highest Islamic authority said its directive on the direction of Mecca actually had people facing Africa.
Priest suspended for World Cup Orange Mass (Reuters)

Posted: July 16th, 2010, 9:02am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - A Dutch priest has been suspended for dedicating a Mass to the Dutch national soccer team -- while wearing an orange cloak -- ahead of the World Cup final against Spain.
Power company tells customer she is dead (Reuters)

Posted: July 15th, 2010, 10:22am PDT

Reuters - An Austrian woman has had to convince her electricity supplier that she is alive after the company wrote to her asking for information about her contract following her "passing away."
Eager male llama chases female onto highway (Reuters)

Posted: July 15th, 2010, 10:21am PDT

Reuters - A male llama chased his prospective mate onto a busy German motorway forcing police to rescue her, authorities said Wednesday.
Film with Bin Laden lookalike banned (Reuters)

Posted: July 14th, 2010, 10:15am PDT

Reuters - Pakistani censors have banned an Indian comedy film featuring a lookalike of al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden, the film's distributor said on Wednesday.
Scary Queen Mary advert banned (Reuters)

Posted: July 14th, 2010, 10:14am PDT

Reuters - An advert featuring a moving image of Tudor Queen Mary I turning into a flesh-eating zombie has been banned after complaints that it scared children.
Ever sent a racy text to the wrong person? (Reuters)

Posted: July 13th, 2010, 10:05am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - Twenty percent of Britons have managed to send racy texts to the wrong person, and nearly one in 10 has been caught red-handed "sexting," according to a poll on Tuesday.
Armor makers busy ahead of Medieval battle replay (Reuters)

Posted: July 13th, 2010, 10:04am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - Just like his Medieval counterparts 600 years ago armourer Tomasz Samula has hardly any time to outfit his knights before battle commences.
For sale: Canada's lakeside G8 summit host resort (Reuters)

Posted: July 13th, 2010, 10:01am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - The lakeside Canadian resort that played host to a summit of the Group of Eight rich nations last month is up for sale.
Russian curators anger church, but escape jail (Reuters)

Posted: July 12th, 2010, 10:27am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - Two Russian curators were found guilty Monday of inciting religious hatred in a case that has highlighted the growing influence of the church and its links to the Russian government.
Manure helps power new army barracks (Reuters)

Posted: July 12th, 2010, 10:26am PDT

Reuters - Bio-fuel pellets made from horse manure will help power the new barracks of the Royal Horse Artillery, the Ministry of Defense announced.
Antiques dealer faces jail over Shakespeare folio (Reuters)

Posted: July 9th, 2010, 9:28am PDT

Reuters - An unemployed British antiques dealer with a taste for the high life faces jail after he was convicted Friday of handling a stolen copy of a rare first collection of Shakespeare's plays.
Adrenaline, injuries in Spain's running of the bulls (Reuters)

Posted: July 9th, 2010, 9:27am PDT

Reuters - A runner was gored in the thigh by a bulls' horn on Friday as Spain's adrenaline-filled week-long running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona entered day three.
Cat burglar takes shine to washing-line underwear (Reuters)

Posted: July 8th, 2010, 8:50am PDT

Reuters - A spate of thefts from gardens and washing lines in a southern English town had been puzzling police.
German interior minister's car stolen (Reuters)

Posted: July 8th, 2010, 8:50am PDT

Reuters - A car belonging to Germany's Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere was stolen in the eastern city of Dresden, police said Thursday.
German fans want revenge grilling of oracle octopus (Reuters)

Posted: July 8th, 2010, 8:49am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - Some Germans are calling for a public roasting of the oracle octopus who correctly picked the winner of all six of their national soccer team's World Cup matches -- including a bitter defeat to Spain on Wednesday.
Hotel opens in battle-scarred city (Reuters)

Posted: July 7th, 2010, 8:53am PDT

Reuters - Rebel insurgency and civil war were not enough to deter Sultan Amin from opening a tourist hotel in the north Yemen city of Saada this week, even as the region teeters on the brink of renewed conflict.
Swedes, Norwegians pounce on Chinese garlic smuggler (Reuters)

Posted: July 7th, 2010, 8:52am PDT

Reuters - Nordic customs officials have arrested a truck driver after he tried to illegally import 28 tons of Chinese garlic into the European Union.
Netanyahu bodyguards' guns go missing on U.S. visit (Reuters)

Posted: July 7th, 2010, 8:52am PDT

Reuters - Four handguns belonging to the bodyguards of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have disappeared from airline cargo during a U.S. visit, Israel's Shin Bet security service said on Wednesday.
Motorists hit jackpot with coins on highway (Reuters)

Posted: July 6th, 2010, 7:48am PDT

Reuters - It wasn't exactly pennies from heaven but it was perhaps the next best thing: a truck carrying 2.5 million euros in coins overturned on a highway in southern Italy and motorists picked up the money like mushrooms.
Corporate "firewalk" ends with burnt feet in Italy (Reuters)

Posted: July 6th, 2010, 7:47am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] 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.
Men get guidance for modest haircuts (Reuters)

Posted: July 6th, 2010, 7:47am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] 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?
Fired up feminists burn cash over pay gap (Reuters)

Posted: July 6th, 2010, 7:46am PDT

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.
Mexican musicians wary after latest murder (Reuters)

Posted: July 2nd, 2010, 7:43pm PDT

Reuters - Mexican quintet Los Pikadientes de Caborca was booked to play a show in Mexico's Jalisco state last year when the band's manager, Jose Juan Segura, ran into an acquaintance.
Alligator takes late-night stroll through town (Reuters)

Posted: July 2nd, 2010, 9:19am PDT

Reuters - An alligator was found roaming the streets of a small German town in the middle of the night, authorities said on Friday.
Absent Russia will win World Cup, 8 percent of nation say (Reuters)

Posted: July 1st, 2010, 9:41am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] 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.
Abercrombie shuts New York store due to bedbugs (Reuters)

Posted: July 1st, 2010, 9:40am PDT

Reuters - Teen apparel chain Abercrombie & Fitch Co has closed its Hollister store in New York City due to bedbug infestation.
Wal-Mart worker, fired for legal pot smoking, sues (Reuters)

Posted: July 1st, 2010, 9:39am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] 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.
Fireworks could brighten up Rhode Island budget (Reuters)

Posted: June 30th, 2010, 9:37am PDT

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.
Lock of Napoleon's hair sells for $13,000 (Reuters)

Posted: June 30th, 2010, 9:37am PDT

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.
Researchers seek Little Miss Muffets for fear study (Reuters)

Posted: June 30th, 2010, 9:36am PDT

Reuters - An Austrian university is on the hunt for girls who recoil at the sight of spiders for research into how fear affects the processes of the brain.
Ukraine recovers stolen Caravaggio work: report (Reuters)

Posted: June 29th, 2010, 8:44am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] 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.
Oil broker banned for drunk trading binge (Reuters)

Posted: June 29th, 2010, 8:43am PDT

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.
Gum goots designed with a blast to charge mobile phones (Reuters)

Posted: June 29th, 2010, 8:42am PDT

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.
Singer murdered after denying he was dead (Reuters)

Posted: June 29th, 2010, 8:41am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - Mexican singer Sergio Vega was murdered while on a national tour at the weekend, just hours after denying reports of his death, local media reported.
Russia police car chase ends with cash in the wind (Reuters)

Posted: June 28th, 2010, 7:19am PDT

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.
Police arrest models after fashion show (Reuters)

Posted: June 28th, 2010, 7:19am PDT

Reuters - Sudanese police briefly detained more than 20 models, make-up artists and designers after a rare mixed-sex fashion show in Khartoum, participants said Saturday.
China bans online love for soldiers (Reuters)

Posted: June 28th, 2010, 7:18am PDT

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.
For sale - village with pub, 40 people (Reuters)

Posted: June 25th, 2010, 11:08am PDT

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.
Maimed cat walks again with artificial paws (Reuters)

Posted: June 25th, 2010, 11:08am PDT

Reuters - A cat that had both its back legs severed by a combine harvester can walk again after being fitted with prosthetic limbs in a world-first operation.
Oracle Octopus picks Germany to beat England at Cup (Reuters)

Posted: June 25th, 2010, 11:07am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - An octopus born in England and living in a German aquarium that has correctly picked the winner of Germany's three World Cup results so far on Friday tipped Joachim Loew's side to beat England in Sunday's match.
Leading Tibetan art collector gets 15 years in jail (Reuters)

Posted: June 25th, 2010, 6:15am PDT

Reuters - A Chinese court in the far western region of Xinjiang has sentenced a leading Tibetan collector of antiquities and environmentalist to 15 years in jail for robbing graves, his lawyer said on Friday.
Frenchman who ate cellmate's lung gets 30 years jail (Reuters)

Posted: June 24th, 2010, 12:34pm PDT

Reuters - A French convict who killed his cellmate and ate his lung was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Thursday.
France guillotines Bastille Day party to save cash (Reuters)

Posted: June 24th, 2010, 11:13am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has axed the traditional lavish Bastille Day garden party in the grounds of his Elysee Palace residence as a symbolic savings measure, parliamentary sources said on Wednesday.
Disease risk higher for swingers than prostitutes (Reuters)

Posted: June 24th, 2010, 11:12am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - Scientists studying swingers -- straight couples who regularly swap sexual partners and indulge in group sex at organized meeting -- say they have higher rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) than prostitutes.
Zoo finds missing tiger, camels (Reuters)

Posted: June 23rd, 2010, 12:02pm PDT

Reuters - A Canadian zoo has recovered a Bengal tiger and a pair of camels that went missing last week after thieves made off with the truck and trailer in which they were traveling.
Lion burger stirs ire (Reuters)

Posted: June 23rd, 2010, 12:02pm PDT

Reuters - Offering up lion burgers as a tribute to the World Cup in South Africa is getting a Phoenix valley restaurant into controversy.
Trapped drunk driver opens another beer as awaits rescue (Reuters)

Posted: June 23rd, 2010, 12:01pm PDT

Reuters - A drunk driver trapped after overturning his car cracked open another can of beer while he waited for emergency crews to rescue him, a New Zealand court was told.
Canadian zoo finds missing tiger, camels (Reuters)

Posted: June 22nd, 2010, 1:47pm PDT

Reuters - A Canadian zoo has recovered a Bengal tiger and a pair of camels that went missing last week after thieves made off with the truck and trailer in which they were traveling.
Police to detain pop star over sex clips (Reuters)

Posted: June 22nd, 2010, 11:18am PDT

Reuters - Indonesian police said on Tuesday they will detain a pop star suspected of breaching the country's controversial pornography law by allegedly appearing on widely circulated home-made sex videos.
Kissing politician wins underwear from fans (Reuters)

Posted: June 22nd, 2010, 11:17am PDT

Reuters - Charles Zevallos, a politician in Peru's Amazon basin, often wins kisses from female supporters, but things have moved to a whole new level as women at his rallies have started throwing their underwear at him.
New Orleans pulls tourism ad deemed "anti-British" (Reuters)

Posted: June 21st, 2010, 8:54am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - New Orleans tourism officials have canceled an advertisement that poked fun at the nationality of BP Plc, the company responsible for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, after receiving complaints it was "anti-British."
Wary of iguanas, bored Germans finally venture out (Reuters)

Posted: June 21st, 2010, 8:39am PDT

Reuters - Pity the Germany players.
Japanese couples say "I do" -- in divorce ceremonies (Reuters)

Posted: June 21st, 2010, 8:34am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] 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.
Thieves in Canada steal tiger, camels by accident (Reuters)

Posted: June 18th, 2010, 11:48am PDT

Reuters - A "delightful" Bengal tiger named Jonas, and two camels named Todd and Sean, have gone missing in eastern Canada after thieves drove off with the truck and trailer in which they were traveling.
Russian fraud police track down grab-and-run granny (Reuters)

Posted: June 18th, 2010, 5:52am PDT

Reuters - A 71-year-old Russian grandmother has been issued with a restriction order by Moscow police for swindling businessmen out of more than half a million dollars, a spokesman for the force said on Friday.
Got any spare change? Give it to Romania (Reuters)

Posted: June 18th, 2010, 5:45am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - Got any spare change?
Russia calls time on vodka tipplers at forum (Reuters)

Posted: June 17th, 2010, 8:50am PDT

Reuters - Russia on Thursday called time on vodka drinkers at its top economic conference, outlawing the national tipple from normally well lubricated stands at the St Petersburg Economic Forum.
German student attacks Hell's Angels with puppy (Reuters)

Posted: June 15th, 2010, 7:55am PDT

Reuters - A German student created a major traffic jam in Bavaria after making a rude gesture at a group of Hell's Angels motorcycle gang members, hurling a puppy at them and then escaping on a stolen bulldozer.
Bangladesh asks shopping malls to close for Cup (Reuters)

Posted: June 15th, 2010, 5:58am PDT

Reuters - Bangladesh power authorities have asked shops and shopping malls in the capital Dhaka to shut each evening so that fans can watch the World Cup on television without overloading the supply.
Forget The Robot and The Dive, it's time to Diski (Reuters)

Posted: June 14th, 2010, 1:14pm PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] 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."
Bangladesh asks factories to shut for World Cup (Reuters)

Posted: June 14th, 2010, 6:31am PDT

Reuters - Authorities in soccer crazy Bangladesh on Monday asked all manufacturing factories in and around the capital Dhaka to suspend operations each evening until the end of the World Cup in South Africa.
Elephant blocks U.S. squad on trunk road (Reuters)

Posted: June 11th, 2010, 11:12am PDT

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.
Venezuela's Chavez offers cure for kids' insomnia (Reuters)

Posted: June 11th, 2010, 9:13am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is offering parents a cure for children who don't want to go to sleep. Have them watch his televised speeches.
Scientists use Calvin Klein cologne to lure jaguars (Reuters)

Posted: June 9th, 2010, 6:29pm PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - Biologists tracking jaguars in the Guatemalan jungle might smell nice but it's all in the name of science, with researchers finding the Calvin Klein cologne Obsession for Men attracts big cats.
Woman striving to be world's heaviest (Reuters)

Posted: June 9th, 2010, 11:06am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] 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.
Galileo lost tooth, fingers go on show in Florence (Reuters)

Posted: June 8th, 2010, 9:19am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] 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.
Farmer fires home-made cannon to defend land (Reuters)

Posted: June 8th, 2010, 9:13am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - A Chinese farmer has declared war on property developers who want his land, building a cannon out of a wheelbarrow and pipes and firing rockets at would-be eviction teams, state media said on Tuesday.
Bahraini sex shop thrives in conservative Gulf (Reuters)

Posted: June 8th, 2010, 9:12am PDT

Reuters - Where does one buy lingerie, sex toys and ointments designed to enhance female sexual pleasure in a Gulf region which frowns on open displays of sexuality?
Canada grilled over "half-baked fake lake" at G20 (Reuters)

Posted: June 8th, 2010, 9:12am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - Canada's government found itself in hot water on Monday after it emerged that the media center for two international summits this month will feature a C$1.9 million ($1.8 million) artificial lake, complete with canoes and a bar.
Smelly studios and fleas cause Cyprus TV walkout (Reuters)

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 10:54am PDT

Reuters - News staff at Cyprus's state broadcaster briefly walked off the job on Monday over conditions which included smelly studios and an infestation of fleas, workers said.
Cafe claims world's biggest burger (Reuters)

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 10:54am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - An Australian cafe is claiming a world record after cooking a giant hamburger with an 81 kg (178 lb) patty that took 12 hours to cook and four men to flip.
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! (Reuters)

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 10:52am PDT

">[news.yahoo.com] Reuters - Archaeologists believe they may have found the world's best-preserved gladiator cemetery after noticing animal bite marks and combat injuries on some of the 80, mainly headless, Roman skeletons unearthed at a site in the city of York in northern England.