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AOL NEWS Jan 4 IHOP -- the International House of Pancakes -- was hopping made when it found another group was using its "IHOP" acronym, even in the name of God. But the flapjack-making restaurant chain has dropped its lawsuit against a religious group that calls itself the International...

BBC news Jan 4 A man in the US state of Texas has had his robbery conviction overturned after serving 30 years in jail - longer than anyone in Texas cleared by DNA. Cornelius Dupree Jr was jailed from 1979 to 2010 as part of a 75-year sentence for aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon...

Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean) You're about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest :D And todays pun is ..... Experts say the cost of funerals have risen by 50%, they blame it on the cost of living :p

Guardian Newspaper Dec 3 Republican party plans to hold congressional inquiry into organisation following release of classified cables The Republicans plan to hold a congressional inquiry into WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange, following the organisation's release of thousands...

BBC Mandela wins BBC's 'global election' Nelson Mandela was selected by more than half the players Former South African President Nelson Mandela has topped a BBC poll to find the person most people would like to lead a fantasy world government. More than 15,000 people worldwide took...

(Reuters) - Florida marine conservationists have come up with a simple recipe for fighting the invading lionfish that is gobbling up local reef life -- eat them. The Key Largo-based REEF conservation organization has just released "The Lionfish Cookbook," a collection of 45 recipes which is...

(Reuters) - This story might be epic, and could even go viral, but not if Lake Superior State University has anything to do with it. Just sayin.' The small college in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, released on Friday its annual list of "banished words" -- terms so overused, misused and hackneyed...

BBC News Jan 3 Hundreds of Cambodians have celebrated the unusual wedding of two snakes, in the belief the nuptials will bring those attending prosperity and peace. Serpent bride Chamreun, a 16ft-long (4.8m) python weighing 200lb (90kg), wed her smaller mate in a village just south of the...

BBC News Jan 3 Donald Duck 'groping' lawsuit to go to court A US judge has ruled that a woman from Pennsylvania can sue Disney over claims that a staff member dressed as Donald Duck groped her at a theme park. April Magolon, 27, says she was holding her child at Disney's Epcot theme...

As we are asking what programs everyone enjoys ...... :D A while ago I watched quite a few episodes of Gold rush Alaska. Tonight Discovery are advertising that it comes on again starting next Friday. Have you watched this program & what are your views? :p

Daily Mail Dec 2010 Jellyfish are taking over the oceans: Population surge as rising acidity of world's seas kills predators Scientists say the number of jellyfish are on the rise thanks to the increasing acidity of the world’s oceans. The warning comes in a new report into ocean...

Sky News Jan 2 Mystery surrounds the deaths of thousands of black birds which fell from the sky in Arkansas, America. State wildlife officials have been going door-to-door in the town of Beebe to collect the birds after 5,000 fell dead. Officials said the creatures began falling from the...

I have been doing a little reading and as I understand it, at 18 years old teenagers are "adults" for mostly everything bar drinking alcohol and running for certain official offices. So my questions is ... Do you think the legal age for drinking alcohol should be 18 years of age? What...

BBC News Video BBC News - Harry Potter: Quidditch for Muggles Quidditch, the game popularised in the Harry Potter books, is now being played by students around the world. So just how do you turn a magical sport into something that can be played in real life? As a group of college...

BBC News Dec 30 US politician Christine O'Donnell, who unsuccessfully ran for Delaware's senate seat, has denied accusations that she improperly used campaign funds for personal expenses. Federal investigators have launched a criminal probe into the alleged misuse. Ms O'Donnell told...

AOL Dec 30 It was standing room only for one unlucky flier, who says he was forced to stand for more than two hours during a Spirit Airlines flight because he was too tall to fit into his seat. On a flight from Chicago to Fort Myers, Fla., Brooks Anderson realized that he wasn't just too...

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BBC News Jan 1 Scientists admit they may never find a cure for a disease which is threatening to wipe out an iconic Australian species Up to 80% of all Tasmanian devils have been lost in the past decade and millions of pounds is being spent to ensure they do not become extinct. In...

Looking out, as one does while waiting for a load, at the world going by, there are some observations that I would like to share with you. The usual is going on here, bad parking - hey why use one parking space when two will do! Couples getting fraught - "I gave you the keys", " No you...

BBC News Dec 31 Wild West outlaw Billy the Kid will not receive a posthumous pardon for killing a county sheriff in 1878, the governor of the US state of New Mexico has said. Bill Richardson had been asked to pardon the infamous 19th Century bandit in order to fulfil a promise supposedly...