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Mint fires boss over coin typo (Reuters)
Reuters - Chile's mint has sacked its managing director after he sent into circulation thousands of coins bearing an incorrect spelling of the country's name.
02-17-2010 by nancybrubaker Tags boss, coin, fires, mint, over, reuters, typo

Laxman celebrates anniversary with century (Reuters)
Reuters - Vangipurappu Laxman celebrated his sixth wedding anniversary with a century that put India in control of the second and final test against South Africa on Tuesday.
02-16-2010 by marywendice Tags anniversary, celebrates, century, reuters, with

Excess weight raises pregnancy risks: study (Reuters)
Reuters - Being overweight or obese increases a woman's chances of having an extra-big baby, even after the effects of pregnancy-related, or "gestational," diabetes are taken into account, new research shows.
02-14-2010 by andyburnett Tags reuters, risks, study, weight

Cocaine found hidden among Valentine roses (Reuters)
Reuters - A week before Valentine's Day, a consignment of cocaine was found hidden among 20,000 roses from Latin America at Amsterdam airport, Dutch authorities said Wednesday.
02-14-2010 by andyburnett Tags among, cocaine, found, hidden, reuters

Does "thinking outside the box" drive you mad? (Reuters)
Reuters - Grumpy colleagues, slow computers and office jargon are the things that annoy workers most, according to a survey on Wednesday.
02-12-2010 by malcolmcrowe Tags does, drive, outside, reuters, thinking

Luge crash death darkens Games mood (Reuters)
Reuters - Nodar Kumaritashvili, a 21-year-old Georgian luger, died in a horrific crash on a training run on Friday, casting a pall over the Winter Olympics hours before the Games were to be declared open.
02-12-2010 by ericmatthews Tags crash, death, luge, mood, reuters

Scientists find clue to anxiety drug addiction (Reuters)
Reuters - Valium-like drugs use the same potentially addictive "reward pathways" in the brain as heroin and cannabis, scientists said on Wednesday, findings which may help in the search for non-addictive alternative anxiety drugs.
02-10-2010 by francesstevens Tags addiction, anxiety, clue, drug, find, reuters

NY governor Paterson says he's not resigning (Reuters)
Reuters - New York Governor David Paterson on Monday restated his intention to run for governor and denied rumors he might resign over potentially scandalous allegations in a forthcoming news report that fueled new speculation about his political future.
02-08-2010 by nancybrubaker Tags fire, governor, paterson, resigning, reuters, says, under

Justice Dept says Google books deal troubled (Reuters)
Reuters - Changes that Google Inc and the Authors Guild made to an ambitious plan to create a massive online library were inadequate because they fail to address antitrust and copyright concerns, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.
02-07-2010 by francesstevens Tags books, deal, dept, google, justice, reuters, says, troubled

Boy faces court for bee sting prank (Reuters)
Reuters - A prank has had serious repercussions for an Indonesian boy facing criminal charges because he caused a classmate to be stung by a bee, the Jakarta Post reported on Thursday.
02-07-2010 by francesstevens Tags court, faces, prank, reuters

Amazon reshelves Macmillan titles but not e-books (Reuters)
Reuters - Online retailer Amazon.com Inc resumed selling hardcover and paperback books from Macmillan Publishers late on Friday in a sign the two companies are getting closer to resolving a pricing dispute over Macmillan's electronic books, which remain
02-06-2010 by marywendice Tags amazon, books, macmillan, reuters

Test of "artificial pancreas" offers diabetes hope (Reuters)
Reuters - Scientists have used an "artificial pancreas" system of pumps and monitors to improve blood sugar control in diabetes patients in the first study to show the new device works better than conventional treatment.
02-05-2010 by terrymalloy Tags artificial, diabetes, offers, reuters, test

Oysters - the Tudor version of cinema popcorn (Reuters)
Reuters - Elizabethan theater-goers chomped on an exotic array of foods while enjoying the latest plays of the day, new evidence found at the sites of Shakespearean playhouses in London suggests.
02-05-2010 by vincegrey Tags oysters, reuters, tudor

Comcast says no big job cuts from NBC deal (Reuters)
Reuters - Comcast Corp, the top U.S. cable provider, on Thursday told lawmakers no big scale job cuts will result from the proposed $30 billion joint venture with NBC Universal and remained committed to free over-the-air television programing.
02-04-2010 by colesear Tags comcast, deal, from, reuters, says

Man torches car battling frost (Reuters)
Reuters - A 76-year-old German man trying to thaw out his car incinerated it instead when he decided to speed things up by putting a blow heater under the hood.
02-03-2010 by marywendice Tags frost, reuters, torches

Leader slaughters goats to ward off evil? (Reuters)
Reuters - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has a black goat slaughtered at his house almost every day to ward off "evil eyes" and protect him from "black magic," a newspaper reported Wednesday.
02-03-2010 by marywendice Tags goats, leader, reuters, slaughters, ward

Branding ban on cigarette packs? (Reuters)
Reuters - The UK government launched plans on Monday to halve the number of smokers by the end of the decade and said it would consider removing branding from cigarette packets and banning cigarette vending machines.
02-03-2010 by marywendice Tags branding, cigarette, reuters

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