Mountain lion wanders into California city center, is killed
Tue, 22 May 2012 22:25:54 -0400
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A mountain lion ventured into the center of a crowded Southern California city on Tuesday, and was shot and killed when authorities had trouble corralling the animal in the courtyard of a building, police said.
South Africa protesters deface Zuma penis portrait
Tue, 22 May 2012 22:23:49 -0400
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Two men vandalized a portrait of South African President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed on Tuesday, intensifying a heated debate about the picture that has enraged the ruling African National Congress.
Are sweaty brokers more ethical?
Tue, 22 May 2012 10:44:08 -0400
LONDON (Reuters) - If you want to know how ethical your broker is, give them a moral dilemma and see how much they sweat before deciding what to do.
Fired for being "too hot," New Jersey woman claims
Mon, 21 May 2012 19:06:30 -0400
(Reuters) - A New Jersey woman said on Monday that she was dismissed from a temporary job at a New York lingerie warehouse because her male employers felt she was too busty and dressed too provocatively for the workplace.
Ukraine's topless fighters plot to storm the Euros
Mon, 21 May 2012 10:51:58 -0400
KIEV (Reuters) - Anna darts gleefully around the two sparsely-furnished rooms situated through an archway off a steep street that climbs up from Kiev's Independence Square. She is a general showing off her new headquarters.
Cloak and dagger world of spies exposed in NYC show
Mon, 21 May 2012 08:18:14 -0400
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The mysterious cloak and dagger world of international espionage and its real-life heros and villains are exposed in a new exhibition, the first to be sanctioned by U.S. intelligence agencies.
Japan train with "rice balls" to sharpen soccer skills
Mon, 21 May 2012 01:12:24 -0400
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan have come up with a novel way of preparing themselves for this year's London Olympic men's soccer tournament - training with odd-bouncing triangular 'rice balls.'
Italy "dog and cat tax" muzzled after uproar
Fri, 18 May 2012 15:23:14 -0400
ROME (Reuters) - A proposal to levy a tax on cats and dogs that stunned Italy on Friday turned out to be all bark and no bite after a wave of popular anger saw it withdrawn on the same day it was made public.
'Psychic' pig to make Euro tips
Fri, 18 May 2012 07:16:05 -0400
KIEV (Reuters) - A psychic pig is set to take over where Paul the Octopus left off at the 2010 World Cup by predicting the results of matches at the European championships in Ukraine and Poland.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Breyer robbed again
Thu, 17 May 2012 16:47:06 -0400
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, who was robbed in February at his Caribbean vacation home by a man armed with a machete, recently was the victim of a burglary at his residence in Washington, a court spokeswoman said on Thursday.
