'Alien' in sewer turns out to be worms [Hits: 53]
Pulsating blobs filmed in a North Carolina sewer prompting speculation they were an 'alien' lifeform have been identified as worms.
Raleigh | USA
Updated On: 7/3/2009
Tags: Pulsating blobs filmed, North Carolina, Alien, Slimy sacs, Sewer and shying, Raleigh, Daily Telegraph, Biolgists, Worms coiled, Ed Buchan, Environmental coordinator, Raleigh Public Utilities Department, Creature, Colonies, Sewer system, Malphrus Construction
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Boy swallowed drawing pin [Hits: 18]
Doctors in China have discovered the cause of an eight-year-old boy's constant coughs and colds - a drawing pin stuck in his chest.
Mingguang | China
Updated On: 7/3/2009
Tags: Doctors in China, Coughs and colds, Drawing pin stuck, Chest, Xiao Ming, Mingguang, Anhui province, Yangtse Eveing Post, Xray, Right lung, Doctor Zhou Ai, Nanjing Children Hospital, Endoscope
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The world's scariest view? [Hits: 25]
The view from one of the world's tallest skyscrapers has just got even more unnerving.
Chicago | USA
Updated On: 7/3/2009
Tags: World tallest skyscrapers, Sears Tower, Chicago, Glass-floored observation deck, Visitors, Ledge, Floating sensation, Architect Ross Wilmer, Margaret Kemp, Bishop, California
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Man hit by 100mph train [Hits: 35]
A man had a miraculous escape after he was hit by a train traveling at 100mph.
Birmingham | United Kingdom
Updated On: 7/2/2009
Tags: Miraculous escape, Hit by a train traveling, Noah Hodgkiss, Mobile phone, Crossing a bridge, Cardiff to Birmingham train, Noah, Smashed pelvis, Broken ribs plus, Bridge, Village of Tibberton, Worcs, Worcester Royal Hospital, Railway lines, Hero
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Toast(er) to the happy couple [Hits: 35]
A newly-wed East Yorkshire couple opened their wedding presents - to find they had been given 24 toasters.
East Yorkshire | England
Updated On: 7/2/2009
Tags: East Yorkshire couple, Wedding presents, Toast, Claire and Stuart Linley, Shaped box, Tesco, Mr Linley stag party in Ibiza, Auto-electrician, Toast for breakfast, Married at Howden Minster, East Yorkshire
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Cat appears on Question Time [Hits: 37]
A cat owner only realised her ginger Tom was missing when a friend rang to say she'd just seen him - on Question Time.
Cornwall | England
Updated On: 7/2/2009
Tags: Ginger Tom, Cat owner, Question Time, Tango, BBC, David Dimbleby, Politicians and pundits discussed topics, Wearing of burkhas, MP expenses, Studio, Broadcast from Newquay, Cornwall, Tango crept, Television mixing desk, Treviglas community college, Jackie Ellery, School grounds
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Umbrellas stop Obama melting in the heat [Vote Average: 2, Total Votes: 1, Hits: 49]
A new waxwork of Barack Obama has been unveiled in Paris - where it had to be protected from the hot sun by umbrellas.
Paris | France
Updated On: 7/1/2009
Tags: New waxwork of Barack Obama, Paris, Hot sun, Umbrellas, Heatwave, Hit Britain, Temperatures soaring, Model face, Daily Telegraph, Eiffel Tower, Plave, Grevin wax museum, Sculptor Eric Saint Chaffray, US president, Photos, Emily Artes, US tourist, American, Musee Grevin, Heads of state, Official attitude, Soaring in France, Sculptor Eric Saint Chaffray, Barack Obama
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All creatures great and small [Vote Average: 2, Total Votes: 1, Hits: 48]
A chihuahua has made an amazing recovery in Australia after being stepped on by her best mate - a 900kg Clydesdale horse.
Melbourne | Australia
Updated On: 7/1/2009
Tags: Chihuahua, Amazing recovery in Australia, Clydesdale horse, Little Berry, Leroy, Abbey Newton, Melbourne, Horrible high-pitched screaming noise, Complete recovery, Breakfast, Astonishment
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Prey turns predator [Vote Average: 5, Total Votes: 1, Hits: 187]
A toad has been caught on camera eating a snake in China in a direct reversal of their normal roles...
Chongqing | China
Updated On: 7/1/2009
Tags: Toad eating snake, China, Caught on camera, Normal roles, Mountain toad eating a Jerdon, Tourist, Qingcheng Mountain park in Sichuan, Central China, Ran Longzhong, Chongqing, IC Media, Mountain road, Local zoologist, First time heard, Snake being eaten by a toad
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Hoppy couple to bring on rain [Vote Average: 2, Total Votes: 2, Hits: 43]
TWO frogs have been "married" in a ceremony in the western Indian state of Maharashtra to usher in the delayed monsoon rains...
Mumbai | India
Updated On: 6/30/2009
Tags: Frogs Marriage, Married, Ceremony, Western Indian state of Maharashtra, Delayed monsoon rains, Suburb of Nagpu, State capital Mumbai, Groom, Raja, Solemn ritual, Tradition dictates, Full Vedic or Hindu rituals, Rain god, Heavens, Country, Indians, Agriculture, Water supplies, Hot summer
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