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Making electronics with a twist Researchers have made electronics that can bend, stretch and now twist as well, considered the ultimate in the subject. Parrot taking Prozac to beat the blues following owner London, Nov 20 : It may sound bizarre but an African Grey parrot is taking Prozac after suffering from depression following the death of his owner. Females are definitely the chattier sex, even in monkeys! London, Nov 20 : Women might be tired of carrying the load of being stereotyped as the talkative sex, but according to a group of researchers, the label might indeed be true - at least in the case of female-centric monkey groups. Volunteers make 143 tons of spicy kimchi in Seoul SEOUL, South Korea -- Thousands donned aprons and hair nets Thursday outside Seoul's City Hall in a bid to make the world's biggest batch of kimchi, the spicy pickled cabbage that is Korea's best-kno... BYU religious instructor balances humor, doctrine PROVO — John Hilton III is grateful for the editors at Deseret Book who help him affix clever wording to his published works. While he'd be content with something simple, he knows that designati... One not-so-lean online crime fighting machine By Alex Eliseev Barack Obama did it. So did Britney Spears. So Scott Mills, a bulky police constable from Toronto, Canada, saw no reason why he couldn't try it. Only Mills wasn't trying to win a... Look out for Manila - Manila airport workers have been banned from wishing travelers a Merry Christmas, a newspaper said on Thursday. The warning was issued by airport general manager Alfonso Cusi who claimed t... Driver Loses Control After Sneeze BOSTON -- We all know about the dangers of drinking and driving -- but how about driving while sneezing? An untimely sneeze nearly cost Andrew Hanson his life. Toilet humour highlights global sanitation crisis and handed out flyers at Edinburgh Waverley to highlight a global sanitation crisis.An estimated 2.5 billion people – 40 per cent of the world's population – do not have access to a toilet and thi... Scientists create electronics with a twist, literally Washington, Nov 20 : Scientists have developed electronics that not only can be bended or stretched, but can also be twisted, which could pave the way for new flexible sensors, transmitters, new photo... Dog drives van into NY coffee house ST. JAMES, N.Y. - A dog left inside a running van put the vehicle in drive, causing it to crash into a Long Island coffee house. Suffolk County police say... 88-yr-old wins Berlin doctorate denied by Nazis BERLIN: Berlin Technical University has awarded a doctorate to an 88-year-old man whose studies were obstructed by the Nazis, the weekly newspaper Die Zeit has reported. Dimitri Stein submitted ... Fla. man accused of hurling sandwich at girlfriend PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- A Florida man is accused of tossing a sandwich at his girlfriend as they cruised down an interstate, knocking off her glasses and nearly causing her to lose control of the car... Portugal. The Man show their true "It's pretty crazy, when she got picked (as John McCain's running mate) I just had no idea what to say or what to do," said Gourley. Now it seems that the whole country will probably remember the name... U.S. court orders release of 8-year-old killer for Thanksgiving WASHINGTON, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - A court has ruled that an eight-year-old American boy accused of the killing of his father and another man with a hunting rifle can spend Thanksgiving with his ... Physicists Find Dark Matter, or Something Even More Strange A new experiment may have found the first direct evidence of dark matter particles, a discovery that could begin to unravel one of the biggest mysteries in physics. Theorists believe that dark matter... Goff takes tried-and-true approach to shadow roles Labour leader Phil Goff named his shadow Cabinet today, promoting some new faces but relying on experience to attack National.In contrast to National leader John Key's approach, he has not brought for... Thieves pry bronze Virgin Mary statue from church NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Thieves may have to take an awkward trip to the confessional. A bronze statue of the Virgin Mary was lifted from a Catholic church in Newport Beach. Police Lt. Craig Fox said... Skull with built-in sauna turns heads in Austria VIENNA, Austria -- An oversize skull with a built-in sauna is turning heads in the Austrian capital. The white walk-in structure - situated near a busy Vienna intersection - is known as the "Wellness... Vampires seduce a new generation in But that was before he became Twilight's Edward Cullen, the bed-headed James Dean of high school vampires and the main attraction of the film adaptation of the literary sensation that descends upon th... New Jersey inmates battle Princeton students in a unique chess match Princeton University student David Wang makes a move as he play chess with inmate Kelvin Washington, right, at the New Jersey State Prison Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008, in Trenton, N.J. Six Princeton stud... Tom Jones busks for charity Legendary Welsh singer Tom Jones shocked passers-by in central London on Wednesday (local time) by performing an impromptu set on a pavement to raise money for a cancer charity. The 68-year-old thril... iPhone baffled by British accents A new voice-recognition search tool for the iPhone has problems understanding British accents, leading to some bizarre answers to spoken queries, a newspaper report and users said. The free applicati... Teen lives 4 months with no heart, leaves hospital (11-19) 13:29 PST MIAMI (AP) -- D'Zhana Simmons says she felt like a "fake person" for 118 days when she had no heart beating in her chest. "But I know that I really was here," the 14-year-old said, ... Texas woman arrested for giving boy topless photo (11-19) 12:33 PST SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- A former Sunday school teacher was arrested on charges of distributing harmful material to a minor after the parents of a 14-year-old boy found a topless photo o... Search widened for cardboard box fugitive BERLIN (Reuters) - German police searching nationwide for a convicted drug dealer who escaped from jail by hiding in a cardboard box to be taken away for recycling plan to issue an international arres... Lawmaker apologizes for blocking Wikipedia BERLIN (Reuters) - A member of parliament who got a court order blocking online encyclopedia Wikipedia in Germany for two days because of entries linking him to communist-era security police apologize... Manual issued to stop forced marriages PARIS (Reuters) - The Paris City Hall launched a manual on forced marriages on Wednesday to help officials spot and prevent cases of young women being coerced into matrimony. Airline takes woman to Puerto Rico instead of Fla. T AMPA, Fla. - Employees at US Airways are looking into how an 83-year-old woman in a wheelchair flying from New York to Tampa, Fla., instead found herself at an airport in Puerto Rico. Elfriede Kuem... Undercover officers use Taser on pallbearer (11-19) 12:28 PST Wilmington, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina sheriff's official has apologized for plunging a funeral into chaos when undercover agents tried to arrest the dead man's son — and u... Serbia bids farewell to Yugo That's just one of the "Yugo jokes" about the cheap and much-maligned subcompact that won notoriety for being one of the worst cars ever exported to the United States. Astronauts Lose Bag Of Tools In Space A spacewalking astronaut accidentally let go of her tool bag Tuesday after a grease gun inside it exploded, and helplessly watched as the tote and everything inside floated away.It was one of the larg... A selection of Yugo jokes _ The new Yugo has an air bag. Before an accident, start pumping real fast. _ How do you double the value of a Yugo? Fill the gas tank! _ What do you call a Yugo at the top of a hill? A miracle. _ ... Ind. inmates sneak through ceiling to have sex THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BLOOMFIELD, Ind. -- Three male and three female inmates at a southern Indiana jail face charges that they devised a way to sneak between cell blocks to help pass their time beh... Irate man wields bat to liberate his lost cat Kent Robertson said the man found his missing gray and blue short-haired cat at the shelter, where it had been brought by someone who thought it was a stray.He blew his stack when told he had to pay a... Rapper gets 20 years after writing shooting song News ) - He shot a man twice and felt so good about it, police said, a rapper wrote a song describing the shooting and calling out the victim by name. A judge sentenced 25-year-old Iowa zoo recaptures flamingo that flew the coop (11-18) 18:07 PST Des Moines, Iowa (AP) -- An Iowa zoo has recaptured a flamingo that flew over a Des Moines neighborhood, a golf course and the entire zoo during a 7-hour freedom flight. New constable allows friend to fire gun into air (11-18) 18:01 PST San Benito, Texas (AP) -- A newly elected constable was questioned by sheriff's deputies after allowing a friend to fire his county-issued handgun into the air at a party. Maine man sheds 140 pounds to join the Marines LEWISTON, Maine -- Army and Navy recruiters took one look at 330-pound Ulysses Milana and told him to forget about joining. "'You've got to lose weight,'" Milana remembers them saying. But Marine rec... Austrian city imposes tracksuit ban for cabbies (11-18) 13:01 PST VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- Cabs in the Austrian city of Salzburg just got classier: Drivers can no longer wear tracksuits. The new regulation took effect earlier this month in an attem... Ky. inmate who escaped jail returns on own (11-18) 12:14 PST Paducah, Ky. (AP) -- Chad Toy's escape from jail wasn't what shocked his jailers; it was his plea to be let back in. "When I rang the bell at the jail and told them who I was, they ... Sweden says transvestism is not a disease (11-19) 10:08 PST STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- Swedish health officials say they will remove transvestism, fetishism and sadomasochism from the country's official list of diseases and mental disorders. Motorist allegedly killed teen while texting (11-19) 08:35 PST Santa Ana, CA (AP) -- A Huntington Beach motorist allegedly texting on his cell phone when he struck and killed a 14-year-old bicyclist has been indicted for vehicular manslaughter ... What do you give a man with eight Taipei - A Taiwanese man with eight "wives" and 32 children said on Wednesday he expected to collect $4 500 (about R45 000) in shopping vouchers to become the largest beneficiary of the new scheme. ... Looking for work in the Big Apple By David Caruso New York - After nine fruitless months of looking for work, Paul Nawrocki turned to a Depression-era tactic to find a job. Over the past few days the 59-year-old businessman has ... Boars thrive in Germany; Hunters in hog heaven BERLIN -- Time to fire up the grill.German boar hunters are reporting one of their best seasons since World War II as moderate weather and plentiful food have led to a wild pig population boom.The Ge... Farmer avoids jail in fake tiger photo trial BEIJING (Reuters) - A farmer in northern China found guilty of doctoring photos of an endangered tiger after collecting a cash reward from wildlife authorities, has been handed a lighter sentence on a... Fixing a transsexual gender bias Swedish authorities have agreed to give transsexual men free prosthetic penises. Female to male transsexuals will be allowed prosthetic penises fitted by a plastic surgeon at no cost, but some have... EFA to analyze cultural humor LONDON -- The European Film Academy plans to have a laugh with its latest conference scheduled for the weekend of the organization's awards show. Ahead of the Academy's awards evening ceremony on... Broccoli May Fight Lung Cancer In Smokers Broccoli appears to lower the risk of lung cancer in smokers and ex-smokers, according to a new study.Li Tang of the roswell Park Cancer Institute said that cruciferous vegetables don't eliminate the ...