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Woman overpowers thief with tea and sympathy
TOKYO - A Japanese woman and her six-month-old baby escaped unhurt from a knife-wielding thief this week after the mother calmed him dow...

Some coffee fans get grim delight in Starbucks woes
By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK - One coffee drinker 's bad news is another coffee drinker 's good news, it seems. Financial w...

Thirteen hurt on first day of Spanish bull run
PAMPLONA, Spain - Thirteen people were taken to hospital, one of them seriously injured, on the first day of the annual bull running fes...

It pays to go in a public toilet
NEW DELHI - It pays to use a toilet in southern India, as residents are earning close to a dollar a month by using public urinals, a sch...

Police nab two cannabis growers in cemetery
HANOI - Police have detained two custodians who were about to harvest their first crop of cannabis, a source of drugs like hashish and m...

Man rips head from Hitler wax figure
BERLIN - A man tore the head from a controversial waxwork figure of Adolf Hitler on the opening day of Berlin 's Madame Tussauds museum ...

You want cheese curds with that?
OTTAWA - Canada 's U.S. embassy apologized on Thursday for a party invitation that featured a prominent figure in Canadian history brand...

Big cheese carving celebrates Independence Day
NEW YORK - A sculpture of the signing of the Declaration of Independence made from a one-tonne block of cheddar cheese glistened on the ...

Restaurant makes meal out of war
BEIRUT - At "Buns and Guns " you can order a "Kalashnikov " sandwich from a bullet-shaped menu, prepared by chefs in military fatigues...

And the world's happiest country is..
WASHINGTON - Denmark, with its democracy, social equality and peaceful atmosphere, is the happiest country in the world, researchers sai...