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"Hockey Night" song skating on thin ice
By Cameron French TORONTO - The "Hockey Night in Canada " theme song, a mainstay of Canadian households for 40 years and often t...

Don't abandon car in motion, says Cyprus motor code
NICOSIA (Reuters Life!) - Drivers in Cyprus have been told not to abandon their car in motion, or wave their hands and legs out of car wi...

Widow throws party to find place in heaven
PATNA, India - A rich 80-year-old Indian widow has spent thousands of dollars on a feast for 100,000 people in the hope it would please ...

Retired U.S. justice O'Connor unveils video game
By Claudia Parsons NEW YORK - America 's first female Supreme Court justice unveiled a videogame project on Wednesday to teach ch...

County votes to ban marijuana cultivation
LOS ANGELES - Mendocino County 's reputation as a marijuana haven of California may be going up in smoke. Voters on Tuesday leane...

Add oil! Add oil!
BEIJING - Beijing organizers are promoting an officially sanctioned chanting routine for Chinese spectators at August 's Olympics, state...

Seizing cars from drunk drivers
ROME - Italy has begun confiscating the cars of people driving under the effect of drugs or alcohol in the latest attempt to lower one o...

Cars torched in arson spree
By Dmitry Solovyov MOSCOW - Moscow police are hunting for a lone arsonist who they believe is responsible for setting fire to doz...

Curbing bike theft with thievery lessons?
AMSTERDAM - A Dutch cyclists lobby group plans to teach more people across the country how to steal bikes after lessons it conducted in ...

TV, guns, fridges - prisoner had it all
RIO DE JANEIRO - With a plasma TV, a DVD player, $172,000 in cash, gym equipment, two refrigerators and a couple of guns, Genilson Lino ...