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"Oh, I'm not actually recording, honey..."
ROME - Recording secret videos of sex with your partner is not illegal, Italy 's supreme court has ruled. Rome 's highest appeals...

Queen of Mean's possessions up for auction
By Chris Michaud NEW YORK - The queen 's possessions are going up for public auction -- the so-called Queen of Mean, the late rea...

Divisive national anthem lyrics ditched
By Mark Elkington MADRID - Proposed new lyrics for Spain 's national anthem have stirred national divisions rather than pride and...

Computer can help your dog communicate
BUDAPEST - Hungarian scientists are working on computer software analyzing dog barks that could allow people to better recognize dogs ' ...

Police ask suspect: aren't you dead?
VILNIUS - Police in the Lithuanian city of Klaipeda were baffled to discover that a woman arrested for shoplifting last weekend had been...

Don't send in the clowns
LONDON - Bad news for Coco and Blinko -- children don 't like clowns and even older kids are scared of them. The news that will n...

Germans puff on as smoking ban fizzles
By Sarah Roberts BERLIN - Photographer Frank Blum puffed contentedly on a hand-rolled cigarette in a cafe in central Berlin, blat...

New study blames Columbus for syphilis spread
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO - New genetic evidence supports the theory that Christopher Columbus brought syphilis to Europe from...

Higher wine prices boost drinking pleasure
By Clare Baldwin STANFORD, California - The more wine costs, the more people enjoy it, regardless of how it tastes, a study by Ca...

Citroen apologizes for scowling Mao ad
BEIJING - French car-maker Citroen has apologized to China for running a full-page advertisement in several Spanish newspapers featuring...