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Dentists win Lacoste crocodile logo battle
By Peter Griffiths LONDON - Two dentists have won a second legal battle with French fashion giant Lacoste over the right to use a...

Wartime aircraft plant to open as resort
BEIJING - China is to create a tourist resort in a giant cave used by the former Nationalist government as a secret aircraft factory dur...

Anti-smoking chief breaks ban on Day 1
LISBON - The head of the Portuguese agency responsible for enforcing a new ban on smoking in public was seen lighting up at a New Year p...

Hostess jailed for hanky-panky blackmail
HONG KONG - A Hong Kong karaoke hostess was jailed for three years Wednesday for blackmailing a senior government official by threatenin...

Roller coaster makes unscheduled New Year stop
BEIJING - A roller coaster stalled at the top of a loop at China 's biggest amusement park, leaving passengers stranded upside down, the...

Wordsmiths, avoid these words..
By Andrew Stern CHICAGO - A "surge " of overused words and phrases formed a "perfect storm " of "post-9/11 " cliches in 2007, ...

Newlyweds caught in drag race
SYDNEY - Australian newlyweds kissing on the backseat of their hired car were unaware their chauffeur was street drag racing, until a po...

"Holy smoke" in nunnery tops 2007 weird news
By Erik Kirschbaum BERLIN - From a Greek nunnery turned into a marijuana farm by two men posing as gardeners to a South African m...

Miss France keeps crown after photo controversy
PARIS - Miss France 2008 has kept her crown, contest organizers said Friday, after a row over suggestive photographs that saw members of...

Brothers hand out Christmas cash at mall
NEW YORK - Shoppers got a Christmas Eve surprise on Monday when a pair of brothers handed out $100 bills at a mall on Long Island, New Y...