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Google Maps helps abducted Chinese man find home
BEIJING - Google Maps has helped a Chinese man to locate his family, 23 years after he was abducted while walking to school.
Aussie politician sorry he ‘liked’ exposed teen photo
SYDNEY — An Australian politician says he has learned a valuable lesson in social networking after he “liked” a Facebook photo without realizing that it showed a teenage...
Mum chases down child abductor, man arrested
ALBUQUERQUE (New Mexico) — A mother whose 4-year-old was being abducted chased the suspect down and crashed her vehicle into his car, triggering a manhunt and the arrest of the...
Artist’s secret snaps draw neighbours’ ire
NEW YORK — In one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window. Another photo shows a couple in bathrobes, their...
Topless picketers disrupt Barbie house opening in Berlin
BERLIN — Women’s rights protesters disrupted the opening of a giant pink doll’s house in Berlin yesterday (May 16), saying the Barbie “Dreamhouse Experience” objectified women.
Man convicted of murder based on victim’s blinks
CINCINNATI — An Ohio man was found guilty yesterday (May 16) of fatally shooting a man who the authorities say identified his assailant by blinking his eyes while paralysed and...
LA worst US city for dog attacks on mailmen
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles has earned the dubious distinction for the second year in a row as the United States city with the most dog attacks on mail carriers, the US Postal...
How listening to sad songs heals the blues
LONDON - Listening to sad songs is best way to get over a break up as it has same soothing effect as a sympathetic friend, researchers find
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