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Prison-trained puppies help troops
Nov 16 - Prisoners are paired with puppies in a ground-breaking program to train service dogs for injured war veterans.
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Metal monk quits rock
Nov 13 - Italy's heavy metal playing monk says he's retiring from the limelight because the devil's made celebrity go to his head.
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Job as bathroom greeter draws crowds
Nov. 12 - Against the bleak economic backdrop, Charmin's toilet campaign draws thousands of job seekers to New York's Times Square for the role of ambassador to its toilets.
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Shark gives birth after tank tussle
Nov 12 - A shark gives birth to 8 pups prematurely from a wound sustained in a fight with another shark.
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Hi-tech holy water controls H1N1
Nov 12 - Italian worshippers use an electronic holy water dispenser to help prevent the spread of swine flu at a church at Capriano Briosco, about 50 kilometres north of Milan.
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India fire crews turn snake-catchers
Nov. 8 - Fire fighters in Orissa are taking special courses in snake catching.
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Tree house man lives off the land
Oct 29 - A 28-year-old man leaves life in London to build a tree house in a Sussex wood and live solely off the land.
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Soccer grannies
Oct 21 - A group of grannies in South Africa are using soccer to get in shape.
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And Finally... Nose Power.
Oct 8 - This nose knows power, massive marionettes, Mexico City's high-tech noise investigation, and gorillas on Twitter.Chad Ruble reports.
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Woeful wedding video ends in court
Oct 7 - A newly-wed British couple have won compensation from their wedding photographer after he presented them with "woefully inadequate" pictures.
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A nose for breaking records
Oct 6 - An athlete from the Caucasian republic of Georgia bursts hot water bottles by blowing them up with his nose.
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No Lycra please, we're British
Oct 5 - Figure-hugging Lycra is barred from the UK's Brompton folding bike world championships for jackets and ties.
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And Finally... Pardon My French.
Oct. 1 - Airport writer's residency, holiday giveaway, French cabbies get lessons in manners, and Knut settles down.
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And Finally: Odd News, Big and Small
Sep 25 - The world's shortest and tallest, paper airplanes, and senior body builders. Chad Ruble reports.
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China gets hair done for anniversary
Sep 22 - A Chinese hairdresser celebrates the upcoming 60th anniversary of Communist China by giving free haircuts depicting Tiananmen Square, the Great Hall of the People and even turning some customers into human flag poles.
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Secret supper party
Sep. 19 - In the U.S. they' are called supper clubs, in Cuba, paladares and in London they are underground restaurants.
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UK's Dolly is world's oldest barmaid
Sep. 19 - The world's oldest and longest-serving barmaid - 95-year-old Dolly Saville - has been talking about her plans to continue working as long as she can.
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And Finally... Cute Giants.
Sept. 17 - Panda cubs, high altitude dining, kissing ban in Paris, and fire games.
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Caution: Man eating spiders
September 13, 2009 - A man in India is turning heads - and stomachs - snacking on spiders.
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Flu threatens French kissing
Sept. 10 - The French may have to stop giving each other the traditional 'La Bise' greeting after swine flu became an epidemic in the country on Wednesday (September 9).
Reuters Video: Oddly Enough
