| Man takes double hit from wife
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| Reuters - A New Zealand man is recovering from injuries after being run over by his wife -- twice, local media reported on Friday. |
| Paying to pick seats loathsome, many passengers say
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| Reuters - Paying for extras has become routine for airline passengers but it doesn't mean they like it, with a poll showing more than half all travelers hate having to fork out to choose their seat. |
| Want to live like a cowboy? Try Wyoming
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| Reuters - Whether you want to live like a rock star or a cowboy, or become an urban gardener or just opt for the simple life, there is a town in America to suit everyone's taste. |
| Nurses' union: Care does not include sex
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 Reuters - A union representing Dutch nurses will launch a national campaign Friday against demands for sexual services by patients who claim it should be part of their standard care.
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| The price you pay for being romantic...
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| Reuters - A German woman, fearful that a burglar was trying to break into her second storey apartment, called police after she heard someone climbing up to her balcony shortly after midnight, police said Thursday. |
| Japan's spouse hunters hone skills at marriage school
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| Reuters - In search of Mr. or Mrs. Right, dozens of Japanese are attending a newly launched school in Tokyo that aims to turn them into marriage material. |
| Old sea dog sets tongues wagging at Crufts
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 Reuters - A 16th century dog, the only known female to have served aboard King Henry VIII's ill-fated flagship the Mary Rose, has stolen the show at Britain's Crufts dog show this year.
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| New Zealander auctions 'ghosts' in a bottle
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| Reuters - A New Zealand woman sold two vials that she said contained the ghosts of an old man and a young girl for almost NZ$2,000 ($1,410) after a fiercely contested online auction, local media reported. |
| Air Canada learns that hockey trumps flying
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 Reuters - Canada's largest airline has learned it sometimes has to take a back seat to the country's biggest sporting passion, ice hockey, the head of Air Canada said on Tuesday.
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