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New York police round up wandering cow in Brooklyn park
Tue, 17 Oct 2017 13:52:40 -0400
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City police wrangled a cow on the loose in a Brooklyn park on Tuesday after the animal became a spectacle for tourists and New Yorkers alike when it was spotted roaming the streets and enjoying the park facilities.

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Swiss flushing away millions in gold and silver every year
Thu, 12 Oct 2017 07:03:35 -0400
ZURICH (Reuters) - While London's sewers can get clogged with fatbergs made up of grease and diapers, it seems Switzerland's waste system is flecked with silver and gold.

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Exorcism excise: U.S. psychic pleads guilty to $3.5 million tax evasion
Thu, 05 Oct 2017 16:07:51 -0400
BOSTON (Reuters) - A self-proclaimed psychic who was paid $3.5 million by an elderly Massachusetts woman in exchange for claiming to cleanse her of demons pleaded guilty on Thursday to trying to avoid paying taxes.

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Having the right name at the right, or sometimes wrong, time
Fri, 29 Sep 2017 10:57:24 -0400
NEW YORK (Reuters) - When reporters descended on upstate New York to ask about a stunning prison break in 2015, state police spokesman Major Charles Guess took their questions.

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Hospital allow kids to drive themselves to operating room
Tue, 19 Sep 2017 20:47:34 -0400
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A San Diego children's hospital unveiled a collection of remote controlled luxury mini cars on Tuesday that allow its young patients to 'drive' themselves to the operating room.

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Crayfish staff help Czech brewery keep its water as pure as can be
Thu, 28 Sep 2017 20:47:06 -0400
PROTIVIN, Czech Republic (Reuters) - Crayfish equipped with high-tech sensors have been drafted in by a Czech brewery in its quest to keep their water supply pure.

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Geneva toilets flush with cash
Mon, 18 Sep 2017 13:03:22 -0400
GENEVA (Reuters) - Geneva prosecutors are investigating after toilets in a bank and three restaurants were blocked by about $100,000 in high-denomination euro banknotes, they said on Monday.

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Staying fit: Japan's elderly hits record in challenge to labor market
Mon, 18 Sep 2017 06:58:28 -0400
TOKYO (Reuters) - Swinging dumbbells and chewing gum, several elderly Japanese gathered at a shrine in downtown Tokyo on Monday in sweltering temperatures, belying their age and importance in one of the world's most rapidly aging societies.

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Pet deaths in Japan: dignified but dog-gone expensive
Mon, 18 Sep 2017 06:48:41 -0400
At Pet Rainbow Fiesta, a pet funeral expo, held in Tokyo on Monday, visitors were given a host of options on performing rites for dead pets, including cremation, constructing a household altar and making offerings of incense.

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Venezuela's new plan to beat hunger: Breed rabbits
Fri, 15 Sep 2017 14:46:08 -0400
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's government this week urged citizens to see rabbits as more than "cute pets" as it defended a plan to breed and eat them even as the opposition says this would do nothing to end chronic food shortages.