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Master-Chien?

A Black Lab in Washington  turned on the stove when reaching for food and caused an apartment fire.

A Black Lab in Washington turned on the stove when reaching for food and caused an apartment fire.

US bugs German Chancellor Merkel’s cell-phone

"Angela, John Kerry speaking. I hear, [ from listening in on your phone conversations, of course], that you are upset."

“Angela, John Kerry speaking. I hear, [ from listening in on your phone conversations, of course], that you are upset.”

Looking for a deal on handbags?

An Alligator causes chaos in a  Florida Walmart when it enters the store.

An Alligator causes chaos in a Florida Walmart when it enters the store.

Touch of Frost on Parliament Hill

"Somebody's telling porkies" Prime Minister Harper and Senator Duffy trade accusations in the senate expense scandal. Will we ever get the truth?

“Somebody’s telling porkies”
Prime Minister Harper and Senator Duffy trade accusations in the senate expense scandal. Will we ever get the truth?

Ku-Clucks Clan

McDonalds drops Alberta egg-supplier "KuKu" Farms after  hidden camera documentary film footage revealed egregious animal cruelty practices

McDonald’s drops Alberta egg-supplier “KuKu Farms” after hidden camera  film footage revealed egregious animal cruelty practices

Harper takes heat

Disgraced Senator Duffy reveals that Prime Minister Stephen Harper ordered him to go along with plan to repay $90,000 in expenses in order to silence scandal.

Disgraced Senator Duffy reveals that Prime Minister Stephen Harper ordered him to go along with plan to repay $90,000 in expenses in order to silence scandal.

“I’ve just found a girl called Maria”

Greek Police charge a Roma [Gypsy] couple  with abducting a blonde, blue-eyed  girl named Maria. DNA shows she is not their child. [Investigations continue regarding 14 other children the couple claim as theirs, including 6 born within a 10 month period!]

Greek Police charge a Roma [Gypsy] couple with abducting a blonde, blue-eyed girl named Maria. DNA shows she is not their child. [Investigations continue regarding 14 other children the couple claim as theirs, including 6 born within a 10 month period!]

Raising the Titanic Violin

A Violin recovered with the body of the Musician Hartly who went down with the Titanic, sells for £900,000 in auction

A Violin belonging to Titanic musician Wallace Hartley, which was recovered with his body after the ship sank, sells for £900,000 in auction

A load of crocs?

Caimans, [alligators], have invaded ponds in the Olympic golf course in Rio de Janerio. [They breed and thrive in the sewage-rich lagoons nearby. Could Alligator-wrestling be the next Olympic demonstration Sport?]

Caimans, [alligators], have invaded ponds in the Olympic golf course in Rio de Janeiro. They breed and thrive in the sewage-rich lagoons nearby. [Could Alligator-wrestling be the next Olympic demonstration Sport?]

Abominable hair-day

Oxford geneticist claims he has solid evidence that the Yeti, or Abominable Snowman does exist after matching DNA in hair samples collected high in the Himalayas with a giant, prehistoric bear-like animal

Oxford geneticist claims he has solid evidence that the Yeti, or Abominable Snowman does exist after matching DNA in hair samples collected high in the Himalayas with a giant, prehistoric bear