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."](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/26102013.jpg)
“Angela, John Kerry speaking. I hear, [ from listening in on your phone conversations, of course], that you are upset.”
“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!]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/22102013.jpg)
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 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?]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/19102013.jpg)
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
“Roll” models?
A “Pediatrics” study criticizes pro athletes such as Serena Williams who are paid big fees to endorse junk food sending mixed messages to kids.
Congratulations Alice Munro!
Canadian Author Alice Munro wins the Nobel Prize for Literature
Brazil is a tough nut to crack
![Brazil accuses Canada of spying on its mines and energy ministry. [Canada has neither confirmed nor denied the allegations]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/09102013.jpg)
Brazil accuses Canada of spying on its mines and energy ministry. [Canada has neither confirmed nor denied the allegations]
“Putin on the fritz”
![Russian President Putin ceremoniously lit the Olympic Flame in Red Square, but the Olympic torch went out en route to the Kremlin. [It was re-lit with a cigarette lighter]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/071020132.jpg)
Russian President Putin ceremoniously lit the Olympic Flame in Red Square, but the Olympic torch went out en route to the Kremlin. [It was re-lit with a cigarette lighter]
The Wrath of Grapes
In a strange reversal, grapes crush a man in La Mancha. The worker reportedly fell into a holding bay just as 5 tons of wine-making grapes were being unloaded.
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