Builder discovers "priceless" Tolkien postcard
LONDON (Reuters) - A demolition man stripping a fireplace from the former home of "The Lord of the Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkien stumbled across a postcard to the writer dated 1968, and hopes to sell it for a small fortune.
Publ.Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:29:41 -0400
Source: Reuters
Dying to get cheaper as Malta ends hearse cartel
VALLETTA (Reuters) - The cost of living is rising in Malta, but the cost of dying may be about to drop.
Publ.Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:45:03 -0400
Source: Reuters
Man rips head from Hitler wax figure
BERLIN (Reuters) - A man tore the head from a controversial waxwork figure of Adolf Hitler on the opening day of Berlin's Madame Tussauds museum Saturday, police said.
Publ.Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:57:05 -0400
Source: Reuters
It pays to go in a public toilet
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - It pays to use a toilet in southern India, as residents are earning close to a dollar a month by using public urinals, a scheme launched by authorities to promote hygiene and research in rural areas.
Publ.Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:31:23 -0400
Source: Reuters
Police nab two cannabis growers in cemetery
HANOI (Reuters) - Police have detained two custodians who were about to harvest their first crop of cannabis, a source of drugs like hashish and marijuana, from a cemetery in Vietnam's capital, a state-run newspaper reported on Monday.
Publ.Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:06:01 -0400
Source: Reuters
Big cheese carving celebrates Independence Day
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A sculpture of the signing of the Declaration of Independence made from a one-tonne block of cheddar cheese glistened on the sidewalk of Times Square in New York on Thursday as an artist's tribute to the Fourth of July.
Publ.Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:23:04 -0400
Source: Reuters
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