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Watch: Chimp Tushi turns drone-buster in Dutch Burgers' Zoo

Tuesday, 14 April 2015, 15:43 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Beware! Chimp Tushi at the Dutch Burgers' Zoo is a real drone-buster. When the zoo sent a drone over the chimpanzee enclosure for a better look at how their 14 apes live, the response was...

Manufacturing firm seeks to build world's largest surfboard

Tuesday, 14 April 2015, 07:53 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A Rhode Island engineering technology and manufacturing company has set out to build the world's largest surfboard. WPRO-AM reports that Bristol-based mouldCAM is building the board for the Visit...

Updated: Amsterdam prostitutes protest closure of their windows

Thursday, 9 April 2015, 19:37 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Scores of prostitutes have taken to the streets of Amsterdam to protest moves to rejuvenate the city's famed Red Light District by shuttering windows where scantily-clad sex workers pose to attract...

British couple win a million in lottery for second time

Wednesday, 1 April 2015, 16:23 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A couple from northern England has defied the odds — again — by winning a million pounds ($1.5 million) in the lottery for a second time. David and Kathleen Long won the money —...

Watch: Great-grandmother skydives to celebrate 100th birthday

Monday, 16 March 2015, 10:38 Last update: about 11 years ago

A great-grandmother celebrated her 100th birthday by jumping out of a plane thousands of feet above South Africa, international media report. Georgina Harwood performed her daredevil feat over...

US woman: Stomach pains led to surprise birth in shower

Sunday, 15 March 2015, 05:48 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A woman stepped into the shower this week to help ease the discomfort of stomach pains. She emerged holding a newborn. Brittany Young, 24, told the Des Moines Register that she knew she was...

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