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US post office pays homage to famous reindeer

Monday, 15 December 2014, 18:30 Last update: about 12 years ago

Thousands of Christmas cards are pouring into a small village in Wisconsin that shares its name with the most famous reindeer. The Rudolph Post Office receives more than 10,000 Christmas cards...

Australian killed by shark on Great Barrier Reef

Monday, 15 December 2014, 14:03 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press

An 18-year-old man was killed by a shark on Monday while spearfishing on the Great Barrier Reef off the eastern Australian tourist town of Port Douglas, police said. It was the first fatal shark...

Jumping shark 'photobombs' Australian surfing competition

Tuesday, 2 December 2014, 11:40 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press

A jumping shark has "photobombed" a surfing competition off an Australian beach. Amateur photographer Steph Bellamy captured the image of the shark with her smartphone on Sunday as she was...

Austria firewood explodes in wood stove

Monday, 1 December 2014, 21:37 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press

Austrian police investigating a grenade blast were less puzzled by the explosion and more by where it took place - inside a wood stove that appeared to contain nothing but firewood. The woman who...

Man arrested after deputies say he aimed banana at them

Wednesday, 26 November 2014, 08:07 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press

A man is facing a felony menacing charge after two western Colorado sheriff's deputies say he pointed a banana at them and they thought it was a gun. The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports...

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