Oddly Enough
Strawberries in the rain but no Pimms at Wimbledon
LONDON - The Olympics have banned Pimms from Wimbledon, prompting British number one Andy Murray's mother Judy to joke: "No point going then."
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Australian finance minister's economic hero? Springsteen, not Keynes
CANBERRA - Anyone looking for early signs of distress in an economy should forget John Maynard Keynes or Milton Friedman and listen instead to Bruce Spingsteen.
Junior Costa Rican minister fired over racy online video
SAN JOSE - Costa Rica said on Tuesday it had dismissed a junior-level minister after she appeared in a video posted online wearing only her underwear and delivering flirtatious messages.
Ancient dopers got their kicks from raw testicles
LONDON - Forget anabolic steroids in easy-to-swallow tablets, or EPO in clean syringes. Ancient Olympic dopers got their pre-Games hormone boost from chewing on raw animal testicles.
Nepal harvest rush threatens "Himalayan Viagra"
KATHMANDU - For decades a rare fungus valued as an aphrodisiac and dubbed "Himalayan Viagra" has been a source of income for poor villagers in Nepal's remote Himalayan foothills.
Lithuania denies entry to Soviet-styled Porsche
VILNIUS - A Belarusian man driving a Porsche sports car emblazoned with the red and yellow flag of the Soviet Union was denied entry into Lithuania on Tuesday on the grounds that the public display of such symbols in the Baltic country is illegal.
The last huzzah?
Today, this site freezes in time. You can always revisit it for a little nostalgia, like that old amusement park in the creepy part of town, with all the chains and cobwebs...