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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.

01 Aug 2012

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.

World, 01 Aug 2012

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.

Sports, Olympics 2012 01 Aug 2012

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.

31 Jul 2012

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.

31 Jul 2012

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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...

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