Marilyn Monroe crypt auction fails again
Reuters - Tuesday November 3, 10:34 AM
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A second attempt to sell a crypt on top of Marilyn Monroe's final resting place has failed, with not a single bid received for the burial spot in a celebrity-filled Los Angeles cemetery.

Beefeaters "harassed" lone female Tower guard
Reuters - Tuesday November 3, 10:33 AM
LONDON (Reuters) - Two guardians of Britain's historic Tower of London have been suspended after a female colleague, the first woman warden in their 524-year history, accused them of harassment.

Space hotel says it's on schedule to open in 2012
Reuters - Tuesday November 3, 10:32 AM
BARCELONA (Reuters) - A company behind plans to open the first hotel in space says it is on target to accept its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics questioning the investment and time frame for the multi-billion dollar project.

Hotels come to the rescue of Taipei's pet dogs
Reuters - Tuesday November 3, 10:32 AM
TAIPEI (Reuters Life!) - Taipei's dogs are living it up at hotels, complete with VIP suites and pools, that aim to ease the problem of strays that has plagued the city for decades.

CSKA Sofia suspend nine players for late night
Reuters - Tuesday November 3, 05:56 AM
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia suspended nine players for an unspecified period for staying out too late, the club said on Monday.

Meet Helen and Aphrodite, Cyprus's indigenous cats
Reuters - Tuesday November 3, 05:55 AM
NICOSIA (Reuters) - The island which gave the world its first domesticated cat 9,500 years ago is about to bag two breeds of its own, the slinky Aphrodite and the stocky Helen.

World's fastest man adopts world's fastest animal
Reuters - Tuesday November 3, 04:48 AM
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Olympic and world sprint champion Usain Bolt on Monday adopted a cheetah cub in Kenya's Nairobi National Park.

Bitten by the marathon bug? Pro offers tips
Reuters - Tuesday November 3, 03:57 AM
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The ING New York City Marathon of 2009 is history.

Thousands queue for last Big Mac in Iceland
Reuters - Tuesday November 3, 02:29 AM
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Thousands of Icelanders lined up at McDonald's restaurants to order their last Big Macs before the U.S. fast-food chain abandons the crisis-hit island at midnight Saturday due to soaring costs.

Amazon Indians find Brazil plane crash survivors
Reuters - Tuesday November 3, 02:27 AM
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Nine people of 11 on a small plane survived a crash landing on a river in Brazil's Amazon rain forest after native Indians notified authorities, who dispatched a rescue mission, the government said on Friday.