Judge blocks law allowing guns in bars
Reuters - Tuesday November 24, 08:00 AM
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - A judge on Friday blocked a Tennessee law that allowed people to bring handguns into restaurants and bars.

Cops on trail of "gingerbread town" vandals
Reuters - Tuesday November 24, 08:00 AM
OSLO (Reuters) - The people of Bergen rolled out the cookie dough Monday as local police tried to sniff out vandals who destroyed the Norwegian city's traditional Christmas decoration -- a town of gingerbread houses.

Darwin book worth up to $100,000 found on shelf
Reuters - Tuesday November 24, 07:59 AM
LONDON (Reuters) - A first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species," which had been kept in a toilet bookcase for years, will go on sale this week and is expected to fetch 40-60,000 pounds ($66-100,000).

Don't kiss Santa, he may have the flu
Reuters - Tuesday November 24, 07:56 AM
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Santa Claus should avoid kissing children and shaking their hands to prevent spreading the flu and should get vaccinated against the illness, Hungary's state health authority said.

Aging Santa gets $100,000 facelift for Christmas
Reuters - Tuesday November 24, 02:33 AM
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A Santa in New Zealand with a droopy eye has received a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) face-lift in the run-up to Christmas so that his aging face does not scare children.

Houston, we have a baby
Reuters - Monday November 23, 07:08 PM
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik awoke early on Sunday to a much-anticipated call that his new daughter had been born.

Italy collector finds Galileo's lost tooth, fingers
Reuters - Saturday November 21, 06:23 AM
ROME (Reuters) - An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science museum announced on Friday.

Diplomats arrested for cigarette smuggling
Reuters - Saturday November 21, 05:04 AM
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish police have arrested two North Korean diplomats on suspicion of smuggling 230,000 cigarettes into the Nordic country, the Swedish Customs Office said Friday.

Gang accused of killing to sell human fat
Reuters - Saturday November 21, 05:03 AM
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people and sold their fat to buyers who used it to make cosmetics.

New EU president wins fans in Japan -- as a poet
Reuters - Saturday November 21, 04:43 AM
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Herman Van Rompuy, the European Union's new president, may not be very well known around the world but he's already winning fans in Japan -- as a poet rather than a politician.