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  Women run in style in Paris stiletto race AFP - Sat Nov 21, 11:15 AM

  PARIS (AFP) - Dozens of shoe addicts have taken part in the National Stiletto Championship on an indoor track in the old stock exchange building in central Paris.

• Overweight students at university in US told to take fitness class or risk diplomas The Canadian Press - Fri Nov 20, 7:46 PM

  PHILADELPHIA - A university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.

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  Florence museum: lost Galileo relics, a tooth and 2 of astronomer's fingers, found again The Canadian Press - Fri Nov 20, 4:12 PM

  ROME - Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again, a Florence museum said Friday.

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  Auction record for umbrella stand as YSL mystique inflates prices AFP - Fri Nov 20, 2:59 PM

  PARIS (AFP) - A humble if eye-pleasing umbrella stand once owned by Yves Saint Laurent fetched an amazing 90,000 euros (134,000 dollars) Friday at the close of a sale of the last belongings of the late couturier and his partner Pierre Berge.

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  Nepal's ex-king gets first passport AFP - Fri Nov 20, 12:17 PM

  KATHMANDU (AFP) - Nepal's former king has been given his first passport aged 63, a year-and-a-half after stepping down from the throne, the government said Friday.

More Odd News Stories

• Mexican labs target adulterers with DNA testing
  AFP - Fri Nov 20, 12:17 PM
• Ageing Santa gets $100,000 facelift for Christmas
  Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 11:04 AM
• Diplomats arrested for cigarette smuggling
  Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 11:04 AM
• Gang accused of killing to sell human fat
  Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 11:03 AM
• Canadian stamp sells for more than a quarter of a million at New York auction
  The Canadian Press - Thu Nov 19, 11:09 PM
• Volunteers in US state strive to save Santa letter service after Postal Service puts it on ice
  The Canadian Press - Thu Nov 19, 9:38 PM
• Moldova feeds soldiers garlic, onion to beat swine flu
  AFP - Thu Nov 19, 8:43 PM
• Dry run for World Laughter Games planned for Toronto on Saturday
  The Canadian Press - Thu Nov 19, 5:50 PM
• New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles
  Reuters - Thu Nov 19, 4:21 PM
• U.S. election, iPhone among decade's top 10 Internet moments
  Reuters - Thu Nov 19, 4:20 PM
• Anatomical art once owned by Ben Franklin go on display at Philadelphia hospital
  The Canadian Press - Thu Nov 19, 3:29 PM
• Beaujolais nouveau hot in Japan - literally
  AFP - Thu Nov 19, 12:21 PM
• Moldovan army gives soldiers extra onions and garlic to fight swine flu after 24 fall sick
  The Canadian Press - Thu Nov 19, 5:42 AM
• Gold-stuffed chicken smuggler nabbed in S.Africa
  AFP - Thu Nov 19, 4:00 AM
• North Koreans told to keep hair short, tidy
  AFP - Thu Nov 19, 3:18 AM
• Turkey that challenged US highway traffic and taunted toll collectors is captured
  The Canadian Press - Thu Nov 19, 1:29 AM
• Police: In self-made videos, US teens steal Christmas presents
  The Canadian Press - Thu Nov 19, 12:42 AM
• Toronto Zoo gorilla picks son's name by choosing one of five fruit piles
  The Canadian Press - Wed Nov 18, 10:30 PM
• Gotta have faith: Woman leaves $40,000 at shrine for safekeeping, gets it back a week later
  The Canadian Press - Wed Nov 18, 7:08 PM
• Officials investigate after basketball-sized chunk of ice crashes through roof of US home
  The Canadian Press - Wed Nov 18, 4:21 PM

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