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Man, 94, Addicted To Beauties

Huang Chunyi, a 94-year-old from China's Taiwan Province, says looking at photos of beautiful women every day is the secret to his longevity.

Huang started to cut out photos of beauties when he retired 20 years ago.

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Company Wants to Trademark Pizza Scent

The aroma of a freshly baked pizza is arguably as universally recognizable as that of a newly mowed lawn or a fresh cup of coffee.

But a Lithuanian restaurant chain now wants the intellectual property rights for the scent in the small Baltic nation, saying it is closely associated with its pizza pies.

"Opinion polls show that many consumers in Lithuania identify the pleasure of eating pizza with our trademark," said Mindaugas Gumauskas, marketing director of the Cilija company. "This makes us believe that the scent of freshly baked pizza is a subject to our copyright."

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Drunk & Driving Against Traffic - In A Stolen Car

Officers were dumbfounded when they stopped a Polish woman drunk at the wheel of a stolen car, driving on the wrong side of a motorway and without a license, German police said Tuesday.

"I don't think I've ever encountered such an accumulation of traffic offences," said Helmuth Klinger, a police spokesman in the western city of Wiesbaden.

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Power Shut Off After Woman Owes A Penny

It was just a penny, but to Consumers Energy it was enough to cut off power in a local home. Jacqueline Williams, 41, of Flint had an electricity bill of $1,662.08 and paid all of it, except for one cent. That wasn't enough for the power company, which blacked her out for seven hours Wednesday.

The CMS Energy Corp. subsidiary told Williams the power would not be turned on until the penny was received.

"I went down there, paid my penny and got a receipt," Williams told The Flint Journal.

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Thieves Steal Rollercoaster

German police officers are asking for help in tracking down thieves who stole an entire rollercoaster.

The 20 ton big dipper, worth more than £13,000, was stolen from a truck that had stopped at a car park in Bischofsheim on its way to a nearby funfair.

Local police officer Martin Gruber said: "In all the years on the job I have never heard of a rollercoaster being stolen.

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Poker Chips, Chain Saw Among Gifts Given To President

It's good to be president, not the least because it inspires rock stars and others to buy you presents like $1,800 suits, $900 poker sets, $350 chain saws and $5,500 bikes.

President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday released the financial disclosure forms they are required by law to file every year. They offer a broad portrait of both men's not-insignificant wealth, showing Bush to possess a relatively safe portfolio, with much of his money locked up in real estate and rock-solid investments in government Treasury notes, while Cheney has a more diverse spread of assets.

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12-Year-Old Mom Fears Baby Will Be Taken Away

The schoolgirl who became pregnant at just 11 fears the child will be taken into care after its birth.

The West Lothian girl, now 12, is due to give birth next month. She said she was set for a meeting with social work staff this month to discuss the child's future.


She said she was first told she might lose custody, because her mother's house is too small and needs redecorating, in a talk with social work staff a fortnight ago.

And she told a national newspaper: "I won't leave the baby no matter what. I just need the chance to prove myself - I know I can be a good mum.

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