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January 20, 2006
If you thought property prices in New York and San Francisco were bad, check out the cost of a 200 square foot home in Ireland. Named Neptune Cottage, it has no electricity, no toilet and no sewage capabilities. But it is selling for $145,000 in Ireland's Wicklow county, reports Reuters.
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January 19, 2006
Japan's fishing industry is up in arms as giant jellyfish lessens their daily catch. "It's a terrible problem. They're like aliens," Noriyuki Kani of the fisheries federation in Toyama, northwest of Tokyo, tells Reuters.
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January 18, 2006
Firefighters in Van Nuys rescued a woman who became stuck after climbing inside for reasons yet unknown. A pulley system was used to pull the woman out. She was fine, but appeared startled.
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January 15, 2006
A Buffalo, N. Y. , man has been reunited with his 1958 Sloan High School class ring that had been on the bottom of Lake Erie for 47 years. Ron Witkowski lost his 1958 Sloan High School ring in an embarrassing fashion. Witkowski -- then 17 -- and a buddy were swimming at Sherkston-Elco Beach in Ontario when his friend lost his contact lenses. A week later, the two teens decided to drop Witkowski's ring in the water in the same spot to track where the current might have carried the lenses. They never found the ring or the lenses.
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January 14, 2006
A Buffalo, N. Y. , man has been reunited with his 1958 Sloan High School class ring that had been on the bottom of Lake Erie for 47 years. Ron Witkowski lost his 1958 Sloan High School ring in an embarrassing fashion. Witkowski -- then 17 -- and a buddy were swimming at Sherkston-Elco Beach in Ontario when his friend lost his contact lenses. A week later, the two teens decided to drop Witkowski's ring in the water in the same spot to track where the current might have carried the lenses. They never found the ring or the lenses.
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