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August 8, 2005
India's sacred cows have a price on their heads, and it's causing chaos on the streets of this developing country. The Delhi High Court issued an order instructing authorities to offer $46 per cow - an average Indian's monthly salary - to rid the city of the traffic clogging animals, reports the Hindustan Times
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August 2, 2005
Blog tracker Technorati reports a new weblog is created somewhere in the world every second. In its latest state of the Blogosphere report, Technorati says the number of blogs it was tracking now stands at more than 14. 2 million - up from 7. 8 million in March.
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August 2, 2005
Purdue University has bows to pressure from students who object to the university naming a building after Earl Butz, a former Agriculture Secretary under President Nixon, who resigned due to a racist joke he made at a party. The lecture hall was dedicated last October for the 96-year old for his role as a longtime Purdue faculty member, agriculture dean, and financial contributor.
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July 29, 2005
Nude and Nearly-nude visitors wander Vienna's prestigious Leopold Museum, courtesy of a free entry offer to "The Naked Truth". The new exhibition of early 1900s erotic art grants patrons free admission if they show up wearing just a swimsuit or nothing at all.
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July 12, 2005
Police discovered 300 cats, a third of which were dead, in the Virginia home of an elderly woman after neighbors complained of a stench coming from the house. The house, less than a mile from late President George Washington's historic Mount Vernon estate, looks neat from the outside with manicured lawns and bright flowers, but inside it was overflowing with wild cats, feces and urine.
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