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February 14, 2008
Finally, someone has an answer to the age-old question: "Where do broken hearts go?" A 38-year-old radio reporter from New York City created what she thought was a fitting resting place for broken hearts and dead love affairs. Kathleen Horan said Relationshipobit. com is an online memory vault of romances and relationships that have sadly fizzled out.
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January 27, 2008
A hospital in Finland is in hot water after one of its patients lodged a complaint after finding a mouse head in his plate of steamed vegetables. While the health of the patient in Joensuu, eastern Finland, whose name was withheld, had not been endangered by the dead rat, Sakari Kela, chief administrator at the Northern Karelia Central Hospital said it was "understandable that he lost his appetite. "
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January 15, 2008
A couple from Merseyside treated their guests to a cold reception after tying the knot in an igloo just at the outskirt of the Arctic Circle. Braving temperatures of minus 12C, Chris McQuade and Louise O'Mara exchange vows in Rovaniemi, Finland, witnessed by 17 family members as they tied the knot.
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December 28, 2007
Waitress Melina Salazar got a windfall just before Christmas and from a most unexpected benefactor. Salazar, a waitress at Luby's cafeteria in Brownsville, was amazed when she received $50,000 and a 2000 Buick from her one of her most loyal customers. The posthumous tip came from 89-year-old Walter "Buck" Swords, who passed away in July.
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December 20, 2007
His duty was to protect the innocent and serve the law. But this police officer in Manila, Philippines is in hot water for "stealing," at least a kiss from the wife of one of the cop's detainees. Police Officer 2 Luis Gonzales was being accused of Catherine Anne Buco a councilwoman of Barangay (village) 505 in Sampaloc, Manila of stealing a kiss from her when she went to the police station where Gonzales was assigned, to seek the release of her husband who had been arrested for drinking in public.
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