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December 24, 2007
Infant Jesus, along with his parents Mary and Joseph will get fitted with satellite tracking this Christmas in order to prevent thieves from stealing them. The nativity scene housed a life size statue of the infant Jesus. The original statue was stolen three weeks ago prompting the satellite tracking measure. A Jewish lawyer had donated the new statue. Jeffrey Harris told the Miami Herald, "I felt bad. How could someone steal a baby Jesus? Even though I am Jewish, I like the Christmas spirit. " Dina Cellini, who oversees the display, told the AP, "I don't anticipate this will ever happen again, but we may need to rely on technology to save our savior. "
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December 6, 2007
A 62-year-old woman in Carinthia, southern Austrian province was awarded $11,000 in court on Wednesday after claiming she was awake during her major abdominal surgery but was too weak and in too much pain to tell her doctors. In a report, the retiree requested more than $57,000 damage for her mental and physical sufferings during her operation in October 2002.
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November 25, 2007
Elated by record sales, a Taiwanese lingerie business has asked all its female staff to report for work in their under garments for a day. Declaring November 21 as Camisole Day in celebration of its record sales, the Audrey Underwear company in Taizhong city, asked its entire female staff of 500 women working in the firm's headquarters to wear nothing but camisoles and underwear.
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November 2, 2007
Topics marriage, news, abc, stress, divorce, lawyer, alcohol, charges, couple, dog, woman, police, free and wife
A woman who admitted that she served her husband curry with dog excrement was reportedly let off with a warning. Jill Martin, 47, apparently decided to take drastic measures upon witnessing the disintegration of her marriage. She served her husband the tainted dish, and burst out laughing as soon as he started eating it.
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October 31, 2007
A former Melbourne inmate has decided to buy his own former cell in a prison building which is now being converted into a residential and commercial complex. Graeme Alford, a former lawyer, had spent several years in Pentridge prison for embezzlement and robbery after his life spiraled out of control as a result of drinking and gambling. He had started stealing from trust funds and even attempted a failed bank robbery.
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