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May 19, 2006
A retired businesswoman accused of sabotaging her neighbors' property by blocking local roads with dead animals and dog feces was ordered Thursday to stop her anti-social behavior. Jeanne Wilding, 57, of Bottomley in northeast England is accused of clashing with at least 15 individuals and organizations.
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May 16, 2006
Anupan Boonchuen, director of a dog grooming school, has launched "Dog Radio Thailand", a web radio station aim to entertain dogs. Anupan believed that the music puts the dogs in a good mood and they're more willing to let the groomers handle them.
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May 5, 2006
Foo Fighter frontman Dave Grohl has a sent a message of support to two Australian gold miners who have been stuck underground for days, inviting them for a beer once they are rescued. Grohl, who was once a former drummer with grunge group Nirvana, sent a fax to the miners in Australia after one of them requested to listen to his music on an iPod through a food chute while waiting to be rescued.
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April 27, 2006
A drugstore chain in Germany has started making CDs for their patrons in addition to filling their prescriptions. Customers can now go online to create a custom-made CD, and then go to the store and pick it up with their medicine in a couple of days. The chain, drogeriemarkt or dm, has an online "dm-Musicshop" on its Web site so users can browse through about 200,000 titles from major publishers like BMG, Warner Music, and BMI and pick songs they'd like compiled on a CD. Users pay a basic cost for the CD equivalent to $3. 72 with an additional fee of about $1. 55 per track and the store compiles the CD for them.
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April 24, 2006
A former German solider is bringing some German cuisine to war-torn Iraq. Gunter Voelker's menu features sausages, schnitzel, sauerkraut and beer. Dining patrons also are treated to authentic folk music of the Rhineland.
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