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May 25, 2007
Topics princess, diana, bike, icon, bicycle, paris, celebrity, europe, owned, america, birthday, christmas, death, life, house, family and car
Britain's late Princess Diana's childhood bicycle is to go on show at an Essex toy museum Friday. The Tracker bike - which the princess rode when she was aged seven - will be displayed at Standsted's The House on the Hill Toy Museum. Alan Goldsmith, owner of the Essex attraction, which claims to be the largest privately owned toy museum in Europe, purchased the bike for $ 2,671.
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May 11, 2007
Topics school, pictures, female, children, breasts, images, owned, adult, teachers, photos, private, computer, camera, girls, student, wife and man
A man who took photos of children and female staff members in a school bathroom has been jailed for four months. Adrian Alan Mayne worked as a maintenance worker at a Tasmanian school and drilled holes in the walls of the bathroom. He then used a camera owned by the school to take pictures of girls' breasts and other private parts.
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April 14, 2007
Topics car, golf, cars, habitat, casino, monkey, mobile, owned, picture, photos, ebay, black, church, web, head and man
A 1999 Volkswagon Golf claimed to be previously owned by Pope Benedict XVI is listed for sale on eBay. com for the second time in recent years. The black five-door sedan is being sold by the GoldenPalace. com, an online casino noted for buying unusual items. Nearly 70 bidders have thus far named their prices for the car with only a few hours left until the auction ends this afternoon. Photos of the car's registration list "Josef Cardinal Ratzinger" as the vehicle's original owner. Shortly before Benedict XVI became head of the Catholic Church, he reportedly sold the car in 1999 to an Italian man who did not know the car would soon become linked to the current Pope.
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April 9, 2007
A gray Volkswagen Golf once owned by Pope Benedict XVI is up for sale on e-Bay, with the current highest bid at $202,750. Proceeds from the auction will go to Habitat for Humanity Great Britain. The Pope's private secretary bought the car from a dealer in Siegen in 1999 and sold it back to the dealer in 2004. In 2005 a young German student bought the car unaware of its previous owner, but later found out and sold it on eBay to the online casino Golden Palace for $245,000.
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March 23, 2007
Thumbelina, the world's smallest living horse, will reportedly raise $1 million for children's charities this year. The owners of this miniature horse plan to have her toured across various states in the Unites States in "Thumby Mobile" - a specially made vehicle for her. This 5-year-old horse, which suffers from dwarfism, stands just 17 inches tall and weighs just over 57 pounds. She is owned by farmers Kay and Paul Goessling, who claim she is great with people and loves attention.
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