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October 9, 2006
This holiday season don't feel so guilty when you re-wrap that pink sweater your aunt gave you last year and give it to a friend. According to one survey, all Americans do it. More than half Americans have re-gifted and 78 percent said they thought it was acceptable for others to re-gift some or most of the time during a poll.
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October 9, 2006
A German driver followed a road under construction and crashed his Mercedes following his GPS Navigation system. The 80-year-old ignored several signs for construction. His vehicle ran into several barricades and eventually crashed into a pile of sand before the man's journey ended. The driver and his wife were able to walk away from the crash uninjured.
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October 9, 2006
A 603-carat diamond was sold for more than $12 million at an auction in Antwerp, Belgium. The South African Diamond Corporation, which owns Graff jewelers, purchased the diamond. It was named the "Lesotho Promise," after the African mountain kingdom where it was discovered.
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October 7, 2006
Topics mexican, california, woman, creative, heroin, telephone, mexico, cocaine, drugs, driver, body, charges, reuters, car and man
U. S. border agents arrested an 83-year-old U. S. citizen on Thursday as she entered California across the Mexican border on drug charges. Officials report that she is being held for suspicion of smuggling 10 pounds of methamphetamine found strapped to her body. The woman, a retiree, along with two Mexican nationals were stopped in their car at a U. S. border crossing in San Ysidro, California, just north of Tijuana, Mexico.
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October 7, 2006
A study finds that one in five drivers in the United Kingdom admit that they are concentrating less on driving and more on sex. The study revealed that sex is not the only distracting factor for drivers. Roughly 3. 2 million drivers are distracted by thoughts of work, while 2 million are burdened by family issues.
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