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June 25, 2008
Topics security, ugly, hell, match, birds, military, war, blood, real, club, job, animals and people
It's impossible to know which side drew first blood. For as long as Wimbledon has existed, it has had to contend with the pigeons, invaders hell bent on dive-bombing players, leaving droppings on tables, and even taking a stroll on Centre Court. On Monday, tournament officials escalated the conflict by calling in special forces to cull the offensive. Wimbledon's usual security measures to keep the pigeon offensive at bay were just not cutting it on Monday. It was time to move to more extreme contingencies.
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June 4, 2008
A newly released report shows that 42 people have broken into prisons in England and Wales in the last five years. According to reports, prostitutes and drug dealers are breaking into prisons in order to sell sex and drugs to inmates. The Guardian said that drugs are actually cheaper inside prison than on the street, because there is such an abundance of them within prison walls. Others say some of the break-ins may occur because prisoners become institutionalized and are not comfortable in the free world.
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June 2, 2008
Nepal's former king Gyanendra has accepted the request to vacate the royal palace and live as a common citizen. Sitaula quoted the deposed king saying, "I am ready to accept the decision of the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly (CA) and leave the palace within the given time frame. "
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May 31, 2008
A woman was arrested after police found her hiding in a man's closet. She'd been living there for a year. Police searched the home of the 57-year-old resident after he saw movement in his home on the security cameras he installed when he noticed food had been missing from his refrigerator.
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May 30, 2008
The Air Force base that sparked a controversy last year because its B-52 crews unknowingly flew nuclear missiles has failed a nuclear security test from Defense Department inspectors. Personnel at the 5th Bomb Wing's Minot Air Force Base here failed to counter simulated nuclear security challenges that earned it an "unsatisfactory" grade in that category from inspectors on Sunday, based on a report of the Pentagon's Defense Threat Reduction Agency that was cited on the Air Force Times website. The tests were conducted for a week starting May 17.
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