A Tasmanian man “missing” for two days has been found – drinking in a bar and oblivious to the search. Michael Craig, 45, reported missing by his travelling companion who had last seen him leaving the Lyttleton Hotel at 2am on Friday. He was spotted at another bar about 4am, but police launched a...
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Alcohol campaigners say selling drink so cheaply will encourage people to buy and consume more than normal. A supermarket has come under fire for selling beer cheaper than water. Morrisons says it is offering a “great value deal” for its customers. But alcohol campaigners in Scotland claim selling drink so cheaply will encourage people...
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Doing puzzles and quizzes burns an average of 90 calories every hour, they say – while a chocolate chip cookie contains an average 56 calories, a custard cream 57 calories and a jammy dodger 85 calories. Researcher Tim Forrester, from cannyminds.com, explained: ‘Our brains require 0.1 calories every minute simply to survive. ‘When we...
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MONTREAL — Facebook can be a double-edged sword, a Canadian woman learned when an insurance company cut her health benefits, claiming she was healthy after seeing pictures of her smiling in bikini at the beach. Nathalie Blanchard, 29, took long-term sick leave from her job at IBM in Bromont, Quebec, more than a year...
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A Buffalo Grove teen was having fun, fun, fun until his parents took his video game system away. So the unhappy 15-year-old dialed 911 around 12:50 p.m. Sunday to complain to police about his parents confiscating his Microsoft Xbox 360 as punishment. “The Xbox caper started out as a 911 hang-up call,” Buffalo Grove...
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CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq — Pfc. Adrian Vesik heard that war could be hell. He was happy to discover when he arrived in Iraq earlier this year that his war experience also would include salsa dancing, yoga and martial-arts classes. “When I signed up for the Army, I thought I was going to...
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