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GLOUCESTER, Mass (Reuters) - Instead of plunging headfirst to their death in a pot of boiling water, 534 live lobsters escaped the dinner plate and belly flopped to freedom into the dark waters of the Atlantic Ocean.A group of Tibetan Buddhists flanked ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's newest law for certifying and labeling food under Jewish rules is, well, kosher, according to a federal ruling on Wednesday.The revised law attempted to overcome problems with an earlier kosher-labeling law, which was thrown out when ...
BERLIN (Reuters) - You can rate your restaurant meal, your make-up, your teacher online and now in Germany your priest.Hirtenbarometer (http://hirtenbarometer.de) or the "shepherds' barometer" is the first online platform where priests can be rated for their performance at church services, on ...
BERLIN (Reuters Life!) - You can rate your restaurant meal, your make-up, your teacher online and now in Germany your priest.Hirtenbarometer (http://hirtenbarometer.de) or the "shepherds' barometer" is the first online platform where priests can be rated for their performance at church services, ...
ROME (Reuters) - Pope Benedict expressed sympathy Saturday for the victims of a suspected right-wing zealot who killed up to 98 people in a shooting spree and bomb attack and urged Norwegians to reject hatred and violence.In a message to Norway's King ...
OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police said Saturday a gunman, believed to be a fundamentalist Christian, killed at least 84 people at a youth camp on Utoeya island."As of now we have 84 dead at Utoeya," deputy police chief Roger Andresen told a ...
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The Texas Board of Education voted unanimously to approve mainstream middle school curriculum materials on Friday in a move seen as a victory for proponents of teaching evolution in public schools.Conservatives had complained the materials up for approval ...
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German Catholic priest has been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing a child, police said Sunday."The accused priest has admitted the allegations made against him in police questioning," police in the city of Braunschweig said on their website.The ...
BERLIN (Reuters) - German police have arrested a Catholic priest on suspicion of sexually abusing a child, Der Spiegel magazine reported on its website, citing the prosecutor's office.The news of the arrest comes days after the Roman Catholic Church in Germany, one ...
RIYADH (Reuters) - Hardline Saudi cleric Sheikh Youssef bin Abdallah al-Ahmed, known for his controversial views on Saudi society, was arrested on Friday, Saudi activists told Reuters on Saturday.Interior Ministry officials were not immediately available to comment."The sheikh was arrested on Friday ...