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- 'Put Pockets'
- Disabled sailor achieves record
- Boy's love of trains sparks alert
- Galaxy's 'cannibalism' revealed
- Crowe tells writer to get on bike
- One giant slip in Bangladesh news
- 'Poll leak' tweets alarm German officials
- Giant statues give up hat mystery
- Wild cougar captured in US park
- World's smallest parrot filmed in the wild for the first time
- Makeover for SA gender-row runner
- Sarkozy height row grips France
- Sharing a bed 'is bad for your health'
- SA pigeon 'faster than broadband'
- Pensioners admit newsagent raid
- De Burgh hits back at gig critic
- Award for 'bravest street in WWI'
- Centenarian desires 23rd husband
- S Korean exams prompt army hush
- Unions take 'stand' on stilettos
- Military robot 'hops' over walls
- Cunning copyright catches crooks
- Lost cat turns up 500 miles away
- Harman's office Thatcher U-turn
- Group exercise 'boosts happiness'
- Warning over whale seen off coast
- Darth Vader voices 'scare girls'
- Obama calls Kanye West a jackass
- New world's tallest man revealed
- Mayor orders Thames back on map
- Tiny ancestor is T. rex blueprint
- Adidas and Puma end 60-year feud
- Police seize Maradona's earrings
- World's longest running soap ends
- You can't slurry love
- Ex-stray named as Blue Peter dog
- Noddy embarks on global adventure
- Kasparov, Karpov renew chess duel
- Beam above Bard's grave 'rotting'
- May's Lego house faces demolition
- Australian 'naked police run' investigated
- 'Booze therapy' for brain injury
- Nude Germans want right to roam
- Prisoner 'drunk on swine flu gel'
- Rare gorillas make Facebook debut
- Confucian family tree 'triples'
- Vintage technology up for auction
- Butterfly 'GPS' found in antennae
- Beatle's essay found 50 years on
- 'Hitler skull' revealed as female
- 'Clown' tourist blasts into space
- JK Rowling denied top US honour
- Cottage sale omits nuclear view
- New friend joins Winnie-the-Pooh
- Boris's EastEnders cameo 'biased'
- Over-50s sex book is 'misguided'
- Dinosaur eggs are found in India
- Hudson 'heroes' reunite on flight
- Court order served over Twitter
- Gas mask bra traps Ig Nobel prize
- Chirac gives away 'violent' dog
- Extreme squirreling teams sought
- Fans crash Carla Bruni's website
- Maldives cabinet to go underwater
- Logbooks may yield climate bounty
- Learner crashes into US apartment
- Dinosaur prints found in France
- US soldier returns looted books
- Modern and abstract - White House hang reveals Obamas' tastes
- Phone-in surprise for UK minister
- Dye-job donkeys wow Gaza children
- Marge Simpson graces Playboy magazine cover
- Plaque for Carry On star Williams
- Eric and Ernie letter unearthed
- Finger points to new da Vinci art
- Fraud fugitive in Facebook trap
- Boy punished for cutlery breach
- Banana marks seed bank milestone
- Swedes divided over bunny biofuel
- Royal award for fold-up bike man
- Sir Paul to play BBC charity gig
- MPs in a froth over cafe seating
- Couple's home hit by space metal
- Baby survives being run over by a train
- Balloon boy father denies TV fake
- Balloon boy gets note from Queen
- Streisand to hold charity auction
- Brown takes break in biscuit quiz
- Guns given to Somali quiz winners
- Australian teen makes sailing bid
- Painting features 'oldest watch'
- Madonna neighbour sues over noise
- Clegg joins leaders' snack debate
- Man breaks 15 laws in 11 minutes
- Plane dismantled over lost mobile
- Queen takes tea with Land Girls
- Is white wine worse for your teeth than red?
- US paper seeks pot correspondent
- Stowaway grasshopper is UK first
- Rich Germans demand higher taxes
- Farmer gets two-in-one ducklings
- Drink-drive chair up for auction
- Explosive end for Edinburgh flats
- 'Younger wife' for marital bliss
- Pet crowned world's 'oldest dog'
- Office party cutbacks hit firms
- Customs find reptile haul on man
- Fan denies sex-for-tickets gambit
- Somali man, '112', weds girl, 17
- Cowell says Jedward win 'a disaster'
- English wine gets help from space
- French create 'record' tiramisu
- Fry ends row with Twitter critic
- Monster meatball sets new record
- Oxford Circus 'X-crossing' opens
- A marvellous hummingbird display
- ZZ Top star tells of Tube odyssey
- Royal footman takes fight title
- Brazil man appears at own funeral
- Three bald bears perplex experts
- China to auction Olympics condoms
- Woman passes 950th driving test
- Hoaxer impersonates Brazil leader
- Worm attack bites at Apple iPhone
- Sarkozy posts Berlin Wall photo
- 'Road trains' get ready to roll
- Monday 'most common for sickness'
- 'Bumper year' for UK water voles
- US judge bans Christian car plate
- Digital cloud plan for city skies
- Comedy Twitter feed lands TV deal
- Hamilton leads Celebrity line-up
- Thieves take lion on night drive
- Ur-ine line for better compost if you pee on it, gardeners say
- War parachute was Communion dress
- Why is Friday the 13th unlucky?
- Ill Forsyth to miss Strictly show
- Rethink for calorie eating levels
- Phil Tufnell bowled from Strictly
- 'Small beer' Blyton banned by BBC
- Shackleton's whisky to be dug up
- Tokyo 'world's best place to eat'
- Driver lost on 600km shops trip
- Lincoln's letter to boy on sale
- Czech zoo lions kill rare tiger
- Whisky protected against copies
- Astronaut becomes father in space
- Emmys for Walters and Sir David
- Hong Kong flights toilet mystery
- Dont kiss Santa this year!
- Jetman Africa-Europe flight fails
- Jail boss scuppers freedom raffle
- Council replaces real Christmas tree with £14,000 fake
- Australia aims for 'green' sheep
- Italian police smash Lamborghini
- Irish eyes weeping at shrine
- Iraq shoe thrower faces shoe-ing
- Susan Boyle sets US chart record
- Van gets stuck in garage canopy
- Pompeii joins Google Street View
- Washington letter smashes record
- Tearful singer's Elvis pilgrimage
- Mass cannibalism clues uncovered
- Japan's hotels woo train spotters
- Little Britain duo make Who's Who
- US reveals 91 security breaches
- Dr Crippen pardon appeal rejected
- Paris restaurant auctions cellar
- Disney World twins with Swindon
- Dinosaur replica stolen in Mexico
- Thieves target charity containers
- Nasa tests for life on Mars clues
- Hubble sees most distant galaxies
- Huge waves in Hawaii surf contest
- Coffee 'no answer to drunkenness'
- Monkey calls give language clues
- Music tribute for troops charity
- US woman of 98 accused of choking roommate aged 100
- Ali Bastian out of Strictly final
- Bankers 'whacked' in arcade game
- Octopus snatches coconut and runs
- Gallery image 'may not be prince'
- Knievel to attempt father's jump
- Susan Boyle tops YouTube moments
- Abba set for Hall of Fame honour
- YouTube post leads to movie deal
- What's all the Rage against?
- Perfect face dimensions measured
- Snowed-in bride helped by drivers
- Shaolin denies flotation report
- 'Boat' could explore Saturn moon
- New camouflage for British Army
- Chavez aims to rename Angel Falls
- Miley in top 100 Scottish girls' names
- Remote region wins new postcode
- Prince sleeps rough for charity
- Naked biking allowed, with helmet
- Swedish Christmas goat is burnt
- The ancient pygmy whale that sucked mud for its food
- EastEnders tops Christmas viewing
- Commuter cat is star of bus route
- Hundreds get dirty for mud race
- Pa. Man Fires Cannon, Hits Neighbor's House
- Neighbors Irked By Scantily-Clad Santa
- Crimestoppers’ most bizarre calls of 2009
- China opens 'women only' car park
- 'World's best job' man is stung
- 'Oldest duck' Edwina dies aged 22
- Picasso toy guitar found in Italy
- Widdecombe 'tested' Howard quip
- Singer Morrison denies baby story
- Putin and Medvedev in cartoon
- San Francisco sea lions quit town
- Fry retreats to pen autobiography
- US city's lost sea lions 'found'
- Pub guests snowed in for New Year
- Stranded woman misses Christmas
- Brown is GQ's 'worst-dressed man'
- Dating site axes 5,000 'fatties'
- Saved road otter cub 'thriving'
- G-spot 'doesn't appear to exist'
- Hacker pokes fun at Spanish PM
- Pi calculated to 'record number'
- Online dating soars as temperatures plunge
- Swiss man gets record speed fine
- Cleopatra make-up 'good for eyes'
- Neanderthal 'make-up' discovered
- Evans in Radio 2 breakfast debut
- Big bum and thighs 'are healthy'
- Ancient map has China at centre
- Lioness defeated after 8 hours trying to down buffalo - picture
- English lessons for 'Polish' dog
- That's snow way to drive, madam
- Lawyer arranged his own assassination... then blamed Guatemalan president in video ma
- Laughing policemen in trouble for sledging – using a riot shield
- Britain's smallest policeman: 'If they're tall, I go for their legs'
- Belgian beer dispute hits supply
- 'No World Cup song', FA confirms
- UK player stakes claim for £26.1m
- Birds 'breathe like alligators'
- Early queen's remains 'unearthed'
- South Koreans told to make babies
- Historic snowflake photos on sale
- Meteorite colour mystery 'solved'
- Disabled turtles set for new home
- Plasma 'could cut dentist pain'
- Dare-devil skydiver seeks record
- Dye turns fabric into a battery
- Boy raises thousands in quake aid
- Experts stunned by swan 'divorce'