Silly Headlines
Four-year-old U.S. boy pulls out marijuana at school
(Reuters)
Reuters - A four-year-old U.S. boy who announced to his teacher at school snack time that he wanted to share pulled nine bags of marijuana out of his jacket pocket, police said on Wednesday. more
$5 here, $37 there: Americans' indulgences add up
(Reuters)
Reuters - Those venti lattes add up. more
London's Big Ben is leaning, parliament sinking: reports
(Reuters)
Reuters - The landmark clock tower containing Big Ben at Britain's Palace of Westminster, is tilting, while media reports Monday said the mother of all parliaments was slipping into the River Thames, raising fears over its future. more
Greece publishes tax dodger list to name and shame
(Reuters)
Reuters - A famous singer and a retired basketball star were on a list of 4,000 top tax dodgers released by the Greek government as part of a name-and-shame policy to get evaders to pay up. more
Italy's "Get back on board, damn it!" T-shirts a hit
(Reuters)
Reuters - A coast guard officer's "Get back on board damn it!" order to the fleeing captain of the capsized Costa Concordia liner is being printed on T-shirts by a company hoping to inspire Italians to rescue their country from economic crisis. more
Colombia rebels selling cows as drug money drops: Santos
(Reuters)
Reuters - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Monday the country's largest rebel group was increasingly selling its cattle to finance South America's longest-running insurgency as income from trafficking cocaine drops. more
Iran cracks down on moral peril of Barbie peddlers
(Reuters)
Reuters - Iran's morality police are cracking down on the sale of Barbie dolls to protect the public from what they see as pernicious western culture eroding Islamic values, shopkeepers said on Monday. more
Modern trading killing off "barrow boy" market slang
(Reuters)
Reuters - "The Old Lady just bought half a yard of cable and there are plenty of bids for Bill and Ben." more
