Pachyderms outdo people in cross-species chow bout (AP)

George Shea, left, of Major League Eating presents the first-ever Elephants & Humans six-minute hot dog bun eating competition held with Nathan's Famous in Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y., Friday, July 3, 2009. The competition features three Ringling Bros. Asian elephants, from left to right, Susie, 46, Minnie, 48 and Bunny, 42, and three Major League Eaters. The human eaters will compete the next day in the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest. (AP Photo/Yanina Manolova)AP - In the fight of pachyderms vs. people — the pachyderms now have the upper trunk.




New Zealand airline issues nude safety video (AP)

In this undated photo supplied by Air New Zealand Friday, July 3, 2009, its staff is seen with body paint on in the airlines latest safety video call the 'Bare Essentials of Safety.' The video shows three cabin staff and the pilot, all in uniform-colored full body paint, talking viewers through the aircraft's safety procedures. New Zealand's national airline has adopted the cheeky way to encourage passengers to watch its in-flight safety video: The cabin crew's uniforms are nothing but body paint. (AP Photo/Air New Zealand, HO)AP - New Zealand's national airline has adopted a cheeky way to encourage passengers to watch its in-flight safety video: The cabin crew's uniforms are nothing but body paint.




NYPD rookie makes arrest moments after graduation (AP)

This undated image provided by the New York Police Department shows Dariel Firpo. Firpo, a New York Police Department rookie just couldn't wait to get started. One of the NYPD's newest officers has made his first arrest just minutes after graduating from the Police Academy in a ceremony at Madison Square Garden. (AP Photo/New York Police Dept.)AP - A New York Police Department rookie just couldn't wait to get started.




Illinois cabbie uses deodorant to disarm attacker (AP)
AP - Police in suburban Chicago say a taxi driver who didn't have Mace handy when he was attacked by a knife-wielding passenger instead disarmed the man with a can of aerosol deodorant.

Calif. students get X-rated version of class DVD (AP)
AP - A Northern California elementary school teacher sent her students home for the summer with a video of class memories, only the DVD included six seconds of her having sex on a couch.

"Great Train Robber" is refused parole (Reuters)
Reuters - "Great Train Robber" Ronnie Biggs lost his long-running bid for early jail release on Wednesday after the British government said he should not be allowed out on parole because he was "wholly unrepentant."

Fireworks spread terror in war weary town (Reuters)

Fireworks are set off over the Grand Harbour in Valletta, Malta, May 1, 2009. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit LupiReuters - Independence day fireworks sent terrified Congolese sprinting for cover on Tuesday in fear that war had broken out again in their eastern city.




Russia bans all gambling and shuts casinos (Reuters)

A dealer stacks chips on a roulette table at the Shangri La Casino in Moscow June 29, 2009. REUTERS/Denis SinyakovReuters - Russia closed down its casinos overnight as gambling was banned nationwide, a move the industry says could throw a third of a million people out of work.




Man had boss killed to save job? (Reuters)

A view of a lobby area at the Barcelona International Convention Center in an undated photo. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - Spanish police have arrested a man whom they suspect hired a contract killer to murder his boss in a desperate bid to avoid being laid off, newspaper El Pais reported on Tuesday.




Mosquito repellent firm in dock for mosquito breeding (Reuters)

Health workers walk through a cloud of insecticide after spraying the lobby area of an office building in downtown Singapore July 4, 1998. REUTERS/John PrykeReuters - A Sri Lankan court threatened a mosquito repellent factory manager with six months in jail for failing to destroy mosquito breeding areas on company premises to stop the spread of dengue fever, an official said Tuesday.




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