LONDON (AFP) - A talkative parrot is being blamed for the break-up of a couple's relationship after squawking the name of the woman's secret lover, newspapers reported.Ziggy, an eight-year-old African grey, prompted a confession from 25-year-old call centre worker Suzy Collins that she was having a four-month fling with a former colleague when the ( Read more... )

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LONDON (Reuters) - The preserved remains of two prehistoric men discovered in an Irish bog have revealed a couple of surprises --- one used hair gel and the other stood 6 foot 6 inches high, the tallest Iron Age body discovered ( Read more... )

LONDON (AFP) - A teenager was jailed for six months and banned from driving for three years after leading police on a drunken 12 miles per hour chase in a tractor.Six police cars and even a helicopter were involved in the low-speed pursuit along a dual carriageway in Devon, southwest England on Monday, after Gareth Legge was spotted driving his ( Read more... )

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COMPTON, Calif. (AP) - "Big Daddy'' Willis came to Compton to turn an illegal homemade pistol into Christmas dinner. Charlene Watt planned to turn three shotguns into a plasma TV. The two were among dozens of gun-toting residents who converged on a shopping center parking lot Saturday to anonymously swap firearms for gift certificates as part of a ( Read more... )

I most certainly did not post this 90 minutes in advance and alter the date and time of the post before submitting it!

And besides, it's the thought that counts. Which is why none of you got a present from me. My constant, undying friendship should be enough.

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See you in hell, IA.