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Monday, October 8, 2012

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10/8/2012
Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between
Maine Republicans blast opponent for World of Warcraft play
LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - A Maine Senate race has turned into a fight over trolls, dwarves and goblin-like creatures known as orcs.
UK nitrogen cocktail drinker has stomach removed
LONDON (Reuters) - British surgeons removed a teenager's stomach to save her life after she drank a cocktail made with liquid nitrogen during a night out with friends, police said.
Casey barking mad after dog runs off with ball
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - Former world number three Paul Casey had his ball stolen by a dog while lining up an eagle putt during the second round of the Dunhill Links Championship on Friday.
Ukrainian given suspended sentence for cooking on eternal flame
KIEV (Reuters) - A Ukrainian court has handed down a suspended three-year prison sentence to a student who fried eggs over the eternal flame at a World War Two memorial to protest against government policies.
Using his own blood, New York artist paints "Resurrection" exhibit
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Many artists claim to put their blood, sweat and tears into their work, but Vincent Castiglia means it: he paints with his own blood.
New Orleans prosecutor arrested after joint falls from his pocket in court
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A New Orleans city attorney was arrested for possession of marijuana and suspended from his job after a joint tumbled from his pocket in front of police in court.
Blue and green honey makes French beekeepers see red
MULHOUSE, France (Reuters) - Bees at a cluster of apiaries in northeastern France have been producing honey in mysterious shades of blue and green, alarming their keepers who now believe residue from containers of M&M's candy processed at a nearby biogas plant is the cause.
Croatia plans to fine clients of prostitutes
ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia's government has proposed fines of $1,700 - about twice the average monthly salary - for prostitutes and their customers, targeting the buyers of sex for the first time.
Romans, Han Dynasty were greenhouse gas emitters: study
OSLO (Reuters) - A 200-year period covering the heyday of both the Roman Empire and China's Han dynasty saw a big rise in greenhouse gases, according to a study that challenges the U.N. view that man-made climate change only began around 1800.
Plot thickens as Quebec police seize cache of maple syrup
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian police may have caught a break in the sweetest crime of the year, seizing thousands of gallons of maple syrup from an exporter on suspicions that it was part of a cache of syrup that went missing from a Quebec warehouse in late August.
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