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08/16/2013
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
Lying about its lion, Chinese zoo closed for going to the dogs
BEIJING (Reuters) - A zoo in central China has been closed after visitors were outraged to discover its lion was really a bushy and barking Tibetan mastiff.
Seattle police to give Doritos to pot-party revelers
(Reuters) - Police in Seattle have no plans to issue citations to dope-smoking revelers when the city's annual Hempfest kicks off Friday, but officers will be handing out Doritos instead.
Man lost toes after being treated by Colorado veterinarian
DENVER (Reuters) - A man had to have three toes amputated after being treated by a 78-year-old Colorado veterinarian with no license to practice medicine on humans, police said on Thursday.
Chinese man dismantles villa perched atop apartment block
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese property owner has started dismantling an elaborate villa built illegally, complete with a garden, on top of a Beijing apartment block after complaints from his neighbors and a government warning to tear it down.
Henkel pulls toilet freshener after Ukraine takes offence
KIEV (Reuters) - German consumer goods company Henkel has pulled a toilet freshener from the eastern European market after Ukrainians complained it looked like the former Soviet republic's flag.
China to phase out use of prisoners' organs for transplants
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will start phasing out its decades-long practice of using the organs of executed prisoners for transplant operations from November, a senior official said on Thursday, as it pushes to mandate the use of organs from ethical sources in hospitals.
Utah beauty queen accused of throwing bombs resigns title
(Reuters) - A Utah beauty queen accused along with three friends of throwing homemade bombs in a Salt Lake City suburb resigned her Miss Riverton title on Tuesday, according to a statement posted on the city's website.
Britain's coalition hands back cash bequest
LONDON (Reuters) - One of the more unusual political donations in British political history will be paid into the public purse after the two-party coalition government bowed to pressure on Wednesday to return a former nurse's 520,000-pound bequest.
Detroit advertised wrong date for upcoming election on billboards
DETROIT (Reuters) - Renting billboards to tout Detroit's upcoming election was a good idea until the wrong date was put on 14 of them over this past weekend, city officials said.
New Jersey Powerball winners know how they'll spend money
TOMS RIVER, New Jersey (Reuters) - The 16 New Jersey workers who won a third of last week's $448 million Powerball jackpot said on Tuesday that many of them suffered losses during Superstorm Sandy and planned to use their winnings to rebuild their lives.
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