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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

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10/8/2013
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
Marilyn Monroe plastic surgery notes, X-rays up for auction
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A physician's notes on Marilyn Monroe that indicate that the Hollywood sex symbol had undergone cosmetic surgery will be up for sale next month along with a set of her X-rays, an auction house said on Tuesday.
China sacks official over lavish, three-day wedding
BEIJING (Reuters) - China sacked an official for "extravagant waste" after he spent an estimated 1.6 million yuan ($260,000) on a lavish, three-day wedding for his son, state media said on Tuesday, the latest move in a crackdown on profligate lifestyles and graft.
Boy who caught flight to Las Vegas previously stole car: report
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A 9-year-old boy who passed through security at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and caught a flight to Las Vegas without a ticket had previously gained entry to a water park without a ticket and stolen a car, a local newspaper reported on Tuesday.
What's the buzz? Colombian city claims world record as 13,800 meet for coffee
BOGOTA (Reuters) - A Colombian city claimed to set a world record on Friday after 13,800 people gathered in a town square for a cup of coffee, a feat designed to promote the beverage in a nation that grows the beans but consumes little.
Lululemon lawsuit over sheer yoga pants gets lead plaintiff
(Reuters) - A Louisiana pension fund will lead U.S. litigation accusing Lululemon Athletica Inc of fraudulently hiding defects that caused yoga pants to become nearly sheer, and concealing talks that led to the surprise departure of its chief executive.
Tweeter Home shares explode on apparent Twitter mix-up
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Excitement for Twitter's coming IPO is running pretty high - so much so that some investors on Friday mistook the nearly worthless stock of long-dead electronics retailer Tweeter for the "tweeting" site, sending shares up more than 1,000 percent.
Man says dog ate his money and U.S. Treasury paid up
(Reuters) - A Montana man who pieced together the remnants of five $100 bills eaten by his one-eyed dog last year is sporting a $500 check he says he received this week from the U.S. Department of the Treasury to replace the digested funds.
Thief caught green-handed by British police trap
LONDON (Reuters) - A thief was caught not so much red-handed as green-faced in London after breaking into a car in that sprayed him with a liquid that glows emerald under ultraviolet light.
New York police search for parachutists who landed near Ground Zero
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police in New York are searching for two men who appear to have parachuted onto a lower Manhattan street near Ground Zero before dawn on Monday and disappeared, authorities said.
Saudi cleric says women who drive risk damaging their ovaries
RIYADH (Reuters) - A conservative Saudi Arabian cleric has said women who drive risk damaging their ovaries and bearing children with clinical problems, countering activists who are trying to end the Islamic kingdom's male-only driving rules.
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