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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
Zimbabwe crocs go veggie for high fashion
KARIBA, Zimbabwe (Reuters) - Crocodiles are some of the most feared predators in Africa, ruthless reptiles renowned for tearing their prey to pieces before swallowing hunks of meat raw.
Lost Fabergé Easter egg on show for first time in 112 years
LONDON (Reuters) - A Fabergé Imperial Easter Egg made for Emperor Alexander III of Russia and not seen in public for more than a century will go on show in London after being saved from the melting pot by an American scrap dealer who only accidentally realized its value.
'I am no longer a threat': Whitey' Bulger in prison letters
BOSTON (Reuters) - Convicted gangster James "Whitey" Bulger has a message for members of Boston's criminal underworld: If you confess to a crime you committed, he's not coming for you.
China official says Islamists seek to ban laughter and crying
BEIJING (Reuters) - The governor of China's restive far western region of Xinjiang wrote on Monday that Islamist militants were trying to ban laughter at weddings and crying at funerals, as he appealed to people to stamp out the "tumor" of extremism.
Czech fraudster wins new job, steals again and runs
PRAGUE (Reuters) - A Czech fraudster on the run from prison got hired as a chief economist at a museum, where he stole some 10 million Czech crowns ($500,000), media reported.
'Human skin' book at Harvard found to be bound in sheepskin
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - A 17th century book owned by Harvard Law School, thought to have been bound in human skin because of an inscription that referred to a man "flayed alive," has been shown through scientific testing to have been bound in sheepskin.
Philadelphia police investigate love triangle rat attack
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - How do you get the attention of a girl who has everything - including your boyfriend?
Senator goes to wrong hearing, blames Moscow
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Dan Coats had a quick explanation for how he ended up speaking at the wrong hearing - the Russians made him do it.
Gasoline-loving spiders cause Mazda car recall for second time
(Reuters) - For the second time in three years, Mazda Motor Corp has issued a recall for Mazda6 sedans in North America because of a spider that likes the smell of gasoline and weaves a web that blocks a vent in the engine.
California court revives suit claiming woman frozen alive in morgue
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California appeals court has revived a malpractice suit brought by the family of an 80-year-old grandmother they claim was prematurely declared dead by doctors then frozen alive inside a body bag in the hospital's morgue.
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