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Thursday, March 15, 2012

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03/15/2012
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
Korean, educated and female? Find a matchmaker
SEOUL (Reuters) - If you are thirty-plus and a woman with a masters degree in South Korea, you may need the help of a matchmaker to find love -- and your worried mother may even end up doing the legwork for you.
Airport security to passengers: Please leave grenades home
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Most airline passengers pack a toothbrush and fresh underwear in their luggage, while others carry land mines, grenade launchers, swords and mortar shells.
Cows worldwide to mourn superstud Jocko the bull
NANTES, France (Reuters) - Dairy cows across the world are mourning the loss of "Jocko", ranked as the world's third most-potent breeding bull, who has died of natural causes leaving behind as many as 400,000 offspring.
That's not a salad, it's a symphony
BEIJING (Reuters) - Vendors at the local market in Beijing could be forgiven for thinking that Nan Weidong and Nan Weiping run a restaurant. But the bags stuffed full of vegetables the brothers lug back home are used for a very different purpose -- musical instruments.
Vampire books, iPads form new UK inflation benchmark
LONDON (Reuters) - Tablet computers like Apple's iPad and teenage fiction such as the popular vampire-themed "Twilight" series now form part of Britain's official inflation benchmark, the country's statistics agency said on Tuesday.
Chasing cell phone, U.S. teen gets stuck in trash chute
ATLANTA (Reuters) - A suburban U.S. teenager had to be rescued from an apartment complex trash chute after accidentally throwing away her cell phone and getting stuck when she tried to retrieve it, police said.
"Antiques Roadshow" find could fetch $1 million at auction
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Five rhinoceros horn cups that had been appraised on the popular television show "Antiques Roadshow" could fetch $1 million when they will be sold at auction next week, Sotheby's said.
China's faux Bordeaux stirs wine market
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Master of Wine Jeannie Cho Lee could tell instantly when she tasted fake wine at a Hong Kong dinner party.
Threatening letters suspect appears in court in Washington state
TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A man suspected of sending about 100 threatening letters to members of Congress and the media last month made his first appearance on Monday in federal court in Washington state, where a judge ordered him sent back to Oregon.
France's Sarkozy "sorry" for tomato attack: source
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has apologized in person to a policewoman who said she was the victim of a tomato attack involving the president's teenage son, a police official said on Sunday.
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