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	Click to View in Browser 08/21/2012 Finn throws Olympic distance with old Nokia SAVONLINNA, Finland (Reuters) - A Finnish teenager won a mobile phone throwing contest on Saturday by hurling his old Nokia phone 101.46 meters. Obama finally beats Bieber as Klout score admits real world SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Until recently, Justin Bieber was more influential than Barack Obama -- at least in the world of Klout, the controversial Web startup that claims to measure people's online influence using an algorithm. Smoke, donkey mascot for U.S. Marines in Iraq, dies in Nebraska (Reuters) - Smoke, the Iraqi donkey whose journey from a desert battleground to a peaceful retirement in the United States captured the attention of the world, has died in Nebraska. Brooklyn bar owner accuses police of draining his liquor stock NEW YORK (Reuters) - The owner of a Brooklyn bar is suing New York City after police emptied the bar's entire stock of alcohol down the drain in a liquor license dispute, according to court papers. Inmate mails own severed finger to French minister PARIS (Reuters) - An inmate in a French jail has mailed part of his own severed finger to the justice minister hoping the desperate gesture would help his plea to be moved to another prison, officials said on Thursday. Driver swerves to avoid moose, hits bear instead OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian driver who swerved his car on a rural road to avoid running into a moose hit a bear instead, authorities said on Thursday. Pigs and squatters threaten Peru's Nazca lines LIMA (Reuters) - Squatters have started raising pigs on the site of Peru's Nazca lines - the giant designs best seen from an airplane that were mysteriously etched into the desert more than 1,500 years ago. South Africa goes big on birth control for elephants JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African province home to thousands of elephants is planning a birth control campaign for the pachyderms to prevent a population explosion that could threaten plants and wildlife. Giant Burmese python sets Florida record for size, fertility ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A Burmese python found in Florida set records as the largest such snake ever captured in the state at 17-feet, 7-inches and the most prolific reproducer carrying a record load of 87 eggs, according to researchers. "Operation Frozen Dumbo" gets elephant Tonga pregnant VIENNA (Reuters) - Scientists have succeeded for the first time in impregnating an elephant with frozen sperm, ultrasound pictures presented by Vienna's Schoenbrunn Zoo showed on Tuesday. Related Video Hundreds suit up for folding bike race Fin flings phone to new record Entertainment News Clues sought in suicide of film director Tony Scott Pioneering comedian Phyllis Diller dies at age 95 A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   Your daily briefing on the latest tech developments from around the world from Reuters expert tech correspondents. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend