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05/12/2014

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Astronaut gives University of Connecticut graduation speech from space

STORRS Conn. (Reuters) - University of Connecticut alumnus Rick Mastracchio took a break from orbiting the globe on the International Space Station to deliver an address to students graduating from the university's School of Engineering on Saturday.

In U.S., when high-tech meets high court, high jinks ensue

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One U.S. Supreme Court justice referred to Netflix as "Netflick." Another seemed not to know that HBO is a cable channel. A third appeared to think most software coding could be tossed off in a mere weekend.

Make way for ducklings, New York style

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tina Chen has her hands full as a New York City actress, director and now surrogate mother to 16 ducklings that have hatched on her high-rise apartment roof deck.

Turkish man seeks new lover on TV show after killing two others

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A man who appeared on a Turkish television dating show in search of a new partner shocked the audience by revealing he had murdered his former wife and a former lover.

Tigers take to the catwalk at Philadelphia Zoo

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - When a full-grown Amur tiger peers down on people just a few feet below, it's a new experience for cats and humans alike.

U.S. drug 'mule' gets 3-year prison sentence on his 90th birthday

DETROIT (Reuters) - A 90-year-old Indiana man who admitted serving as a cocaine courier for a Mexican drug cartel was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in federal prison.

Colorado house hit by plane once belonged to the pilot

NORTHGLENN Colo. (Reuters) - A Colorado pilot who walked away unhurt after his single-engine plane crashed into a suburban Denver house had once owned the stricken dwelling, in what police and the pilot's employer said on Tuesday appeared to be a mere coincidence.

Utah denies petition to honor turkeys with roadside memorial

SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - The Utah Department of Transportation has denied a petition to erect a roadside memorial at the site where hundreds of turkeys were killed last month in a tractor-trailer accident, but animal rights activists on Monday appealed that decision.

Artist who tied rooster to penis in Paris guilty of exhibitionism

PARIS (Reuters) - A South African performance artist who tied a live rooster to his penis during an impromptu open-air show near the Eiffel Tower was found guilty on Monday of "sexual exhibitionism", but the Paris court did not impose a sentence, prosecutors said.

Bear that bit Missouri students has no rabies, is spared

(Reuters) - A two-month-old bear cub that bit and scratched at least 18 students at a Missouri college poses no rabies threat and won't be killed, school officials said on Friday.