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09/16/2014

French chefs seek to put banned songbird back on menu

PARIS (Reuters) - Four French chefs are requesting a waiver to serve a long-banned delicacy - a small songbird called the ortolan that fans including late President Francois Mitterrand used to devour, bones and all, while wearing a napkin over their heads.

Swiss keeper shocked after fans urinate in his water bottle

(Reuters) - A Swiss goalkeeper has threatened legal action after fans of a rival lower league team urinated in his water bottle and then taunted him when, unawares, he took a sip during a match at the weekend.

Texas doctor poisoned lover's coffee over obsession: prosecutor

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A breast cancer physician charged with spiking her lover's coffee with a compound used in antifreeze was obsessed with the man and even had a private investigator follow him, prosecutors said in opening statements at her trial on Monday.

California man accused of cooking ex-girlfriend's dog

(Reuters) - A northern California man was in police custody on Friday after allegedly stealing his ex-girlfriend's pet dog, cooking it and feeding it to her, police said.

Argentine family given permission to name son Messi

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A couple have named their new-born son Messi after Argentina's soccer captain, having been granted permission to circumvent a 45-year-old law banning the use of last names as first names.

Kentucky man admits to selling fraudulent fertility kits

(Reuters) - A Kentucky man, who made international news for saying he was trying to clone humans, must close or sell his business after pleading guilty to a federal charge that he misled customers about in-home fertility kits, according to court documents.

In Japan, grave times for the tombstone trade

TOKYO (Reuters) - Jianxing An can see he is in a dying business.

Coming to a Serie A match near you, film ads on shirts

MILAN (Reuters) - Sampdoria's shirts will be turned into billboards for the latest cinema releases by the club's movie producer president Massimo Ferrero.

Gun-toting Colorado woman threatens boy over clarinet practice

DENVER (Reuters) - Sheriff's deputies in Colorado arrested a 60-year-old woman who pointed a rifle at her neighbor's 11-year-old son as he played his clarinet in the backyard, authorities said on Friday.

Man sleepwalks off Kentucky cliff, suffers minor injuries

LOUISVILLE Ky. (Reuters) - An Ohio man fell 60 feet off a cliff while sleepwalking in a national forest in Kentucky, but suffered only minor injuries, officials said on Wednesday.