Miss England gives up crown over brawl reports (Reuters)
Fri Nov 06 15:29:10 GMT 2009

Reuters - Beauty pageant winner Miss England gave up her title on Friday after reports she had been involved in a nightclub brawl with another beauty queen.

Driver suspected in Bank of France van heist (Reuters)
Fri Nov 06 15:29:53 GMT 2009
Reuters - French police are looking for the driver of a security van suspected of driving off with more than 10 million euros ($14.85 million) after the man vanished, apparently after first clearing out his flat.

Man makes living by selling the shirt on his back (Reuters)
Fri Nov 06 15:31:44 GMT 2009

Reuters - A T-shirt a day has kept unemployment at bay for an American man who is making about $85,000 a year by selling advertising space on his torso.

Giant snake capture was a hoax? (Reuters)
Thu Nov 05 17:12:43 GMT 2009

Reuters - A man who caught a 14-foot (4.2-meter) python in a Florida drain pipe was charged with perpetrating a hoax after wildlife officers discovered he owned the snake and put it in the pipe in order to stage the capture.

Health worker fired for hockey flu shots (Reuters)
Thu Nov 05 17:14:30 GMT 2009
Reuters - Senior health officials in the Canadian province of Alberta said on Wednesday they had fired an unidentified worker for giving National Hockey League players preferential access to the H1N1 flu vaccine.