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Hitler's food taster feared death with every morsel

BERLIN - Margot Woelk spent the last few years of World War Two eating lavish meals and fearing that every mouthful could mean death.

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Not a vulture but a drone: South Africa police detain cameraman

PRETORIA - South African police on Friday detained the owner of a radio-controlled helicopter drone carrying a camera that was filming scenes around the Pretoria hospital where ailing anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela is being treated.

Africa 28 Jun 2013

Two bronze animal heads, stolen 153 years ago, returned to China

BEIJING - The family of a French billionaire and art collector eased a sore point in history on Friday by returning two bronze animal heads, among Chinese treasures pillaged from a Beijing palace by French and British troops more than a century and a half ago.

Lifestyle 28 Jun 2013

Seattle fireworks too scary for baby bald eagles

SEATTLE - Just because they're both emblems of American pride doesn't mean fireworks and bald eagles should share the same skyline.

U.S., Environment 28 Jun 2013

Japan PM Abe hops and flips in voter-wooing game app

TOKYO - It's a bird, it's a plane ... It's a cartoon version of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, hopping and somersaulting his way through the sky in a smartphone game app his party hopes will lure young voters ahead of a July 21 election.

Tech, 28 Jun 2013

Singapore 'Hello Kitty' fanciers bare claws in quest for toy

SINGAPORE - Singapore residents braved hazardous air, bid hundreds of dollars and queued for hours to lay their hands on a special Hello Kitty stuffed toy, swept up in a craze for the mouthless Japanese cat that peaked this week in the city-state.

Lifestyle, Japan 28 Jun 2013

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The last huzzah?

Today, this site freezes in time. You can always revisit it for a little nostalgia, like that old amusement park in the creepy part of town, with all the chains and cobwebs...

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