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Italy "dog and cat tax" muzzled after uproar

ROME - A proposal to levy a tax on cats and dogs that stunned Italy on Friday turned out to be all bark and no bite after a wave of popular anger saw it withdrawn on the same day it was made public.

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Presidential penis portrait riles S.Africa's ANC

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's ruling ANC threatened to take legal action against a Johannesburg gallery for displaying art which lampoons President Jacob Zuma and accuses the party of corruption.

18 May 2012

Sniffer dog nabs smuggler hiding heroin in rectum

AUSTIN, Texas - A man who tried to smuggle heroin into the United States concealed in his rectum was caught by U.S. officials - with the help of a drug-sniffer dog named Malone - as he walked across the border from Mexico.

16 May 2012

Cloak and dagger world of spies exposed in NYC show

NEW YORK - The mysterious cloak and dagger world of international espionage and its real-life heros and villains are exposed in a new exhibition, the first to be sanctioned by U.S. intelligence agencies.

Lifestyle, 18 May 2012

Paris exotic dancers strike, say wages "miserable"

PARIS - Topless dancers at the renowned Crazy Horse night club in Paris have gone on strike, saying they are not being paid enough to take the shirts off their backs.

16 May 2012

Shock-seekers snap up new Aussie art dare

SYDNEY - Smelling excrement may not be everyone's idea of fun, but for those who like to push the boundaries, Australia's most controversial new museum may be just what they are looking for.

Entertainment, Fashion, 14 May 2012
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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...