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EU finds time to tell restaurants how to serve olive oil

BRUSSELS - Critics ridiculed European Union bureaucrats on Saturday for taking time off fighting the euro zone's debt crisis to impose strict new rules on how restaurants serve olive oil.

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From "bunga bunga" to "pianists" - Italy's political slang

ROME - An encyclopedia of Italian political slang has shone a light on a colorful and Byzantine world where lawmakers and journalists speak a language you won't find in any ordinary dictionary.

Lifestyle, Italy, 16 May 2013

Parking meter 'Robin Hoods' provoke New Hampshire city's ire

LITTLETON, New Hampshire - In December James Cleaveland made an unusual New Year's resolution: to do all he could to keep police in the city of Keene, New Hampshire, from issuing parking tickets.

15 May 2013

Turks see art as good investment but also path to prestige

ISTANBUL - Turkey's contemporary art scene is buzzing. Collectors pay millions for the hottest works at exclusive auctions, high-end galleries are springing up by the dozen, and more and more Turkish artists are holding exhibitions abroad.

Lifestyle, 15 May 2013

U.S. justices play Shakespeare tragedy for laughs

WASHINGTON - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday evening sought laughs rather than legal clarity as they weighed a tragic case concerning a despotic Roman general and his overbearing mother.

U.S., 14 May 2013

Robbers target Bieber's South Africa concert, steal $330,000

JOHANNESBURG - Robbers equipped with ropes, hammers and chisels broke into a strong-room at Johannesburg's Soccer City stadium after a Justin Bieber concert and made off with 3 million rand ($330,000) in cash, local media and police said on Monday.

Lifestyle 13 May 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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