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Police knock escaped killer off getaway bike Tuesday, 1 Dec 2009 12:57pm EST

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's most wanted fugitive was captured Tuesday after a five-day manhunt, when police knocked the escaped murderer off the woman's bicycle he was riding along a rural road near the Dutch border.  Full Article

 
N. Korea's first designer jeans on sale in Sweden Tuesday, 1 Dec 2009 12:58pm EST 

STOCKHOLM (Reuters Life!) - Designer jeans labeled "Made in North Korea" will go on sale this Friday at a trendy department store in the Swedish capital, marking a first foray into Western fashion for the reclusive communist state.  Full Article  

Tasteless food fair in Paris

Dec 1 - Forget haute cuisine - a new food craze is hitting the streets of Paris using "improper" ingredients like raw horse meat and rotten cheese.  Play Video

 
Strange and unusual

Our photographers often capture moments that are strange and offbeat. Here's a recent sampling.  Slideshow 

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Film said to show Marilyn Monroe smoking pot

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A home movie showing a relaxed Marilyn Monroe apparently smoking marijuana has surfaced, retrieved from an attic some 50 years after it was filmed.  Full Article  |  Video