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Reuters – Is your favourite teddy bear or stuffed animal worn down by the daily grind and desperately in need of a vacation?

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Even teddy bears need a holiday…in Finland
(Reuters)

AFP – A “giant herring” measuring 3.5 metres (11.4 feet) has been discovered off Sweden’s western coast — the first such fish found in the Scandinavian country in more than 130 years, a maritime museum said Tuesday.

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Eleven-foot ‘giant herring’ found off Sweden
(AFP)

AP – Why did the emu cross the street?

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Runaway emu captured in SC after 10 block chase
(AP)

AP – A beekeeper came to the rescue after a sport utility vehicle was swarmed by thousands of bees. Tanya Young of Hudsonville told The Grand Rapids Press her husband called Thursday to let her know that the bees had made the front bumper of her Honda their new home. She said she thought it was a joke.

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Buzz off! Thousands of bees cling to Michigan SUV
(AP)

AP – A diminutive horse born in New Hampshire could lay claim to the world record for lightweight foal.

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6-pound foal born in NH may be world’s tiniest
(AP)

AP – A man who concealed his face by wrapping his head with toilet paper robbed a Lincoln convenience store.

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Police say man wrapped in toilet paper robs store
(AP)

AP – Police said a man entered the bedroom of a home while the residents were asleep, woke them up and showed them a handgun, then left without incident after saying he had the wrong house. Colorado Springs police were looking for the suspect following the reported 3 a.m.

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Police: Man invades home, says he’s at wrong house
(AP)

Reuters – Fans would give up food, maybe a limb, for World Cup glory

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UK-Odd Summary
(Reuters)

AP – A Springfield man with colon cancer who has been told he has just months to live is selling advertising space on his urn. Aaron Jamison told KVAL-TV he hopes to raise $800 to help his wife Kristin pay for the cost of his cremation.

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Dying man sells advertising space on his urn
(AP)

AFP – It’s a tiny misprint, but an Australian publisher has had to pulp a cookbook after one recipe called for “salt and freshly ground black people” to be added to the dish.

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Cookbook pulped after recipe calls for ’salt and black people’
(AFP)