Dons World News

Long-dead body found in Vienna apartment (AP)

Hi Folks !!

Here's my selection of news items for today. I hope you find them interesting :)
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AP - A landlord who unlocked an apartment after his letters announcing a rent increase went unanswered found the body of an elderly tenant, and police believe the man may have died three or four years ago, a newspaper reported.
Source: news.yahoo.com

Pig withstands tasers, eludes officers on highway
A pig withstood taser shots from police officers and eluded authorities for more than an hour after wandering onto Green Bay's ...

Source: rssfeeds.usatoday.com

Distant planets orbit their stars every 10 hours (Reuters)
Reuters - Astronomers have discovered a new class of planets outside the solar system that hug their parent stars so tightly they take less than a day to complete an orbit.
Source: news.yahoo.com

Man recites pi to 100,000 places (AP)

AP - A Japanese mental health counselor recited pi to 100,000 decimal places from memory on Wednesday, setting what he claims to be a new world record.

Source: news.yahoo.com

Prince William has bingo night out (Reuters)

Reuters - Bingo is more usually associated with pensioners than royalty, but Prince William decided to try his luck at the game with a group of friends last week, the Sun newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Source: news.yahoo.com

posted by Don @ Wednesday, October 04, 2006