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PORTLAND, Ore. — Two Portland men were sentenced Tuesday after they were convicted of beheading a kitten.

http://www.kptv.com/news/15577730/detail.html

LONDON - As doctors struggle to eradicate polio worldwide, one of their biggest problems is persuading parents to vaccinate their children. In Belgium, authorities are resorting to an extreme measure: prison sentences.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080312/ap_on_re_eu/polio_vaccine_prison

A new web service that lets users rate and comment on the uniformed police officers in their community is scrambling to restore service Tuesday, after hosting company GoDaddy unceremonious pulled-the-plug on the site in the wake of outrage from criticism-leery cops.

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/03/godaddy-silence.html

What is it about otherwise handsome A-listers who endeavor to look smelly? It’s as though the effort it takes to look good on film is such a burden, they just give up in their off time.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23579062/

http://abcnews.go.com/ - more to come as the story happens.

Guitar Hero,’ ‘Rock Band’ have got kids interested in old-time rock ‘n’ roll

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23579676/

MUNICH, Germany - A woman was stopped at Munich airport after baggage control handlers found the skeleton of her brother sealed in a plastic bag in her luggage, police said Wednesday

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080312/ap_on_re_eu/traveling_skeleton;_ylt=AnJ3I3FhjEZVpk3COUEFUwis0NUE

QUEBEC CITY, Quebec (Reuters) - Although Canada is one of the snowiest countries in the world, a series of violent “snow rage” incidents reveal that even the locals have their limits.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080312/od_nm/snowrage_odd_dc;_ylt=AnUk3bDe7.Qc6K0EviT.nu2s0NUE

Rule 240 is the most misunderstood rule in the airline business.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/traveltips/03/12/rule.240/index.html

 In 2002, at the ages of 62 and 48, Pat and Catherine Patterson decided to leave it all behind. They sold their real-estate business and their cars, gave their furniture to their children, and put their home up for rent. Strapping their remaining possessions to two bicycles, the couple set off to bike around the world.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/12/world.bikers.irpt/index.html

NEW YORK - A 72.22-carat diamond, so large it could fill a tablespoon, is expected to bring up to $13 million when it goes on auction next month.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080310/ap_en_ot/big_diamond;_ylt=AmDls3opLm4Q0uyQn50OGL6s0NUE


Dallas police were investigating Wednesday morning why a mother threw her two children off an overpass and then jumped into oncoming traffic on Interstate 30 near Jim Miller Road.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/031308dnmetjump.4879fa8d.html

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian says he plans to run for Congress.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iAexFcyuazKBCPetFNp2gfHxHdsgD8VBUGPG0

Witnesses say a bottlenose dolphin helped two stranded whales to safety.
The two pygmy sperm whales were stranded on a sandbar at Mahia Beach, NZ.
Rescuers watched as the dolphin guided the mother and calf to open sea.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/nz.whales.ap/index.html

HELSINKI (Reuters) - A Finnish library-goer apparently thought ‘better late than never’ and quietly returned a book on loan for more than 100 years to a library in Vantaa, in southern Finland.

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1156954620080311

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A meteorite that struck Peru in September, digging out a deep hole and startling nearby residents, traveled faster and hit harder than would have been expected, researchers reported on Tuesday.

http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN1160726520080311

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Police investigating the slaying of the University of North Carolina’s student body president may have a new break in the case.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23591462/

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — Three people upset that a news crew was reporting on the arrest of a relative attacked the television reporter and yelled racial slurs at her and a photographer, authorities said Tuesday.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/12/reporter.attacked.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText