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AP - It won’t fit him anymore, but a Massachusetts man has his metal identity bracelet back after it was found inside a chicken gizzard in this southern Minnesota city — more than 25 years after he lost it in his grandfather’s barn.

AP - Mary Moran figures she’ll turn that 3-foot stump in her front yard into a Christmas statement of sorts. Moran awoke Wednesday to find that a long-needled pine the family had decorated for years was cut down and stolen during the night.

AP - Vote-buying is an old practice in Thai politics, but one candidate for December’s Thai election has reportedly come up with a new tactic — handing out Viagra instead of cash.

AP - It won’t fit him anymore, but a Massachusetts man has his metal identity bracelet back after it was found inside a chicken gizzard in this southern Minnesota city — more than 25 years after he lost it in his grandfather’s barn.

AP - A new service promises Londoners they’ll never have to spend much time looking for the loo. Westminster City Council, which covers London’s bustling Oxford Street, the West End, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, on Thursday launched “SatLav” — a toilet-finding service for cell phone users.

Reuters - Italian prosecutors asked a judge on
Thursday to indict an 81-year-old senator for fraud after he
used an ambulance to beat Rome traffic in the summer.

Reuters - An Italian man convicted for killing four
teenagers while driving drunk has brought out his own
gypsy-branded fashion line, raising questions about whether
such activities are compatible with his sentence.

Reuters - A thief made off with 180 kegs of
Guinness beer after smoothly driving into the Dublin brewery
which makes the black stout and snatching a trailer load of
drink, police said on Thursday.

Reuters - First came SatNav for lost drivers. Now
there’s “SatLav”, a toilet-finding service to help people
caught short in central London.

AP - A 72-year-old man fought off a would-be robber who brandished a gun, wrecked his Christmas decorations, and allegedly had been sent by his nephew in search of jewelry and cash, police said.