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Rory Mc Ilroy's blistered toe might be the focus at the PGA Championship, but the Masters champ has his feet underneath him
3+ hour, 45+ min ago (1046+ words) By Dana O'Neil, CNN Newtown Square, Pennsylvania (CNN) " Not since the littlest piggy cried "wee, wee, wee all the way home" will a pinky toe face so much scrutiny. Cue up the blister experts (presumably they exist) and the sock…...
Elderly Austrian nuns break out of nursing home and back into their former convent, defying diocese
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (502+ words) (CNN) " Three octogenarian nuns have defied their diocese, run away from their nursing home and returned to their former convent in Salzburg, Austria, which they are now occupying. On September 4, Sister Regina, 86, Sister Rita, 81, and Sister Bernadette, 88, returned to Schloss…...
Tourists fined and banned from Venice for swimming in canal
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (505+ words) A couple from the United Kingdom had to cut their vacation in Venice short after being caught swimming in the Grand Canal. The 35-year-old British man and his 25-year-old Romanian girlfriend were forced to return to their home in the…...
Sacred Neglect: Families continue to press for improvements at Santa Teresa cemetery
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (1090+ words) SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA) " Some families are feeling hopeful after conditions have improved at Memory Gardens of the Valley in Santa Teresa. Many prominent El Paso figures are buried here, including Don Haskins and Abraham Chavez. Back in June,…...
Prominent Ukrainian politician shot dead in "carefully planned attack," police say
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (545+ words) By Daria Tarasova-Markina and Catherine Nicholls, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) " A nationalist Ukrainian lawmaker was shot dead in a "carefully planned" attack in the western city of Lviv on Saturday, officials said, with the killer still on the loose. Andriy…...
Ice Age skeleton with broken neck bone provides rare glimpse into the lives of ancient hunter-gatherers
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (543+ words) By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) " A well-preserved human skeleton that scientists recently excavated in Vietnam dates back about 12, 000 years ago to the Ice Age and contains the oldest human mitochondrial DNA found in the region. It belonged to a man…...
Tesla's Europe problem just got even worse
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (660+ words) By Ryan Hogg, CNN London (CNN) " Tesla sales plunged again in Europe in July as car buyers continued their migration to Chinese rival BYD. Elon Musk's carmaker sold 6, 600 models in the EU in July, a 42. 4% fall from the same month…...
California was comfortable, this American woman says, but "everyone is much happier" since the family moved to Spain
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (1597+ words) By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) " As she casually traverses one of the most scenic stretches of the Spain's Camino de Santiago, taking in the rugged beauty of the northern coast with her husband and three children, Dr. Colleen Crowley feels…...
Brazilian police investigate possible "Goodnight, Cinderella" scam after British tourists reportedly drugged and robbed
9+ mon, 19+ hour ago (276+ words) By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) " Police in Rio de Janeiro say they're investigating a case in which two British tourists say they lost $21, 000 after being drugged and robbed by three women near a beach. The incident appears to be the…...
We're being cooked alive:' Europe burns as temperatures soar above 100 degrees
9+ mon, 20+ hour ago (610+ words) By Laura Paddison, Luke Snyder, CNN (CNN) " Europe is on track for its worst wildfire season on record as swaths of the continent " including France, Spain, Albania, Portugal and Greece " battle raging, deadly fires as temperature soar above 100 degrees Fahrenheit....