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			<title><![CDATA[Teen burglars arrested after videotaping robbery]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Two teenage burglars in the US have made the police's job significantly easier by recording footage of themselves robbing houses. Officers in Upper Darby, Philadelphia, arrested the 15 and 16-year-old suspects leaving a crime scene after they triggered a burglar alarm.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:43:43 +0000</pubDate>			<category>Strange News</category>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jailed burglar is too ugly to be a robber]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[A police officer has attempted to dissuade a jailed burglar from his life of crime by telling him he is too ugly to be an effective crook. David Holyoak, who is nicknamed Shrek, has commenced a three-and-a-half year jail sentence after being arrested as part of a gang which stole £6,000 from a Preston bank.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:02:24 +0000</pubDate>			<category>Strange News</category>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team heads to Antarctica to drill for lost whisky]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[A team of Antarctic Heritage Trust workers are embarking on a mission in the frozen continent to recover a precious stash of lost whisky. The explorers have been commissioned by drinks company Whyte & Mackay to find a frozen hoard of 100-year-old McKinlay and Co. booze, which was abandoned at Cape Royds by the explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:09:49 +0000</pubDate>			<category>Strange News</category>
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			<title><![CDATA[1000 fine paid for library books 50 years overdue]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[A library in Arizona is celebrating an unexpected windfall after two overdue books were returned - along with a fine of $1,000 (£598). The Audobon Society books, which were checked out in 1959, made their way back to the Camelback High School in Phoenix along with an anonymous letter and a sizeable money order.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:05:47 +0000</pubDate>			<category>Strange News</category>
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			<title><![CDATA[Brit breaks world record by pulling bus with his hair]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[A man from Leicester has set a Guinness World Record after pulling a double-decker bus more than 20 metres using only his hair. Manjit Singh, 59, dragged the 8.5 tonne vehicle for 21.2 metres during his record-breaking attempt at Battersea Park in south London.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:44:23 +0000</pubDate>			<category>Strange News</category>
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			<title><![CDATA[Construction worker planning more metal eating stunts ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[A Peruvian man is considering making a career out of eating metal, despite his love of nails landing him in hospital. Requelme Abanto was rushed to hospital after suffering abdominal pains last week, with doctors initially suspecting he had appendicitis, reports The Associated Press.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Muggers apologise to US military man]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[A Milwaukee man has gained an unexpected advantage from his status as a US Army reservist after receiving an apology from muggers who had attempted to rob him. The unnamed man was accosted in an alleyway by a group of robbers as he walked home one night and made to hand over his wallet, mobile phone and other belongings.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:47:26 +0000</pubDate>			<category>Strange News</category>
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			<title><![CDATA[Speedeating champ sets new meatball world record]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Veteran competitive eater Joey Chestnut has set a new world record for meatball eating after guzzling 50 in ten minutes at a Las Vegas contest. Mr Chestnut scoffed 6.25 lb worth of meat at the Martorano's Masters Meatball Eating Championship to establish the benchmark and scoop the title of Martorano's Meatball Champion.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:29:11 +0000</pubDate>			<category>Strange News</category>
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			<title><![CDATA[Woman develops fear of vegetables]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[A woman from Portsmouth has been identified as having a rare phobia of vegetables, which has left her terrified at the very sight of a carrot or pea. Vicki Larrieux, a 22-year-old student, suffers from lachanophobia, an affliction which causes thousands in Britain to experience panic attacks simply by being in the presence of greens.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:20:18 +0000</pubDate>			<category>Strange News</category>
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			<title><![CDATA[Grandmother celebrates driving test success after 949 failures]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[It was a case of 950th time lucky for South Korean grandmother Cha Sa-soon as she finally passed the first part of her driving test. The 68-year-old decided in 2005 that she needed a car to help her business.]]></description>
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