Arts and Living
Aussie shooter Mark squirms under "mankini" bet threat
Tue May 15, 2012 12:23am EDT (Reuters) – Australian Olympic shooting gold medalist Russell Mark is set to parade in a lime-green “mankini” made famous by the movie character “Borat” at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics as the penalty for losing a bet. Mark, who won double trap gold at the 1996 Atlanta [...]
Topless Ukraine activist grabs Euro soccer cup
KIEV | Sun May 13, 2012 11:24am EDT KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian women’s rights activist stripped to the waist and seized the Euro-2012 soccer trophy while it was on public display in Kiev on Saturday in a protest against the forthcoming month-long championship. The young woman, 23-year-old Yulia Kovpachik, is a member of the [...]
Shock-seekers snap up new Aussie art dare
By Cecile Lefort SYDNEY | Mon May 14, 2012 12:11am EDT SYDNEY (Reuters) – Smelling excrement may not be everyone’s idea of fun, but for those who like to push the boundaries, Australia’s most controversial new museum may be just what they are looking for. Dubbed “the subversive adult Disneyland”, the Museum of Old and [...]
Prince Charles turns weatherman for Scotland
By Li-mei Hoang Thu May 10, 2012 11:45am EDT (Reuters) – Television audiences watching the weather forecast in Scotland received an unexpected surprise on Thursday as Britain’s Prince Charles delivered the local weather report for the region. Dressed in a dark suit, blue shirt and striped tie, Charles looked the consummate professional as he gestured [...]
Scientists may recreate beer from 1840′s shipwreck
HELSINKI | Thu May 10, 2012 3:02pm EDT HELSINKI (Reuters) – Want a 170-year-old beer? Finnish researchers say they may be able to recreate beer from the 1840s after finding living bacteria in beer from a shipwreck near Aland islands. The 2010 discovery of the ship, believed to have sunk in the 1840s, also included [...]
