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One little girl had the looks. The other had the voice.
So in a last-minute move demanded by one of China's highest officials, the two were put together for the Olympic opening ceremony, with one lip-synching "Ode to the Motherland" over the other's singing.
The real singer, 7-year-old Yang Peiyi, with her chubby...

The parents of swimming gold medallist Rebecca Adlington are among the victims of an internet ticket scam.
Kay Adlington told the Nottingham Evening Post they had lost 1,100 pounds after buying tickets online to see their daughter in action.
She said they booked the tickets in January and received an e-mail in August saying the business...

Muttering incantations at a witches' market above La Paz, Faustino Tinta sets fire to a dried llama fetus and wax trinkets, an offering his client hopes will help Bolivian President Evo Morales survive a recall vote.
Tinta, 53, is one of dozens of witch doctors who tend a warren of stalls...

Australian rowers were left questioning their luck in Olympic eight's races Monday after the rudder on the men's boat jammed, forcing the crew to veer at speed out of their lane and almost collide.
The dramatic maneuver occurred in the heat and the crew will have a second chance of making...

A man claiming to be a police detective tried to get an adult novelty shop to give him free X-rated videos, saying he wanted to make sure the performers weren't underage, authorities said.
He made three tries within nine days last month and was turned down each time. The store manager called...

Officials at the Erie Zoo say one of their new Amur tigers is too shy to explore a new $500,000 exhibit. Nikki, a 370-pound male tiger, has refused to come out of his den into the public exhibit since it opened two months ago.
"He pokes his head out occasionally, but that's...

One little girl had the looks. The other had the voice.
So in a last-minute move demanded by one of China's highest officials, the two were put together for the Olympic opening ceremony, with one lip-synching "Ode to the Motherland" over the other's singing.
The real singer, 7-year-old Yang Peiyi, with her chubby...

The parents of swimming gold medallist Rebecca Adlington are among the victims of an internet ticket scam.
Kay Adlington told the Nottingham Evening Post they had lost 1,100 pounds after buying tickets online to see their daughter in action.
She said they booked the tickets in January and received an e-mail in August saying the business...

Muttering incantations at a witches' market above La Paz, Faustino Tinta sets fire to a dried llama fetus and wax trinkets, an offering his client hopes will help Bolivian President Evo Morales survive a recall vote.
Tinta, 53, is one of dozens of witch doctors who tend a warren of stalls...

Australian rowers were left questioning their luck in Olympic eight's races Monday after the rudder on the men's boat jammed, forcing the crew to veer at speed out of their lane and almost collide.
The dramatic maneuver occurred in the heat and the crew will have a second chance of making...

A man claiming to be a police detective tried to get an adult novelty shop to give him free X-rated videos, saying he wanted to make sure the performers weren't underage, authorities said.
He made three tries within nine days last month and was turned down each time. The store manager called...

Officials at the Erie Zoo say one of their new Amur tigers is too shy to explore a new $500,000 exhibit.
Nikki, a 370-pound male tiger, has refused to come out of his den into the public exhibit since it opened two months ago.
"He pokes his head out occasionally, but that's about...

One little girl had the looks. The other had the voice.
So in a last-minute move demanded by one of China's highest officials, the two were put together for the Olympic opening ceremony, with one lip-synching "Ode to the Motherland" over the other's singing.
The real singer, 7-year-old Yang Peiyi, with her chubby...

The parents of swimming gold medallist Rebecca Adlington are among the victims of an internet ticket scam.
Kay Adlington told the Nottingham Evening Post they had lost 1,100 pounds after buying tickets online to see their daughter in action.
She said they booked the tickets in January and received an e-mail in August saying the business...

Muttering incantations at a witches' market above La Paz, Faustino Tinta sets fire to a dried llama fetus and wax trinkets, an offering his client hopes will help Bolivian President Evo Morales survive a recall vote.
Tinta, 53, is one of dozens of witch doctors who tend a warren of stalls...