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Two alleged thieves were quickly caught after they failed to realise their haul of high-tech goodies were cutting-edge GPS trackers. Around $18,000 worth of GPS tracking devices were stolen from Roambee's Silicon Valley labs, but were recovered within five to six hours after the company equipped pol

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A nurse who was forced to take a professional exam, while in labour, has won the right to retake it. Mar Herraiz, 37, had gone 20 hours without sleep and was close to giving birth when, astonishingly, three members of the exam board for her nursing course turned up, insisting that she take the test

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A man has been awarded a six-figure sum after a surgeon left him with one testicle — the one he was meant to remove. Steven Haines, 54, had been suffering from pain in his testicle for 15 years.

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A wannabe lawyer who was hauled into court on cannabis charges has been shown mercy by a judge he tried to lecture about the enforceability of British laws. Mark Angell parroted pervasive Internet-based conspiracies that all UK laws are maritime laws which do not apply on land, Devon Live reports.

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Perth Sheriff Court was forced to delay a case after Crown Office staff admitted they couldn't understand the accused's Geordie accent. Denis Boyd, 38, is on trial over allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman in Perth last year.

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A US politician has introduced a new bill to archive the President's social media posts - the Communications Over Various Feeds Electronically for Engagement (COVFEFE) Bill. The snarkily-titled bill has been introduced to the House of Representatives by Mike Quigley, Democrat congressman from Illino

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A disgruntled McDonald's customer called 911 after leaving the restaurant because staff took too long to prepare her chicken nuggets. The bizarre incident went down in a drive-through in Waco, Texas.

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A trial taking place in one of Glasgow's newest courtrooms was called to a halt after the jury box collapsed. A sudden creaking noise interrupted proceedings during a rape trial in the £1 million east courtroom in the High Court in Glasgow.

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Arch enemies across Canada will be rejoicing at the news that a law prohibiting duels is to be repealed. Section 71 of the country’s Criminal Code makes illegal "challenges or attempts by any means to provoke another person to fight a duel".

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An arranged marriage in Tamil Nadu, India went off script when the groom's brother unexpectedly married the bride instead. The Bollywood-esque twist happened last Thursday as a man intended to marry a 20-year-old woman at Bala Murugan Temple at Ilayampatti.

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A Mexican lawyer is marketing Donald Trump-branded toilet paper in protest of the US president's insults towards Mexican people. Corporate lawyer Antonio Battaglia's new product, which will go on sale in Mexico later this year, is marketed under the slogan "Softness without borders" and "This is the

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A businessman is seeking to trademark “covfefe”, a typo from a recent tweet by US President Donald Trump. If Tim Saciri’s application is accepted, the word will be registered under his name and will become a Swiss trademark.

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A serial litigant who claimed that "sheep are descended from Jacob" has been banned from filing further cases in the High Court. Donna Sfar, from Co Louth, has issued 24 separate judicial review proceedings since 1999, the Irish Examiner reports.

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A senior Indian judge has come under fire after suggesting that peacocks follow "life-long celibacy". Judge Mahesh Sharma of the Rajasthan High Court said the peacock's purported "pious" celibacy was why it is India's national bird.

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A man has been convicted of defamation for liking Facebook posts. The unnamed 45-year-old man was convicted in a Swiss court on Monday after liking several Facebook posts in 2015 which accused the CEO of an animal rights group of racism and anti-Semitism.

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