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Galileo bones to go on display

Two fingers and a tooth believed to belong to Galileo Galilei have been found and will go on display next year, a museum in Florence has said.

Gang 'killed people for their fat'

Police say a gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics.

Suspicious package was balloon pump

A US federal jury ruled New York City police did not use excessive force when they arrested a professional clown who left a suspicious item that turned out to be a balloon inflation device inside a coffee shop.

Santa's 'elves' revolt

A group of volunteer Santa Claus "elves" in Alaska's frigid interior is determined to save a popular holiday letter service featuring the North Pole's most beloved inhabitant.

Cool paper shoes are now hot items

Confronted with an ever-growing pile of old newspapers, Taiwanese fashion designer Colin Lin came up with the idea of using them to make shoes and tote bags for her environmentally friendly footwear company.