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While headlines seem to be falling on the side of singer Madonna remaining angry with singer M.I.A. for flipping the bird at the Super Bowl half-time show, Madonna forgives her.
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Amateur footage has been published on the Internet purporting to show Iceland's equivalent to Scotland's Loch Ness Monster. The legendary monster is known as Lagarfljótsormurinn.
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Tilikum, the orca responsible for the death of Dawn Brancheau in 2010 is sick. SeaWorld reports that the orca is responding to care. One conservation group however, is surprised he's still alive.
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Originally meant to be built in Waxahachie, Texas, under the nickname of Desertron, Switzerland-France's CERN states it has seen "tantalizing hints" of the elusive Higgs boson, also called the "God particle," in two of their experiments.
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Katla has been more heavily on the radar of scientists ever since the massive Eyjafjallajokull eruption occurred in Iceland during the spring of 2010.
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Imagine Peace Tower will be relit by Yoko Ono on October 9th 2011 in memory of John Lennon. He would have been 71 today (Sunday). The tower will be lit at 8pm Reykjavik time and the event will stream live on the internet.
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Italian traveller Salvatore Qvero was on his way to Boston from Austria last month when his flight made a stopover in Iceland. He got off the plane easily enough, but when it was time to get back on, he wasn't allowed to board.
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Tropical storm Katia has developed into a category one hurricane during Friday morning. Since its formation on August 29 as a tropical depression it has made its way to within 200 miles of the eastern coast of the US.
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In the short term, both the US dollar and US Treasury bonds may actually benefit from the downgrade of the US debt and react to panic buying.
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In a radical effort to curtail smoking in Iceland, politicians are considering a proposal by health officials to make cigarettes available to smokers by prescription-only. The proposal is part of a 10-year plan to curb tobacco use in the country.
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