Ashes News
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Silver Springs -
When five teens broke into a Silver Springs, Florida home on December 15, 2010 they took jewelry, electronic items and three urns containing the ashes of the victim's dead father and two dogs.
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It is good to see that fair play and sportsmanship both on and off the field still exist in a sporting world ruled by money, and no-one has demonstrated that better than the Australian cricketers and fans after their recent Ashes defeat against England.
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Melbourne -
England beat Australia in the fourth Ashes Test match of the series at Melbourne to retain the urn. This was the first time in 24 years they did that in Australia.
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An American woman with the Twitter name “theashes” has been bombarded with messages from cricket fans and gathered nearly 11,000 followers.
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South Cerney -
The ashes of Frisky, the cat seen in the opening credits of Coronation Street for 11 years, brought £844 when they were sold at auction this week.
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England's cricket team has regained the Ashes. They came in to the series as the most unlikely to win, after falling to Australia by 5-0 a few years ago.
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Emirates Airline, the official airline of the UAE, announced it changed its carry-on policy relating to urns of human ashes. The decision was influenced by a DigitalJournal.com article outlining a Sikh family's grievance with the airline.
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Around the globe, home burglaries are all too common, with thieves targeting big ticket items such as televisions, stereos and gaming systems. For one victim and her family, the heartless robbers took more than just monetary items.
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In a UK court, a mother forced to bring in with her the ashes of her dead son to prove that he was indeed dead. The UK car registration authority, DVLA refused to believe that the young man had died.
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Mohandas K. Gandhi, also known as Mahatma, was murdered sixty years ago in 1948 by a Hindu hardliner. Since that time his ashes have been displayed in one memorial after another in several urns throughout India.
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Ashes Headlines
Sacha Baron Cohen dumped ashes on Ryan Seacrest during E! interview.
 A man has come forward to claim an urn containing the ashes of his wife that was found at a Thunder Bay scrap yard.
Some 300 travellers with insurance claims resulting from the ash cloud disruption in May 2010 will finally have their cases resolved.
 The ashes of a Canadian veteran who fought in the Korean war more than 60 years ago are heading back to Korea for burial.
The highest active volcano in Europe erupts with spectacular lava fountains and plumes of ash
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Marion County Sheriff's handout
Teens accused of snorting human remains thought to be cocaine. Some of the remains have located by the police.
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