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Chapel Hill - Baby soaps may cause infants to test positive for marijuana, according to a recent study carried out at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, published this month in the journal Clinical Biochemistry.

Telford - Stacey Comerford, 15, from Telford, England, suffers from a rare neurological disorder which makes her sleep for months at a time. This time round it was her longest event, when she slept through two months, missing nine exams and also her birthday.

Houston - This Thursday witnessed the ex-tycoon and one-time cricket mogul Allen Stanford’s stunning fall from grace, when he was sentenced to 110 years in jail for a $7 billion swindle.

Miami - An orangutan clan at the Miami Zoo shows amazing interest in iPad and the family's teenagers just can't have enough of it, while the elders show no interest at all.

Ultrasound, which is usually done for checking the health and growth of fetus inside the womb, is now popularly marketed as a way to bond with the baby before its birth.

Mumbai - Assistant Commissioner of Police of Mumbai city in India, Vasant Dhoble is famous for busting sex rackets; but his current zeal to suppress moral code violations has not gone down well with party animals as well as many celebrities.

Maryland Line - The importance of proofreading reached a new zenith when as many as 8000 diplomas issued in Maryland high schools were recalled last week, after it was found that a word was misspelt.

Srinagar - 400 people, trapped at the Khardung La pass – the world’s highest motor-able road, were rescued by the Army and the police in Ladakh on Friday.

Paris - India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza won their second mixed doubles Grand Slam title together by defeating their challengers Santiago Gonzalez of Mexico and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik of Poland by 7-6 (7/3), 6-1 in the French Open finals on Thursday.

Kraft Foods "biscuit research lab" in China is a place where all sorts of ideas are executed pertaining to unusual snacks. The outcome of two such ideas was the Rectangular Oreo and the Oreo filled with cucumber gum.

Belem - Kelvin Santos, a two-year old boy in Brazil, breathed his last in the hospital and his family was mourning over his dead body lying in an open coffin. Suddenly he sat up in the coffin and asked his dad for water before lying back down again, lifeless.

Miley Cyrus, the former Disney channel child star is engaged to “Hunger Games” actor Liam Hemsworth. Hemsworth, 22 met Cyrus, 19 when they costarred in 'The Last Song' in 2009. He proposed her on May 31 with a 3.5-carat diamond ring.

Calgary - Calgary woman Nicole Anderson is off to the Big Apple to take a bite out of an international hot dog eating contest after winning the women's side of the Canadian Hotdog Eating Championships by gulping down 12 hotdogs in 10 minutes.

Pennsylvania Furnace - After long years of search, the Hempfield family finally declares to have found the mystery owner of a gold locket from Titanic and believe the item originally belonged to Annie Moore Ward of Philadelphia.

Las Vegas - Beating all the Latin beauties, Olivia emerged as the final winner to wear the much coveted ‘Miss USA 2012’ crown last night during the pageant held at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

Moscow - Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand, the Indian-born, five times world chess champion, retained his crown on Wednesday when he narrowly beat Boris Gelfand in a series of rapid-play games in Moscow.

Los Angeles - Taiwan to California flight passengers witnessed a surprising escapee- a live songbird, traveling along-with them. It hopped around in the plane, down the aisle, until a flight attendant had captured it and handed it over to the custom agents.

Pole dancers get some new leverage as their area of expertise could soon be fetching them gold at the Olympics. From erotic to athletic, pole dancing is now staking its claim as Olympic caliber.

New Delhi - Reebok India has alleged over $157 million fraud by its former Managing Director Subhinder Singh Prem and former Chief Operating Officer Vishnu Bhagat.

Taloqan - Taliban poisoned over 120 school girls and three teachers in a school in northern Afghanistan. An unidentified toxic powder was used to contaminate the air in the classrooms.