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Police 'Like' Wanted U.S. Suspect's Facebook Post

Police in one Pennsylvania town really "liked" this Facebook post.

The (Wilkes-Barre) Times Leader (http://bit.ly/1bg0cOK ) reports officers arrested 35-year-old Anthony Lescowitch less than two hours after he shared a wanted photo of himself and taunted police for not being able to find him.

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No Viagra, We're British: Military Stash Missing

A giant haul of Viagra is among more than £7.2 million ($11.9 million, 8.8 million euros) of stock that has gone missing from British military supplies in the last seven years, the Ministry of Defence confirmed Tuesday.

Among the missing items are some £5,800 worth of the anti-impotence pills, which the forces use for treating altitude sickness.

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'Password' No Longer the Internet's Worst Password

The number sequence "123456" has overtaken "password" as the most common worst password among Internet users, an online security firm says.

Releasing its annual Worst Passwords list, SplashData said it was the first time "password" had lost its number-one position, changing places with its numerical rival.

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Wall Street Bull Artist Settles Italy Tax Evasion Suit

The artist behind the famous bronze statue of a charging bull near Wall Street seen as symbolizing an aggressive financial optimism has settled a tax evasion claim against him in Italy.

Italian-American sculptor Arturo Di Modica will have to pay 900,000 euros ($1.2 million) to the tax agency, which accused him of failing to declare five million euros in revenue and not paying 600,000 euros in value-added tax.

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French Advertisers Have a Laugh over President's Affair

As French President Francois Hollande wades through the fallout of revelations he has been having an affair with an actress, companies are looking to drum up business by having a laugh at his expense.

Hollande has had a rough two weeks both personally and politically since glossy magazine Closer published pictures of him hopping off the back of a motor scooter, his head clad in a large black helmet, for an apparent rendezvous with actress Julie Gayet at an apartment near the presidential palace.

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Wedding Insurance Expands as Nuptials Get Pricier

Worried about the groom getting cold feet? There's an insurance policy for that.

With the cost of the average American wedding reaching about $26,000, insurers have been selling a growing number of policies to protect against losses from extreme weather, illness and, in one firm's case, even a sudden change of heart.

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British School Runaways Found in Caribbean Sun

Two 16-year-olds who ran away from a top British boarding school have been found safe and well in the Dominican Republic, police and the school said Monday.

Edward Bunyan and Indira Gainiyeva disappeared from the highly-regarded Stonyhurst College in Lancashire, northwest England, on January 13.

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Japanese Airline Sorry over 'Racist' Commercial

Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) said Monday it is apologizing individually to customers who call to complain about racial stereotyping in a new TV commercial, but has not decided whether it should pull the ad.

ANA started airing the new 30-second television advertisement on Saturday, aimed at promoting its beefed up schedule of international flights from Tokyo's Haneda airport in March.

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Panama Earns Guinness Record with 5,000 Painting Kids

Panama earned a Guinness world record Saturday when 5,084 children painted a mural simultaneously for three and a half minutes as part of 100th anniversary celebrations for the Panama Canal, organizers said.

Panamanian painter Olga Sinclair was behind the massive work of art depicting the canal locks at the El Prado promenade in Panama City.

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Spanish Pets Queue for Blessing on St. Anthony's Day

Dogs, cats, rabbits, ferrets and more exotic pets flocked to a Madrid church on Friday to be blessed with holy water on Saint Anthony's Day.

In the city center, long queues of owners and pets stretched to the doors of the Church of Saint Anthony, patron saint of animals.

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