Sep 03, 2010 09:12AM

German party mistakenly hands out porn pens to kids (Reuters)

Reuters - To sweeten their first day at primary school German children are normally given a cardboard cone filled with sweets, but schoolchildren in Essen this year opened their cones to find pens which project erotic images.

Sep 03, 2010 07:59AM

Tourist treat - famous toilets (Reuters)

Reuters - For tourists tired of traditional sightseeing tours, one Berlin tour guide is offering something altogether different: a tour of Berlin's public conveniences.

Sep 03, 2010 08:02AM

Firm can't fire man for 1.8 cent theft (Reuters)

Reuters - A German company that fired a man for the theft of 1.8 euro cents (two U.S. cents) worth of electricity had no grounds for sacking him, a court ruled, dismissing the firm's appeal against his reinstatement.

Sep 03, 2010 08:04AM

Koranic teachers arrested over child begging (Reuters)

Reuters - Senegalese security forces have arrested seven Koranic teachers for forcing children to panhandle, a police official said on Friday, days after the West African state announced a crack down on public begging.

Sep 02, 2010 11:20AM

Man bites police over a pet peeve (Reuters)

Reuters - Police arrested an 82-year-old man after he bit and kicked officers who had arrived to mediate in a dispute with a neighbor over a domestic pet.

Sep 03, 2010 02:10PM

Earl sideswipes NC, takes aim at New England (AP)

AP - A weakening but still dangerous Hurricane Earl steamed toward the gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages of Cape Cod on Friday, disrupting people's vacations on the unofficial final weekend of the short New England summer.

Sep 03, 2010 11:14AM

Companies add 67K workers, but jobless rate rises (AP)

AP - Private employers hired more workers over the past three months than first thought, a glimmer of hope for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend. But the unemployment rate rose because not enough jobs were created to absorb the growing number of people looking for work.

Sep 03, 2010 11:14AM

Pakistan Taliban say their bomber kills 43 Shiites (AP)

AP - A suicide bombing claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed at least 43 Shiite Muslims at a procession in southwest Pakistan on Friday. The assault sharply drove up the toll of sectarian assaults in a country battered by massive flooding.

Sep 03, 2010 02:05PM

Stocks extend September rally after jobs report (AP)

AP - The stock market had its first winning week in a month thanks to better news on the economy.

Sep 03, 2010 02:22PM

Powerful 7.4 quake hits New Zealand's South Island (AP)

AP - A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early Saturday and caused widespread damage, but there were just two reports of serious injuries. Looters broke into some damaged shops in Christchurch, police said.