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http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17767-trees-could-be-the-ultimate-in-green-power.html
Worries over the swine flu have led to bans in France for cheek kissing, with schoolchildren even being told not to kiss each other anymore:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090909/twl-french-kiss-ban-amid-flu-fears-41f21e0.html
Samoa became the first country to change the side of the road cars drive on since the 1970s, with no accidents when they had all cars switch sides of the road one morning:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112629558
16-year-old Australian girl hopes to set a record for the youngest person to sail solo around the world...but less than a day into her 10-day training voyage she collided with a merchant ship:
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,26047957-948,00.html
Man in Minnesota could go to jail for 90 days and pay a $1000 fine for violating an obscure 1887 law banning cursing while in public:
http://www.winonadailynews.com/news/local/article_c851438e-9e7c-11de-9a59-001cc4c002e0.html
Philadelphia animal rescue group will donate a 5-pound bag of dog food for every time Michael Vick is tackled:
http://cbs3.com/topstories/michael.vick.philadelphia.2.1175135.html