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• Auction Of 'Ronald Reagan's Blood' Called Off

  An auction house has called off the sale of a vial of blood said to be from Ronald Reagan after the late US president's foundation and his family expressed outrage.

• Fury Over UK Auction Of 'Ronald Reagan's Blood'

  The charitable foundation of late US president Ronald Reagan has condemned a British auction house for selling a vial that purportedly contains his blood.

• Page with video: Video: Child Stuck In Spinning Tumble Dryer

  A toddler was left trapped in a tumble dryer as it whirred into action - after a couple placed him inside the machine as a joke.

• Revenge Is Tweet: Scores Settled On Websites

  More than half of the UK population claim to be contemplating revenge and social networks are the preferred platform for getting even.

• For Sale: Brand New Fruit Called A 'Papple'

  A fruit so new it is yet to be named, but described as a pear disguised as an apple, is to go on sale in the UK next week.

• Apache Drops Training Missile Near Texas Town

  A US Army Apache helicopter accidentally dropped an inactive missile over central Texas, forcing dozens of homes to be evacuated.

• Probe: Was Death Plot Hidden In Crossword?

  The author of a newspaper crossword has been questioned by Venezuelan intelligence agents after claims the brainteaser may have contained a hidden message to kill the president's elder's brother.</

• Mass Bird Deaths: Mystery Linked To El Nino

  The deaths of thousands of birds found off the coasts of Chile and its northern neighbour Peru recently could be connected to El Nino, the warming of the Pacific Ocean's surface temperature.

• Fines For Texting While Walking In US Town

  People caught texting on their mobile phones while walking face being fined by police in a US town.

• The UK's bucket list

  Find out the top ten things the British public wants to do in their lifetime...!

• Mexico Debate Chiefs Sorry Over Skimpy Dress

  Mexico's electoral authority has apologised because of a revealing outfit worn by an assistant during a televised presidential debate.

• Page with video: Clever Boy! Lost Budgie Talks To Police

  A pet budgie that escaped from its Japanese home has been reunited with its owner - after it was able to tell police its address.

• Page with video: Brits Fined For Stealing Dirk The Penguin

  Two Welsh tourists have been fined by a court in Australia after a drunken night out ended with them stealing a penguin from a theme park.

• World's Largest 'Fossil Forest' Found In US

  Scientists have found a 300-million-year-old subterranean 'fossil forest' in the US, thought to be more than 50 times bigger than anything of its kind previously discovered.

• Oz Billionaire To Build Working Titanic Replica

  A flamboyant Australian billionaire has ordered a shipyard in China to build him an exact replica of the Titanic.

• Page with gallery: Exercising is pants

  Uniqlo unveils underwear range that helps tone up

• Do you know the words to Auld Lang Syne?

  74% of Britons don't know the words to the traditional New Year song

• Gallery: P-p-p-perfect ice-rink testers

  A group of Humboldt penguins from Oxfordshire have been testing out a London ice-rink before it opens to the public.

• Gallery: Halloween zoo treats

  The animals at Blair Drummond Safari Park get some pumpkins to play with as Halloween draws nearer.

• Gallery: Dog surfing

  See these amazing dogs showing off their surfing skills on Huntington Beach in California.