Priest who blessed Morales found with cocaine (Reuters)

LA PAZ (Reuters) – The Aymara priest who blessed Bolivian President Evo Morales at an inauguration ceremony four years ago has been arrested in possession of 530 pounds (240 kg) of cocaine, police said Thursday.

Zebra herd attacked by vandals (ABC)

Vandals have beheaded and damaged a popular herd of artificial zebras at Lake George in southern New South Wales.

Equestrian champ fighting back from nightmare fall (ABC)

Meg Wade is living every horse rider’s nightmare.

Moggy’s marathon trek a mystery (ABC)

Staff at Townsville’s RSPCA are at a loss to explain how a two-year-old cat made its way from Brisbane to the north Queensland city, more than 1,000 kilometres away.

Death row dog case back in court (ABC)

A man accused of grabbing his dog from death row intends changing his plea to guilty.

Churchill’s dentures fetch nearly $24,000 (Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) – A partial set of British wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s gold-mounted dentures has fetched 15,200 pounds ($23,770) at auction, over three times the estimate.

Churchill’s dentures snapped up at auction (ABC)

The dentures of Britain’s war-time prime minister, Winston Churchill, have gone under the hammer.

Vicar conducted 360 sham marriages (Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) – A vicar was found guilty on Thursday of conducting hundreds of sham marriages between African nationals and cash-strapped eastern Europeans to allow illegal immigrants to gain residency in Britain.

Brewer claims world’s strongest beer (Reuters)

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Dutch brewer with a penchant for competition has laid claim to creating the world’s strongest brew: a beer that is some 60 percent alcohol by volume.

Dutch brewer claims world’s strongest beer (Reuters)

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Dutch brewer with a penchant for competition has laid claim to creating the world’s strongest brew: a beer that is some 60 percent alcohol by volume.

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