Woman Moves in With 6,000 Scorpions
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A Malaysian woman is trying to reclaim the world record for the longest stay in a room full of scorpions, news reports said Sunday.    Nur Malena Hassan, 27, moved Saturday into a locked glass box where she plans to live for 36 consecutive days with more than 6,000 of the poisonous arachnids in a shopping mall, the Malay-language Mingguan Malaysia newspaper reported...
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By Betsy Taylor  ST. LOUIS - Hunched over her desk at the Missouri Botanical Garden, Cynthia Hong-Wa scrutinizes tropical plants found only in her homeland almost 9,600 miles away in Madagascar.
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A Malaysian woman has broken the world record for time spent living in a scorpion-filled box. Nur Malena Hassan, 27, has so far endured 32 days in a glass case with 6,069 scorpions; she
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ARLINGTON -- Despite a fear of heights and her claim to be &quot;the most unathletic person out there,&quot; Becky Carriveau of Medford said she was inspired to sign up for a beginner's indoor rock-climbing class through the Wild Women Outfitters retail store in Arlington as a challenge for the coming year.
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MONTEREY, Calif. - A menagerie, some 86 critters in all, were found in a Fort Ord home.
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Sixty-six-year-old Zulema Hernandez's small home is brightly painted, with a side door opening up to a patio fragrant with potted herbs and flowers. Neighbors wave as they drive by over smooth, paved streets.
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By Rolando Garcia, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas  Feb. 5--BEAUMONT -- Letitia Kennedy loves many things about her new house  -- the cabinets, the spacious kitchen, the peach-cream colored exterior paint.
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A giant sculpture of a spider by Louise Bourgeois, similar to one, below, that has been luring the crowds to Tate Modern on Londonâs South Bank, has been donated to the gallery, the BBC reported. Vicente Todoli, the museumâs director, called the gift of the almost 30-foot-tall work, titled âMaman,â a âhistoric moment.â The steel and bronze sculpture was given to the Tate by Ms. Bourgeois and an anonymous benefactor. It is the largest of a series of spiders made by Ms. Bourgeois, now 96. The artist, who lives in New York, has described the piece as âan ode to my mother, my best friend.â She added: âLike spiders, my mother was very clever. Spiders are friendly presences that eat mosquitoes.â.
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By reducing dancersâ movements to a crawl, a video installation sheds light on the little things.
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OCALA, Fla. - A 42-year-old woman was rushed to a hospital after being bitten by a rattlesnake while shopping for plants at a Lowe's Home Improvement store.  The customer was moving garden items around Tuesday when she noticed a stinging feeling in her leg, officials said.
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KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian woman who claimed a world record by living 36 days in a room with thousands of scorpions is being hailed as a national star by the government, which has vowed to help her further her education.
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SYDNEY : Hundreds of snakes and at least three crocodiles were seized in a raid on a suburban Australian house, wildlife authorities said on Sunday.
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Kuala Lumpur - A Malaysian woman has overcome 17 scorpion stings to set a new world record by spending 36 days in a glass cage with 6 069 of the poisonous arachnids.
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BAMIYAN, Afghanistan  - Life is grim when you   can't pay the rent on a scorpion-infested cave, there is no job   in sight and desperate people are waiting to take your spot.
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The breast cancer survivor, who is still undergoing treatment in a clinical trial with a new medication, said she was touched to see more than 6,000 people who walked five miles to raise
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A Swedish landlord inspecting a recently vacated cottage got an ugly surprise when she found dozens of dead or ailing snakes, mice, rats and lizards locked up in cages inside the house.
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The Material Girl is about to become a Hall of Famer.