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A British DJ has apologised on air for repeating racist remarks about Japanese. Radio One's Edith Bowman was discussing slang when she read out a listener's email which said: "When the weather is a little cold, we say it's a bit Pearl Harbour, meaning that there's a nasty nip in the air."
The BBC pop station has been no stranger to controversy in recent years. Breakfast show host Chris Moyles offered to take a teenage Charlotte Church's virginity and Sara Cox sparked outrage in 2000 by saying the late Queen Mother "smells of wee".
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Not content with setting a new Zorb world record, Keith Kolver wanted to show Zorbing was all about having fun with family.
So he hopped into a Zorb with his wife, Heidi, and 7-year-old daughter Sarah to set the first three-person speed record of 62 km/h.
At the same event in Rotorua, marking Guinness World Records Day, Steve Camp smashed the record for the longest Zorb ride by 247m. The previous distance and speed marks were set in Britain in May 1999.
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Helga Koehlke, 53, was amazed when a letter arrived at her home in Rostock, northern Germany, addressed to her dead dog.
The letter ordered Tommy Jakob, a Pekinese who passed away in 2002, to report for a military medical examination with his ID card and a pair of swimming trunks.
"I thought it was a joke but then I saw the official stamp," she said. "But I'm sure it must have been a mistake. Little Tommy Jakob would have been no good in the Army because he was almost completely blind."
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The John Kerry gaffe about telling students to study hard or they could end up in Iraq was seized on by journalists, who immediately interviewed the troops in Iraq.
They asked a general what he thought and he was outraged that anyone could suggest you weren't too bright if you joined the Army. Similarly, a sergeant thought it a gross insult to his men fighting for America's freedom.
Then they asked a private what he thought.
The answer was immediate: "I can't disagree with that."
