Student's sexual PowerPoint goes global! (Pic and Video)

A US student is said to be distraught after a PowerPoint presentation detailing her sexual conquests went viral.

Karen Owen, a 22-year-old student of Duke University, North Carolina, detailed her exploits with 13 men, reports the Daily Telegraph.

She produced the unofficial 'senior honours thesis' on her flings as a joke to be shared with three close friends after she graduated in May.

But it was subsequently leaked to the university's 14,000 student population before becoming a global viral hit.

The 42 page presentation is titled 'An education beyond the classroom: excelling in the realm of horizontal academics'.

Miss Owen, from Connecticut, graphically describes her lovers, how they met in bars and what they did after their binge drinking sessions.

Karen Owen's Duke List Powerpoint (Complete Slideshow) from Youtube

Each of her 13 lovers is named and pictured. She details their 'pros' and 'cons' and ranks their sexual prowess out of 10 in coloured charts.

Miss Owen is said to have been left devastated by the scandal and told The News of Today website: "I regret it with all my heart."

"I would never intentionally hurt the people that are mentioned on that." Her family later declined to comment.

A University spokesman said officials were "reaching out to those who've been affected by this incident".

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Mum shocked to find baby girl is a boy

A County Durham couple have spoken of their shock after being told that their baby girl is actually a baby boy.

Five weeks after giving birth to a girl, mum Claire Robson was astonished when doctors told her 'she' was a 'he' after all.

Ms Robson, 21, and partner, Andrew O'Shaughnessy, 27, from Brandon, near Durham, were thrilled when their first baby was born at Sunderland Royal Hospital.

Born 11 weeks prematurely by caesarian section, the baby was immediately transferred to an incubator, reports the Northern Echo.

Ms Robson was told she had had a little girl who the couple named Olivia and started stocking up on pink baby cloths.

It was during a visit to the Wearside hospital that the couple were called in by a consultant and told that Olivia was, in fact, a boy.

Ms Robson said: "I just burst into tears. It's taken a bit of getting used to. From that point onwards everyone kept calling the baby a he.

"Because he was born so early he wasn't fully developed - that's why no one could tell. As he got a few weeks older it became apparent."

The couple have quickly adjusted to having a son rather than a daughter and now Olivia has a new name, Dylan.

"I love Dylan just as much. He's the same baby," said Ms Robson, who is now wondering what to do with a room filled with 'baby girl' cards sent by wellwishers.

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Groom hires diggers to save cash

A Chinese groom who works for a heavy machinery company used a fleet of mechanical diggers instead of wedding cars to save money.

Zhang Zongqiang, 35, admits it took some persuading before his bride, Ye Yuzi, 26, agreed to his plan, reports the Dahe Daily.

But he says his idea was a big success with scores of people coming out to watch the happy couple pass by - in the bucket of the lead digger.

All six diggers were decorated with ribbons and balloons for the wedding in Pingdingshan, central China's Henan Province.

Zhang said: "Our company sells excavators, so I was able to save quite a lot on renting the wedding cars - but I never expected it to attract so much attention.

"The main idea was to save some money on the cost of the wedding but it turned out to be very special in the end."

Ye said she was completely against the idea at first but Zhang won her around by convincing her how memorable their wedding would be.

"Standing in the front bucket of an excavator was freezing, but it was all worth it. I was so excited I had to hold his hand tight so I didn't slip out of the bucket," she said.

The couple handed out wedding sweets to policemen along the route to help make up for the extra traffic congestion.

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The world's widest mouth! (Pic and Video)

An Angolan man has been recognised as having the world's widest mouth by the Guinness Book of World Records.

Francisco Domingo Joaquim, 20 - aka the Angolan Jaw of Awe - can fit a 330ml can of pop into his mouth - sideways.

He can stretch his mouth more than six-and-a-half inches wide, and recently put his skills to the test at the the Big Mouth competition in Rome.

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Contestants crammed their mouths with a whole host of items including saucers, coffee cups and beer bottles but nobody could beat Francisco and his can of coke.

He shot to stardom performing his jaw-dropping talent on the streets of Luanda, capital of Angola.

Francisco, known as Chiquinho, and his unique talent was discovered by Guinness Book of World Record researchers scouring YouTube.

After two years of searching, they tracked him down to his hometown in Angola.

Since then Francisco has become an internet sensation with his videos racking up thousands of hits.

After finding out that he would feature in the Book of Guinness World Records 2011, Chiquinho said that it was "a dream come true".

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Dog prefers to walk on two legs

A pet dog has become a local celebrity in China because he prefers to walk upright on his back legs.

Zhou Guanshun, the 18-month-old dog's owner, of Zhumadian, Henan Province, taught his pet to walk on two legs by holding one of its front paws.

"Lu Lu was given to us by a friend and we loved him instantly," he said.

"He learnt to walk upright when he was just four months old, and hasn't stopped ever since then."

Zhou, a retired teacher, said that Lu Lu now spends most of his time standing upright on his back legs.

Even when he rests, he prefers to squat on his back legs while keeping his body upright and his front legs off the ground.

Each morning, Zhou takes Lu Lu to the nearby Century Square for a walk, where Lu Lu is a celebrity among the morning exercisers who all love him and bring him snacks.

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Spiderlings to descend on Suffolk broads

The 1,600 spiderlings were released at Castle Marshes on Wednesday

More than 1,000 young spiders from a hybrid species have been released into the Suffolk broads.

The Dolomedes plantarius spiderlings were released into suitable dykes at Castle Marshes between Lowestoft and Beccles on Wednesday.

About 4mm, they are hybrids between species found in Sussex and Suffolk.

The 1,600 spiderlings were hand-reared in the kitchen of project leader Dr Helen Smith, with the surplus reared at the John Innes Centre in Norwich.

Dr Smith said: "The hybrids bring the advantage of increased genetic variability to the new population.

"This... should give the new population at Castle Marshes the best potential to adapt to its surroundings and to cope with the impacts of climate change."

The project was organised by Natural England and Suffolk Wildlife Trust and was aided by a grant from the BBC Wildlife Fund.

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Thief keeps laptop, returns contents

A thief who stole the laptop of a university professor later returned the contents on a USB memory stick.

The professor, who teaches at Umea University in Sweden, was devastated when ten years of work stored on his laptop was stolen.

But a week after the theft, the entire contents of his laptop were posted to him on a USB stick, reports the Daily Telegraph.

"I am very happy. This story makes me feel hope for humanity," the unnamed professor told local Västerbottens-Kuriren newspaper.

The professor left his bag, containing the laptop, hidden behind a door in his apartment stairwell while he went into the building's laundry room.

When he emerged a short time later, the bag had gone. It was returned shortly after, without the laptop.

"The backpack was there again. With all the papers, calendar and credit cards. It was just the computer that was missing," he said.

However, a week after the theft, the professor received a USB stick containing all the documents - which would have taken several hours to download.

"It is my life. I have documented everything in it that has happened in the last 10 years and beyond," he said.

"Often when people lose their computers and cameras, it is understandably not the gadget itself that is the most important. The content is often irreplaceable."

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Cool! The world's longest cat! (Pic and Video)

A US cat has broken the Guinness world record for the world's longest domestic cat.

Stewie, a five-year-old Maine Coon cat, was certified as the new record holder after measuring 48.5 inches from the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail.

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His owners, Robin Hendrickson and Erik Brandsness of Reno, Nevada, said they decided to try for the record after hearing people say they were amazed by Stewie's length.

"We realized that Stewie was exceptionally long about three years ago," Mr Hendrickson told the Reno Gazette-Journal. "Everyone says, 'Wow what a long cat!' "

Stewie was certified by Guinness World Records as the world's longest domestic cat. The record was previously held by another cat that measured 48 inches.

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Dancing goat fights off stray dogs

A Chinese man says he has trained his pet goat to perform tricks and to act as a guard dog at his home.

Zhao Huaiyun says the 20-month-old goat will fight off stray dogs to protect his home in Mianzhu, southwest China's Sichuan Province.

And he claims the animal even makes sure he answers his telephone whenever he leaves it around the house and doesn't hear it ring.

"It's really smart," he told the West China City Daily. "It loves to dance with me and it can shake hands with visitors.

"And whenever it hears my mobile phone ring, it runs up to me, puts its forelegs on my arms, and baas nonstop until I answer it.

"Sometimes neighbours' dogs run to my home to try and steal food, and then my goat tries to drive them away. If he can't win the fight, he runs back into the house, calling me for help."

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