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Japanese brewery to make beer from space-grown barley

Japanese beer lovers can anticipate an out-of-this-world brew: suds made with barley descended from grains that traveled in outer space.

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Maine town's jail up for sale for $200,000

If you're in the market for a roomy brick-and-stone Victorian — complete with some pretty impressive security features — look no further.

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Ben & Jerry's gives peace a chance with new flavour

Vermont-based ice-cream maker Ben & Jerry's is stirring up a call for global harmony with its newest flavour: Imagine Whirled Peace.

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High gas prices drive farmer to switch to mules

High gas prices have driven a Tennessee farmer and his sons to hitch a tractor rake to a pair of mules to gather hay from their fields.

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Thieves swipe used cooking oil to brew biodiesel

U.S. restaurants are reporting thefts of old cooking oil worth thousands of dollars by rustlers who are refining it into barrels of biofuel in backyard stills.

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Shipping containers could become condos in Detroit

A Detroit-based group hopes to use empty shipping containers to build a $1.8-million US, 17-unit condominium project.

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Wristwatch fetches $2.25M at auction

A unique watch that was once owned by an Italian count and race-car driver was sold for the record-breaking sum of $2.25 million US at auction on Sunday in Geneva.

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Man brews up beer can coffin design

Bill Bramanti will love Pabst Blue Ribbon eternally, and he's got the custom-made beer can casket to prove it.

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Dinosaur dung sells at NYC auction for nearly $1,000

A pile of dinosaur dung 130 million years old sold at a New York auction Wednesday for nearly $1,000 US.

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