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Nazi Cake a Recipe for Trouble for Austrian Pastry Shop

An Austrian baker is pleading the same defense that many Nazis used at Nuremberg -- "I was just following orders" -- after baking a cake festooned with swastikas and a baby raising its right hand in a "Heil Hitler" salute. Bakery owner Manfred Klaschka says he made the cake -- at a cost of $128 -- at the request of a...

Cops: 'Obama Robber' Busted in Austria

VIENNA -- Austrian authorities say they've arrested a man suspected of robbing a series of banks while wearing a Barack Obama mask. Police say the 45-year-old German man is suspected of carrying out seven heists since 2008, the most recent on Thursday afternoon in the village of Fornach. He was taken into custody 2 miles...

Berlusconi Scandal Belly Dancer Ruby Shocks Vienna Society

She's admittedly a belly dancer, not a waltzer. But Ruby, the teenager at the center of a sex scandal that could torpedo Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi's career, is in Vienna to attend tonight's famed Opera Ball. The 18-year-old Moroccan, whose real name is Karima El Mahroug, was paid 40,000 euros -- more than $55,000...

Woman Who Won Return of Nazi-Looted Gustav Klimts Dies

Maria Altmann, a Jewish refugee from Vienna who won a landmark battle with Austria for the return of five Gustav Klimt paintings that the Nazis looted from her family, has died. She was 94. Altmann died Monday at her home in Los Angeles after a long illness. "She was a wonderful, elegant lady, and I was lucky to have...

Son of Hitler's Deputy Bormann Accused of Child Sex Abuse

Martin Bormann Jr., the eldest son of Adolf Hitler's deputy Martin Bormann, has spent decades attempting to atone for his father's sins. He has served as a priest and a Catholic missionary and has lectured in Germany, Austria and Israel on the horrors of the Holocaust. But Bormann Jr.'s almost saintly reputation is now...

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06/01/12 UTPA musicians to blow their horns in Austria with the... Source: The Pan American - Univ of TX-Pan American - Edinburg TX When Abel OcaÃ±as picked out the euphonium to play in the sixth grade beginner band, he did so because it was one of the free instruments offered by his school to learn to play.
06/01/12 Readout of the Vice President's Call with Austrian... Source: The White House The Vice President called Austrian Federal Chancellor Werner Faymann today to thank him for his personal engagement and participation at the NATO Summit in Chicago, and for Austria's significant pledge of financial support for sustainment of the Afghan National Security Forces post-2014.
06/01/12 Eurozone unemployment rate at 11.0% in April 2012;... Source: Finfacts The Eurozone (EA17) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 11.0% in April 2012, stable compared with March.
05/30/12 Alexander Donninger Faces Prison For Fake Fishing In... Source: The Huffington Post All Alexander Donniger wanted to do was convince his kids he was a good fisherman.
05/17/12 Official: Skoda racing Up! to Worthersee with Citigo... Source: Autoblog MladÃ¡ Boleslav/Reifnitz, May 15, 2012 â At the largest tuning event featuring vehicles of the Volkswagen Group, Å KODA AUTO will show exciting concept cars.