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Oregon fishing town loses namesake tuna statue (AP)
2008-06-05 04:53:00
AP - Sorry, Charlie. You're a crime victim.
More About: Fishing , Statue , General , Oregon , Tuna

[Stupid] First polar bear seen in Iceland for 20 years. Don?t worry, they s
2008-06-05 04:51:00
Smh.com.au
More About: Polar Bear , General , Stupid , Worry , Iceland

Texas justice of the peace sued over paddlings (AP)
2008-06-05 04:50:00
AP - A family sued a justice of the peace Wednesday, complaining that he ordered a man to paddle his teenage stepdaughter in the courtroom and threatened to convict her of truancy if he didn't.
More About: Peace , Justice , General , Texas , Sued

[Cool] Meet your new Stanley Cup Champions - the Detroit Red Wings
2008-06-05 04:44:00
Yahoo
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Tales from the Fort
2008-06-05 04:43:00
Tis the season, to be Fort ean. If the release of Jim Steinmeyer's biography of Charles Fort and Tarcher's reissue of Fort's books in anthology form weren't enough for you, check out this new website - Tales from the Fort: The Charles Fort Files... This site is an effort to organize the research of Charles Hoy Fort into a more easily utilized resource by gathering and placing under various subject headings the vast amount of information scattered throughout Fort's books. The information contained within these pages is gleaned from extensive study of the four non-fiction books published by Charles Fort in his lifetime. The headings under which the phenomena are placed include 'Falls' (strange things falling from the skies), 'OOPARTS' (Out of Place Artifacts), Creatures, UFOs and Apparitions. If you don't have the time to work your way through the books, this website will probably be a good resource. As Emps says over at Cabinet of Wonders, "dig into ancient astronauts, Ufol...
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[Dumbass] Cops protect small town from drunk driver of a motorized cooler.
2008-06-05 04:36:00
(Glens Falls (NY) Post-Star)
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[Dumbass] Thieves phone up security and tell them to ignore alarms, which t
2008-06-05 04:32:00
CBC
More About: Security , Phone , General , Dumbass , Alarms

Dutch man injures posterior in mooning accident (AP)
2008-06-04 07:11:00
AP - Utrecht police say a 21-year-old Dutch man is recovering after a "mooning" that went horribly wrong.
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[Hero] 8 year old with one leg enjoys playing little league baseball. Great
2008-06-04 05:13:00
Lexington Herald Leader
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[Interesting] 50 mpg from a Honda Accord? This guy does it, and claims you
2008-06-04 05:08:00
CNN
More About: Interesting , Honda , General , Claims , Honda Accord

[Obvious] Todays recycled fear-mongering story for those that missed it the
2008-06-04 03:55:00
Reuters
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[Spiffy] You?re peeved about bottles of urine tossed on the highway. Do you
2008-06-04 03:25:00
(Chronicle-Herald)
More About: General , Highway , Urine , Bottles

[Weird] Finally a study that says it?s okay to hook up with your hot cousin
2008-06-04 03:15:00
News.com.au
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[Stupid] Police officer comes under fire for making graffiti offenders wear
2008-06-04 03:11:00
New Zealand Herald
More About: Graffiti , General , Police , Stupid , Fire

Colonising the New World
2008-06-04 02:30:00
Two interesting stories from last week, on a similar and fascinating topic: the colonisation of the New World (the Americas). Firstly, this story examines the claims of 'renegade' archaeologist Jacques Cinq-Mars, who believes he has the answer to recent dating controversies which dispute the 'Clovis-First' theory of New World colonisation: [S]cientists have unearthed a growing number of ancient human sites across the continent that date back much more than 13,000 years. How did those people get here? No one knows for sure. Cinq-Mars, a retired former curator at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, believes the answers lie in the lost land of Beringia. Named after 18th-century Danish explorer Vitus Bering, this territory emerged from under the sea when advancing glaciers locked up seawater and caused ocean levels to fall 120 metres. The 1,000-kilometre-wide land bridge that joined the two continents was so arid it remained a glacier-free oasis of grassland steppes that teemed wit...
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[Photoshop] Photoshop this pleased lobsterman
2008-06-04 02:30:00
(Some Guy)
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Minn. city sets reward for legendary creature (AP)
2008-06-04 02:14:00
AP - Some in eastern Minnesota say there's a large, serpentlike creature living in the Mississippi River's Lake Pepin below Maiden Rock. If it exists, it could fatten your bank account.
More About: General , Sets , City , Creature , Reward

[Amusing] If you?ve lost a pet goat that likes to ride public transport, Po
2008-06-04 02:09:00
(Some Guy)
More About: Lost , General , Public , Transport , Ride

Brazil inmate had $173K, guns, TV, fridge in cell (AP)
2008-06-04 02:00:00
AP - The luxurious lifestyle of a convict in northeastern Brazil has come to an abrupt end after police confiscated a plasma TV set, gym equipment, two pistols and cash worth $173,000 from his cell, officials said Tuesday.
More About: Guns , General , Cell , Fridge

[Dumbass] Not news: Valedictorian gives cheesy graduation speech. News: He
2008-06-04 01:54:00
(Naperville Sun)
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[Unlikely] While high gas prices are hurting small market motorsports, it?s
2008-06-04 01:52:00
(C. Trickle)
More About: Market , General , Small , Gas Prices , Motorsports

[Interesting] Mexican fashion takes a new twist: bulletproof business suits
2008-06-04 01:51:00
NPR
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[Scary] Have you ever wondered what a car plowing into a bike race looks li
2008-06-03 08:25:00
CNN
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Pa. man, 71, friend in wheelchair nab suspect (AP)
2008-06-03 07:25:00
AP - A 21-year-old robbery suspect was jailed in Luzerne County thanks to the efforts of the 71-year-old victim and his friend in a wheelchair.
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[Ironic] Strip show off due to lack of clothes
2008-06-03 06:48:00
News.com.au
More About: Clothes , General , Show , Ironic , Strip

[Stupid] City of Denver urged to create an ?Extraterrestrial Affairs Commis
2008-06-03 06:30:00
Yahoo
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[Hero] In his tell all book, General Ricardo Sanchez said Bush?s Iraq War i
2008-06-03 05:15:00
Huffington Post
More About: Bush , Iraq , Iraq War , General , Book

[Amusing] Seattle University squashes ?douchebag party?, citing gender bias
2008-06-03 04:54:00
(US News)
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[Dumbass] Bank robber holds gun backward
2008-06-03 04:35:00
Local6
More About: General , Bank , Dumbass , Robber , Holds

[Asinine] Neil Young looking to change the world by converting his 1959 Lin
2008-06-03 03:55:00
CNN
More About: World , General , Change , Neil , Young