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Friday, February 15, 2013

Ant drinking from the River

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Super Bowl leads to free furniture

The co-owner of a Baltimore furniture chain said the Baltimore Ravens returning a 108-yard kickoff for a touchdown cost his store $600,000.

Gary Mullaney, co-owner of Gardiners Furniture, said his store pledged any furniture purchased between Jan. 31 and 3 p.m. Sunday would be completely free if the Ravens returned a kickoff for a touchdown, and he knew his store would be swamped Monday when Jacoby Jones returned a kickoff 108 yards for a touchdown at the start of the second half, The Baltimore Sun reported Tuesday

Friday, February 1, 2013

Dog reunited with family after 4 years

A Palo Alto, Calif., family says their missing dog "Oreo" finally returned home after being gone for more than four years.
Oreo, a Boston terrier, went missing from his owner's yard more than four years ago, the Palo Alto Daily News reported.
The Peninsula Humane Society and Oreo's owners say the dog and his family were finally reunited largely because of a microchip that was implanted under Oreo's skin. The device was encoded with his family's contact information.

Jockstrip: The world as we know it.

Police dog wandered about eight miles
COLUMBIA CITY, Ind., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Authorities in Indiana said a police dog escaped from its kennel and was found about eight miles away 19 hours after the escape.
Columbia City Police Chief Tim Longenbaugh said Stryker, a 6-year-old brindle-colored Dutch shepherd used for tracking and drug detecting, escaped from his Collins kennel around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, The (Fort Wayne) Journal Gazette reported Thursday.
Longenbaugh said an Allen County resident living about eight miles from the kennel called police around 9:40 a.m. Wednesday and reported she has discovered a dog matching the description of the missing police pooch wandering in her yard.

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Charles and Camilla ride the Underground

Prince Charles and his wife Wednesday took a short ride on the London Underground to mark its 150th anniversary.
The royal couple rode the system's newest style train, the S-Stock, on its first line, which began running trains from Farringdon to Paddington

Watercooler Stories

survey indicates the worst Super Bowl party guest is the "know-it-all" -- the one who knows all there is to know on football, food and commercials.
The survey, conducted for CouponCabin.com, by Harris Interactive found 52 percent of U.S. adults said the know-it-all was the worst party guest, but there were several other types of annoying party guests.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Don't try this at home -- or elsewhere

Don't try this trick if you want to keep your driver's license.

A woman in Olofstrom, Sweden, said her mother -- a woman in her eighties -- came home from the grocery store in the wrong car

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Pa. man gets drive-thru send-off after funeral

Mourners at a Pennsylvania fast-food fan's funeral wanted him to have it his way, so they arranged for his hearse — and the rest of the procession — to make one last drive-thru visit before reaching the cemetery

Swedish woman, 80, takes home wrong car

A Swedish octogenarian accidentally drove the wrong car home from the grocery store, officials said

Crowd pushes police over flower seller

Police in Rome were pushed back by residents when they tried to crack down on a well-known local flower vendor, city officials said

Obama the fly swatter strikes again

There was a buzz at the White House on Thursday when President Barack Obama announced the nomination of two top financial regulatory officials

Worms: A Zimbabwe snack, from tree to dinner table

In this photo taken Sunday Jan. 16, 2013, Mpokuhle Ncube finds a mopane worm in a tree in Gwanda, Zimbabwe. In Zimbabwe as well as most parts of southern Africa, mopane worms are a staple part of the diet in rural areas and are considered a delicacy in the cities. They can be eaten dry, as crunchy as potato chips, or cooked and drenched in sauce. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

In Zimbabwe, mopane worms are a staple part of the diet in rural areas and are considered a delicacy in the cities. They can be eaten dry, as crunchy as potato chips, or cooked and drenched in sauce. When harvest season for the worms began recently, I decided to document the process, and I found it somewhat stomach-turning. But the worms can be mighty tasty and they're very nutritious. Here's the scoop on mopane worms.

THE MOPANE WORM

Subway sandwich chain sued over 11-inch "Footlongs"

An Australian teenager's picture of a Subway "Footlong" sandwich next to a tape measure has gone viral and inspired three lawsuits in the United States.
The lawsuits, one filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, a second in New Jersey Superior Court, Burlington County, and the third in the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia, each claims restaurant franchise sells sandwiches that are an inch short of a foot

Wayward dolphin dies in polluted NYC canal

A wayward dolphin that swam into a polluted canal on Friday died before high tide, marine experts said.

The deep-freeze weather hadn't seemed to faze the dolphin as it splashed around in the Gowanus Canal, which runs 1.5 miles through a narrow industrial zone near some of Brooklyn's wealthiest neighborhoods

Three charged in home lottery scam

Three people in France have been charged with fraud for selling tickets for a drawing to win homes the organizers did not own

Man revived after being declared dead

Swedish man told the National Health Board he was declared dead and later revived when his girlfriend noticed he was still breathing

Friday, January 25, 2013

American Idol Racist? Booted Contestants Submit Complaint, May Lead to a Lawsuit

American Idol clearly gives the boot to contestants for lacking the right vocal chops. But did the show ax several former hopefuls because they were black?

That's what nine erstwhile Idol hopefuls are claiming in a complaint filed against the show alleging that racism played a role in their ouster in an attempt to juice up ratings. They include Corey Clark and Jaered Andrews from season two; Donnie Williams from season three; twins Terrell and Derrell Brittenum from season five; Thomas Daniels and Akron Watson from season six; Ju'Not Joyner from season eight; and Chris Golightly from season nine