Odd Stuff & News

Boyfriend bails as foul ball hits girlfriend


Worst date ever: Boyfriend bails as foul ball hits girlfriend Many women would do anything for a boyfriend who likes to dance. But as one […]


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Growing Low-Oxygen Zones In Oceans


WASHINGTON — Lower levels of oxygen in the Earth’s oceans, particularly off the United States’ Pacific Northwest coast, could be another sign of fundamental changes […]


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Crackdown on ultra-luxurious showerheads


A Water Fight Over Luxury Showers Gene Goforth sells showerheads—big ones, like the Raindance Imperial 600 AIR. Selling for as much as $5,457, it has […]


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Things Your Mechanic Won’t Tell You


1. “You might be in the wrong garage.” There are many choices as to where consumers can take their car when it’s in need of […]


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Oprah Winfrey chooses short story collection


CHICAGO – Oprah Winfrey has blessed the book world’s eternal underdog: the short story. Publishing’s surest hitmaker announced Friday that her latest pick was Uwem […]


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McDonald’s says no way Ronald will retire


Retire Ronald McDonald? No way. That’s the message McDonald’s Corp.’s CEO Jim Skinner gave Thursday to the red-haired clown’s critics who say the cartoon promotes […]


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Volcano in Iceland


The eruption of a volcano beneath Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull has resulted in dangerous amounts of volcanic ash in the sky, huge headaches for travelers, and, it […]


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Billionaire Aids Charity That Aided Him


Were it not for the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, there might be no Google. Thirty years ago today, Sergey Brin, a 6-year-old Soviet boy facing […]


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All That’s Jazz


TOKYO — Jazz musicians have often been called “swinging cats.” But Jiken Miyazaki, founder of Café Samurai, takes it literally. His “jazz kissaten” (coffee shop) […]


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Pony Express Artifact


A letter that took two years to reach its destination evokes the hazards of the Pony Express In 1860, an ill-fated Pony Express rider, whose […]


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