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Voodoo Ritual Blamed for Brooklyn Fire

Posted 2/26/2011 10:44 pm by

Luck seems to be a personal sort of thing, and good luck charms take all sorts of shapes: Horseshoes, four-leaf clovers, rabbits’ feet, voodoo sex spells… Voodoo sex spells? According to NYFD, that’s precisely what started the blaze which tore through a Brooklyn apartment building last week. Apparently one of the occupants fancies himself a […]

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Riffing and Giffing on the Oscars

Posted 2/26/2011 8:00 am by

I’m a bit of a movie fan. Plop me down in front of all types of movies – from the goriest to the goofiest to the critical faves. From big budget to no budget, I love to settle in with a bucket of bacon-flavored popcorn and lose myself in a film. So this Sunday is […]

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Prankster Friends Leave Severed Cow Head On Porch

Posted 2/25/2011 11:00 am by

It’s either a great prank or a horrible prank, depending on which side you’re on.  If you really want to freak someone out, there’s no better way than using a dead animal carcass (with or without a clown suit).  However, that’s also a thinly-veiled threat in the mob world, so there’s a risk.  Two pranksters […]

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Art Museum Billboard Given Painted-On Clothes

Posted 2/25/2011 10:30 am by

Minneapolis, Minnesota, is no place to go topless in February.  However, when the Minneapolis Institute of Arts decided to advertise its exhibition of works by Italian master painter Titian, they featured a piece featuring a topless woman called “Venus Rising from the Sea.”  A funny graffiti artist decided that a topless woman was too cold […]

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Baby Gaga Breast Milk Ice Cream

Posted 2/25/2011 10:00 am by

Breast milk can be a lot of things, depending on the age of the person involved in its consumption.  For babies and some cheese fans, breast milk is food.  For others, breast milk is a weapon.  For ice cream manufacturers, it’s an experiment.  From London-based ice cream parlor Icecreamists comes Baby Gaga, ice cream made […]

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Bicycling Mayor Gets His Wife’s Wheels Stolen

Posted 2/25/2011 9:30 am by

As a former president of the Sierra Club, Seattle mayor Mike McGinn is a huge proponent of bicycling and he’s been trying to make his Washington home more accessible to bikers of all ages and ability levels.  Even more impressively, Mayor McGinn practices what he preaches by bicycling into work, to meetings, and just around […]

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Fox Found Living At The Top Of Europe’s Tallest Skyscraper

Posted 2/25/2011 9:00 am by

The tallest skyscraper in Europe, London’s Shard, isn’t finished yet.  In fact, workers are still hard at work on the Shard as we speak.  However, just because the building isn’t done doesn’t mean a tenant hasn’t moved in.  The caged fellow above is Romeo, a juvenile fox who was caught living on the 72nd floor […]

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Jimmy The Cat Says Thumbs Up

Posted 2/25/2011 8:30 am by

Nobody really knows how the thumbs up got started.  There are stories, of course, related to the killing of gladiators in the arena, but I don’t know if those are true.  Still, the thumbs up has remained one of the most popular gestures given by the human hand, but that’s changing.  The thumbs up is […]

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Google Launches Recipe Viewer

Posted 2/25/2011 8:00 am by

It’s an idea whose time has come.  When you sit down and you’re looking to figure out what you want to cook for dinner, where do you turn?  Well, maybe you have a book of recipes or a cookbook of some kind to look through.  That’s all well and good, but what if your cookbook […]

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Every Teacher In Providence, Rhode Island, Fired

Posted 2/25/2011 7:30 am by

In one sweeping movie, Providence, Rhode Island, Mayor Angel Tavares has completely remade the school system by completely dismissing the school system.  Last night, the city school board voted 4-3 to approve the move, in which Providence Mayor Angel Tavares fired 2000 teachers and staff from the city school system.  One day, everyone’s got jobs. […]

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First Trailer For The Hangover Part II Appears

Posted 2/25/2011 7:00 am by

As the trailer says, The Wolf Pack is back.  If you don’t know who the Wolf Pack are, then you obviously didn’t see the hit comedy The Hangover, about three guys waking up from a drunken, drug-fueled night of debauchery and searching for their missing friend while trying to figure out just what in the […]

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CBS Pulls Two And A Half Men

Posted 2/25/2011 6:30 am by

There’s one thing you generally can’t do when you work for someone.  You can’t go around and slander them behind their back with impunity.  Discussing legitimate issues is one thing, but hurling personal insults is something else entirely.  Charlie Sheen, whose personal and health problems are well known, doesn’t do politeness or common sense, apparently.  A […]

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Toyota Recalls 2.1 Million More Vehicles Over Floor Mats

Posted 2/24/2011 10:30 am by

Stop me if you’ve heard this before.  Toyota is recalling 2.1 million vehicles due to floor mat issues causing gas pedal jamming.  That’s right, the same problem Toyota has gotten its hand slapped over is back again (because they didn’t really fix it the first time).  Here’s the list of cars being recalled:  the 2006-07 Lexus GS […]

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Great-Grandmother Wins Four Lottery Jackpots Since 2004

Posted 2/24/2011 10:00 am by

Judy Slone is a very lucky woman.  Most people play the lottery their entire lives and never win a dime.  However, this 62-year-old electrical wire installer isn’t like most people.  Judy Slone just recorded her fourth lottery jackpot win since 2004.  Talk about a hot streak!  Thus far, Judy has won $1, 527,777 in jackpots. […]

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Bologna Lollipops And Other Wonderful Horrors

Posted 2/24/2011 9:30 am by

Never a venue for the health conscious, the West Michigan Whitecaps have taken ballpark food to new highs, at least according to measures ranking fat, cholesterol, calories, and awesomeness.  Long known for their unique takes on ballpark favorites, the minor league baseball team from Comstock Park, Michigan are allowing fans to vote for the food […]

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Justin Bieber Gives Away His Hair

Posted 2/24/2011 8:30 am by

Yesterday, the talk of the Internet was Justin Bieber’s hair.  Yes, again.  The mop-haired singer made waves with his luxurious Beatle bangs when he broke into the world consciousness, and he made waves again when he got his trademark brow-tickling swoop chopped off by stylists.  Now, he’s making waves a third time by giving his […]

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Space Shuttle Discovery To Fly For The Last Time

Posted 2/24/2011 8:00 am by

A 30-year mission is coming to an end for NASA.  Today at 4:50 PM, Space Shuttle Discovery is making its final launch from NASA Launch Pad 39A from Cape Canaveral, Florida.  The Space Shuttle flights are coming to an end, with Discovery making its 39th launch from the surface of the Earth.  Discovery is heading […]

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Eminem Joins YouTube’s Billion-View Club

Posted 2/24/2011 7:30 am by

Last October, Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber were racing neck and neck to become the first artist to crack one billion YouTube views.  Gaga beat Bieber by a grand total of two weeks; now, four months later, a third artist has joined the billion views club.  Eminem videos have been viewed a grand total of […]

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Wisconson Governor Scott Walker Gets Pranked

Posted 2/24/2011 7:00 am by

Wisconsin’s Republican governor, Scott Walker, has been pranked.  Not by a radio shock jock or some ne’er-do-well from the world, but from his political opposition.  The editor of a liberal website, Ian Murphy of the Buffalo Beast, impersonated billionaire Tea Party supporter David Koch and arranged a 20-minute phone conversation with the embattled Walker.  Here’s […]

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“Deadliest Catch” Boat Crew Member Found Dead

Posted 2/24/2011 6:30 am by

It’s been a rough year for the folks from Discovery’s hit reality show Deadliest Catch.  Earlier in the year, one of the show’s stalwarts, Captain Phil Harris of the Cornelia Marie, suffered a stroke while offloading crab at St. Paul Island, Alaska.  Now, the second death of the year has hit Deadliest Catch.  Justin Harris, a […]

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NBA Trade Frenzy Erupts

Posted 2/24/2011 6:00 am by

When the New Jersey Nets failed to land Carmelo Anthony, the Nets ownership promised to remain active in the trade market.  True to their word, they’re working hard at assembling an entirely new team before the trade deadline, and they’re going to build around an NBA All-Star and one of the top point guards in […]

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Zombie Jerky Staggers Through USDA Review And Into Your Stomach

Posted 2/24/2011 5:00 am by

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know just how hot zombies are right now. Movies and books have had a cult following for years, but with the success of AMC’s television adaptation of “The Walking Dead,” geeks have officially hit the mainstream. The walking dead are turning up on tee shirts, on greeting […]

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Is Spider Venom Better Than Viagra?

Posted 2/23/2011 10:58 pm by

Whether you’re male or female, spiders are probably the last thing on your mind when it comes to romance. According to a study coming out of the Medical College of Georgia, however, this may not always be the case. It seems that . The venom of the Brazilian wandering spider (also known as the banana […]

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Angry Birds In Cake Form

Posted 2/23/2011 8:00 am by

Angry Birds – there’s an app for that. And now there’s a cake for that. Who says you can’t play with your food? Our most recent nominee for Father of the Year has to be Mike Cooper, who fashioned an Angry Birds birthday cake for his son’s sixth celebration of a trip around the sun. […]

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Amazon Prime Adds Streaming Movies And TV

Posted 2/22/2011 11:30 am by

When Amazon Prime was just free two-day shipping, the cost was a bit too much for me to justify.  I’d love to get my ordered goods in two days, but dropping $70 per year was a bit too steep for how little I order from Amazon.  I’m willing to wait to get my DVDs, thanks. […]

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Does All Weird Meat Taste Like Chicken?

Posted 2/22/2011 11:00 am by

So, what does exotic meat taste like?  Well, gator tastes like chicken.  Snake tastes like chicken.  Ostrich tastes like… well, beef, weirdly.  Human beings taste like pork.  Is there any rhyme or reason as to why meats taste the way the do?  Apparently so.  Joe Staton of the Museum of Comparative Zoology has put together […]

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Cat Purrs At 92 Decibels, Same As A Hair Dryer

Posted 2/22/2011 10:30 am by

Smokey the cat is an unusual critter.  The 12-year-old rescue cat was adopted from a local animal shelter by Ruth Adams for her 10-year-old daughter Amy, but that’s not why she’s remarkable.  Smokey the cat is unusual because of how she purrs.  The Adams household in Pitsford, Northampton, is crowded with both pets and people […]

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Japanese Man Deep Fries PSP

Posted 2/22/2011 10:00 am by

I’ve announced before that I would eat or try to eat anything that’s been dredged in batter and deep fried.  I’m American, eating deep fried crap is what we do.  I’ve even talked about opening my own restaurant in which everything on the menu would be dredged and fried, from drinks to dessert to vegetables. […]

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Healthier School Lunches Aren’t Popular

Posted 2/22/2011 9:30 am by

Congratulations, Jamie Oliver, your healthy school lunch crusade just might be killing school lunches.  Over the summer, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) revamped their lunch menu, adding more fruit and vegetables and reducing the amount of salt, sugar, and other junk from the menu.  Healthy food, healthy children, right?  Well, not so much.  Healthier school lunches […]

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Uber Boober Beer Tasty As Mother’s Milk?

Posted 2/22/2011 9:00 am by

Like manna from heaven. The liquid of the gods. Tastier than a mother’s milk. I’ve heard beer described in all those ways. Now, there is actually something that brings a mother’s milk and an adult beverage together. The Dark Horse Brewing Company in Marshall, Michigan may not have made the United States of Beer map, […]

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