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Playhouses Then and Now

Posted 3/09/2011 9:30 am by

Living as a kid in the country meant playing on pond banks and running through fields. We never had a playhouse, although one of my friend’s older brother did build a treehouse where he kept his Playboy magazines. We really weren’t welcome in his arboreal abode and I was plenty okay with not climbing up […]

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Bible Pages Used For Rolling Jailhouse Joint

Posted 3/09/2011 9:00 am by

There are dumb criminals and then there are REALLY DUMB criminals. You’ve read about that type of criminal non-mastermind before. You know the sort of guys who blow themselves up by using too much dynamite to blast open an ATM or leave a trail of empty wrappers after robbing a candy store. A recent prime […]

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Millions Of Dead Fish Wash Up In Redondo Beach

Posted 3/09/2011 8:30 am by

That’s right, there’s been another massive fish kill.  This time, it’s not a river, but a portion of the ocean.  Millions of dead sardines are clogging up King Harbor Marina in Redondo Beach, California.  Now, it’s up to some distressed city workers armed with shovels and scoops to make with the cleanup, a project that […]

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Tiki Barber To Return To The NFL

Posted 3/09/2011 8:00 am by

LL Cool J once said, “Don’t call it a comeback,” but in this case, call it a comeback.  Former New York Giants running back Tiki Barber, age 35, has filed paperwork to make his return to the NFL.  That’s right, Tiki Barber is making a comeback with whatever team will have him, assuming the NFL […]

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Spider-Man’s Debut Sells For $1.1 Million

Posted 3/09/2011 7:30 am by

Spider-Man has gone from a teenage superhero to one of the most popular and iconic characters in comic book history.  He’s literally gone from nothing to the centerpiece of Marvel, thanks to his iconic mask and costume and crime-fighting prowess.  The debut of Spider-Man in Amazing Fantasy #15 was one of the book’s highest sellers […]

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Tiger Vs. Lion, The Animal Death Match For The Ages

Posted 3/09/2011 7:00 am by

It’s one of the age-old questions of animal supremacy.  If a lion fought a tiger, who would win?  Well, zoo officials in Ankara, Turkey, found out the hard way which animal would win in a battle for supremacy after a Bengal tiger found a hole in its enclosure and escaped into the lion’s den next […]

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Mike Starr, Former Alice In Chains Bassist, Dead At 44

Posted 3/09/2011 6:30 am by

Bass player Mike Starr, one of the founding members of the seminal grunge band Alice In Chains, has battled drug addiction and demons for the last few years.  He was a fixture on both Celebrity Rehab and Sober House, two VH1 reality shows in which addiction medicine specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky attempted to help various […]

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Kevin Love Ties Moses Malone’s NBA Record For Double-Doubles

Posted 3/08/2011 7:00 am by

There are records, and there are achievements.  Career marks are records, because they take forever and aren’t terribly impressive when considered across a 15- or 20-year career.  Then, there are single-season marks and streaks like that put up by Minnesota Timberwolves player Kevin Love.  Last night, Kevin Love tied Moses Malone’s NBA record with his […]

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Celebrating The 100th Anniversary Of International Women’s Day

Posted 3/08/2011 6:30 am by

As we’ve established, Google loves any excuse to make a new logo doodle.  Today’s excuse?  International Women’s Day.  However, Google is doing way more than simply creating a Doodle for women’s rights, they’re actually organizing and hosting a series of International Women’s Day events and rallies.  You can find Google’s International Women’s Day events here. […]

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The Happiest Man In America

Posted 3/07/2011 7:00 am by

The trouble with composite pictures is that, like the most common man in the world, they don’t really exist.  Take, for example, a recent happiness survey of 1000 people.  According to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, the happiest person in America is “a tall, Asian-American, observant Jew who is at least 65 and married, has children, […]

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The House From Up In Real Life

Posted 3/07/2011 6:30 am by

Pixar has made a lot of wonderful animated films in its time, like Wall-E and Toy Story, but none of them have been as quite as emotionally-wrenching or beautiful as Up, which is the story of a grumpy old man who learns to love again in the wake of his wife’s death after embarking on […]

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HS Basketball Player Dies After Making Game-Winning Shot

Posted 3/04/2011 3:33 pm by

We’ve all heard of athletes collapsing (and sometimes dying) during a game or practice. It’s not often that a player’s final moment comes after his greatest career moment, though. Add in the fact that the player in question isn’t even old enough to vote, and the level of tragedy surpasses its statistical improbability.  A high school […]

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The Face Of Seven Billion People

Posted 3/04/2011 11:30 am by

See this face?  It’s the blurry visage of the most common man on earth.  Think of him as the exact opposite of the guy from the Dos Equis commercials; that guy is exceptional, this guy is literally the face of humanity.  He’s the sum of what results when you make a composite out of the […]

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Blair River, 575-lb. Heart Attack Grill Spokesman, Dies

Posted 3/04/2011 11:00 am by

The Heart Attack Grill, an unusual restaurant in Chandler, Arizona, was famous for two things.  First of all, it had some of the worst food imaginable, in terms of health content.  We’re talking burgers that weigh in at several pounds, with multiple massive patties and globs of deliciously unhealthy condiments on top.  Second of all, […]

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Las Vegas Casino Objects To Gaudy Walgreens Sign

Posted 3/04/2011 10:30 am by

While it’s changed a lot since the bad old days of the 60’s and 70’s, Las Vegas isn’t known for its subtlety or high fashion.  Gaudy is business in Vegas, and business is good.  However, even Vegas has its taste limits, and a proposed Walgreens sign violates those limits, mostly due to the fact that […]

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Spider-Infested Mazdas Recalled

Posted 3/04/2011 10:00 am by

There are quality control problems, and then there are pest control problems.  Mazda’s cars run fine, but there’s a little spider problem that’s required Mazda to issue a recall on 2009 and 2010 Mazda6 sedans.  Some 52,000 Mazda6 sedans were recalled due to a spider infestation in the fuel tank.  Apparently, spiders really love to […]

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Eastern Cougar Declared Extinct

Posted 3/04/2011 9:30 am by

Bad news, big cat fans; the number of big wild cat species has decreased by one.  The eastern cougar, known as the ghost cat or the catamount, is no more.  The US Fish and Wildlife Service has officially declared the eastern cougar as extinct.  We’re not talking extinct in the wild, we’re talking completely gone. […]

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Jimmy Fallon Presents: Charlie Sheen’s “Winning” Cologne Ad

Posted 3/04/2011 9:00 am by

Charlie Sheen has been great fodder for late-night talk show hosts, and they’re pretty much all piling on while Sheen sits back, laughing at all his free publicity.  Letterman, Leno, my personal favorite Conan O’Brien… they’re all piling on.  Even Jimmy Fallon is finding comedy gold, and that’s saying something because I really don’t like Jimmy Fallon. […]

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Stephen King Tries To Save JFK

Posted 3/04/2011 8:30 am by

Who hasn’t thought about the concept of going back in time to change something stupid we did or said? What if you could travel through time for a bigger purpose? Say, changing history for the better. That’s the concept behind the upcoming novel from prolific horror-writing machine Stephen King. The name of King’s newest novel […]

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White Sox Catcher A.J. Pierzynski Ticketed In Full Uniform

Posted 3/04/2011 8:00 am by

Controversial Chicago White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski is used to getting in trouble while on the baseball diamond.  He’s just one of those guys that you hate unless he’s playing for your team.  That said, Pierzynski doesn’t generally get in trouble off the field, but he did recently get himself into a little legal trouble […]

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Worst Grocery List Ever

Posted 3/04/2011 7:00 am by

Finders keepers, losers weepers. Sometimes a found item is valuable like a tin filled with more than $10,000 or a historical memento like lost footage of Neil Armstrong. In the annals of found items this grocery list might be the ultimate case of winning by losing. First Lady Michelle Obama, who has taken up the […]

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Rodney King Gets A Ticket, Avoids A Beating

Posted 3/04/2011 6:30 am by

It’s amazing that, 20 years after the beating that kicked off the Los Angeles Riots of 1992, Rodney King is still newsworthy when he gets into trouble.  Of course, this time it’s more noteworthy for what didn’t happen than what did happen.  Almost 20 years to the day after his famous beating by the LAPD, […]

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Sarah White, Stripper Therapist

Posted 3/03/2011 12:00 pm by

When it comes to therapy, the hardest part of the client/therapist relationship is establishing trust and openness.  In order to get at the root of the problems, you must first foster a relationship with the client and get them to be honest about their problem.  Sarah White doesn’t bother with any of that stuff; she […]

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BYU Basketball Player Dismissed From The Team Over Premarital Sex

Posted 3/03/2011 11:30 am by

It’s not every day that a university dismisses a top basketball player on the verge of a number one seed in the NCAA Tournament, but Brigham Young University has done just that.  The team’s third-leading scorer and top rebounder is 6’10 Brandon Davies; rather, he WAS their top rebounder and third-leading scorer.  Davies was removed […]

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Blade Runner Rights Acquired By Alcon Entertainment

Posted 3/03/2011 11:00 am by

Attention sci-fi fans:  Rick Deckard will soon be hunting replicants once more on the streets of a near-future Los Angeles.  Despite being a box office flop when it first debuted in 1982, Blade Runner has become a classic of science fiction and one of the leading lights of the dystopian future in sci-fi.  That said, […]

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Pizza Maker Uses Mice Against The Competition

Posted 3/03/2011 10:30 am by

Nickolas Galiatsatos is having a difficulty with his business, Nina’s Bella Pizzeria in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania.  He’s got mice in his building, and that’s hurting his business.  Rather than hire an exterminator, Galiatsatos blamed his mice on his competitors in the pizza game and decided to hit them back in response.  Nickolas Galiatsatos planted two […]

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Fire Tornado Spotted In Hungary

Posted 3/03/2011 10:00 am by

There’s nothing cooler than a fire tornado, but they’re incredibly rare.  In  a way, they’re like ligers, but more destructive and less magical.  Still, any fire tornado captured on film makes for a very dramatic image, and this most recent example of a fire tornado is no different.  A fire at a plastics processing plant […]

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The Lingerie Football League Jiggles Towards Legitimacy

Posted 3/03/2011 9:30 am by

Today is the day in which the NFL collective bargaining agreement runs out.  That means that, if nobody budges before the start of the season, we’re not going to have football on Sundays in 2011-12.  Can you face a future with no National Football League?  Well, if an upstart league has its way, you’ll have […]

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The Bible Gets A Virgin-Less Update

Posted 3/03/2011 9:00 am by

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops, one of the largest and most powerful Catholic organizations in the United States, has a lot of power when they get together and decide to do something.  What they’ve decided to do lately is work on a brand new edition of the world’s most popular text, The Bible, with new translations […]

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Paper Cuts = Book Carving

Posted 3/03/2011 8:30 am by

Is there anything more startling than a paper cut? That quick slice when you reach out and grab a magazine takes your breath away for an instant. For artist Brian Dettmer, there’s nothing quick about a paper cut. Dettmer takes old books and slices and cuts them to reveal words and graphics creating visually stimulating […]

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