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There are all kinds of ghost towns around the globe. There’s the abandoned city in Latvia that was up for auction. There are multiple small former communities in Antarctica. There’s even a ghost amusement park. The latest “ghost town” is in the New Mexico desert and won’t have any residents. It will be a brand-spanking […]

Lawyers are way down there with politicians and used car salesmen at the bottom of the People You Can Trust Poll. I think everyone has a go-to “I hate lawyers” joke. Stories about a lawyer asking for a continuance so he can watch a ballgame or suing to be able to bring candy into a […]

Even Mother Nature’s creatures can get a little greedy. An elk in Saro, Sweden is a perfect example. The giant beast apparently had a few too many fermenting apples. The “apple sauce” caused the elk to get a bit tipsy. Not content with a slight buzz, the animal reared up on its hind legs to […]

Every day, I see people jogging along sidewalks.  They’re concentrating on their run, they’re wearing dark glasses and have iPods stuffed into their ears, and they’re generally not paying attention while they’re running.  They’re showing a lot of faith in the drivers around them, and big stars are just as guilty as normal folks.  Hollywood […]

After the critical drubbing given to James Franco and Anne Hathaway, and mediocre reviews for previous dueling hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, the Academy Awards  will be going back to their roots for the 84th edition.  One person serving as a host.  More importantly, one person whose career as a comedian is legendary, even […]

It’s a move that’s been a long time coming.  As the company has bled market share and lost money, Yahoo has been floundering for awhile.  Despite her experience, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz has done nothing but make the problem worse, and on her watch stock prices have fallen and Yahoo has continued to limp along […]

When it comes to saving endangered species, zookeepers are fighting an uphill battle.  From hunting and natural habitat devastation to unsuccessful breeding programs, there are any number of things that make saving some species borderline impossible.  Fortunately, one of the world’s foremost zoos has come up with a plan, and it involves a freezer and a needle. […]

It’s a reward for a year’s worth of hard work.   Throughout the United States, as the sun goes up, people all over will be lighting up grills, cooking things over open flame, and heading out to their nearest park, body of water, or just their backyard to celebrate everyone’s favorite bribe, Labor Day!  So, […]

For some people practical jokes aren’t just for April Fools Day. They are a year-round thing. Irving Fishlove was one of those people. As son of the founder of famed novelty company H. Fishlove & Co., Irving not only made a living off of pranks, he also enjoyed pulling them himself. That’s why when he was […]

From Dodger Blue to Chinese Red? While the Los Angeles Dodgers only played the Padres for a spring training series in China during the lead up to the 2008 season, Dodgers owner Frank McCourt has received an offer that may leave a more permanent Chinese influence on the game. McCourt received a bid to buy […]

Normally, people put on perfume to not smell funky, but one chic Paris parfumerie in the Marais district has decided to turn the very concept of perfume on its ear by making some, ahem, interesting choices for its scent bouquets.  We’re talking blood, semen, saliva, sweat, hot tar, carrots, and even crotch smell.  The perfume maker […]

Jon Hutt is a tough guy.  He’s a crane operator by day, and for fun, he’s an amateur logger who has worked as a miner, worked at a saw mill, and grew up on a ranch as a child.  Needless to say, the 61-year-old man from Denver is tougher than a $4 steak and not […]

If the title of this story sounds familiar, that’s because it is.  Months before the iPhone 4 was scheduled to come out, a 28-year-old Apple engineer named Robert Gray Powell lost the iPhone 4 prototype at a bar.  It was found by a pair of men, who promptly sold it to Gizmodo and kicked off […]

When it comes to conference realignment, it seems as though the college football universe is coalescing.  Rather than have multiple major conferences, it seems as though we’re moving to a world in which there are superconferences, and it appears that Texas A&M will be kicking off the next round of realignments, as Texas A&M has […]