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Sarah Palin's glasses

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I just found these glasses to be....so inspiring....that I have contacted the manufactuer and added my name to the six-month-long waiting list. Hey, if it was good enough for Colin Powell...

Toward the end of video the glasses' designer says something interesting.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/09/17/lah.japan.palin.glasse...

Night Visitor

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Wow, I got a pic published on the Coast to Coast AM with George Noorywebsite. Not that it is anything special but kinda neat to have a pic selected for publication on a website with such large viewership.

View pic here

Video shows Burger King employee bathing in sink

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For those worried about the TFO on their fries make sure you read this story!

XENIA, Ohio (WDTN) - Some workers at a Greene County restaurant are in hot water with the health department, after an employee took a bubble bath in a store sink.

It happened at the Burger King on Orange Street in Xenia.

Death and taxes. Death can now be dealt with on eBay

If the term "priced reduced" means anything, maybe the hard economy is effecting the cemetery business too. Regardless, Ottawa Hills Memorial Park is making it easy to purchase plots by listing some on eBay. Now, from the comfort of your own home, you can purchase 4 plots for $4500, and according to the listing the appraisal value is around $7800.

GuestZero - I'm dying to hear your thoughts on Catrina Dunning (aka the "buy my happiness" auction on eBay lady from Toledo)

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In case you haven't heard...the Cliff notes:

Lady from Toledo lists auction on eBay begging people to donate money to help them save their house. After all, they have 4 kids and need to keep a roof over their head. (See the original NBC24 story about them here: http://www.wnwo.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=154505

BBuut bbut my precious little suburban snowflake could have DIED!!!!!!

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All I can say is WTF?

This woman from Milbury needs to get a life. Here is a link to the article. http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/959389,ducttape052008.article This was hotlinked from FARK. Long story short - Snowflake goes on field trip to Chicago. Chaperone duct tapes the hotel door. Snowflake freaks. Mom wants to sue. Again, WTF ?as I slap my forehead and sadly shake my head.

Police hunt serial bottom-pincher

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Police are hunting a serial bottom-pincher who has targeted women and girls in a city centre.

The Turkish or Greek-looking man has indecently touched 19 victims, aged 13 to 43, in Manchester over the past 12 months.

The incidents were reported to have happened mainly between 7am and 8am in the Tib Street area.

Famed actress investigates 'Green Porno' (it's not what you think!)

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NEW YORK (CNN) -- When it comes to sex, Isabella Rossellini is an animal. A spider. An earthworm. A fly.

They're just some of the creatures the actress impersonates in her new project, "Green Porno." The series of short films, commissioned by the Sundance Channel, is a showcase of how small creatures get down to the business of reproducing............................

La. warden says his prison has an unpaid guard: a black bear

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The way the warden sees it, the more than 400-pound black bear living in the middle of the sprawling Louisiana State Penitentiary is an extra layer of security.

The fish that plays football and limbo dances

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Admin Edit: Copyrighted images.

hey say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but apparently you can teach a two-year-old goldfish to bend it like Beckham.

Comet the goldfish may be the world's most intelligent fish after its owner, Dean Pomerleau, trained it to perform a range of aquatic activities.

Comet can play football, basketball and even limbo dance under a bar.

Chunky monkeys put on diet at Japanese park

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Tourists visiting the Ohama Park in the Japanese city of Osaka have hurled so many titbits to the resident troupe of monkeys that some are so obese they can hardly walk.

Some visitors assume the roly-poly monkeys are pregnant
Fat monkeys at Ohama Park in the Japanese city of Osaka

The monkeys have been put on a low-fat diet

BREAKING NEWS!!!!! Florida moves to ban Truck Balls

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TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- The Florida Senate today debated and passed an amendment to impose a $60 fine on Truck Nutz, the novelty vehicle adornment attached to trailer hitches that resemble the dangling southern end of a northbound bull.

Husband and wife are now in a "Civil Partnership, due to husbands sex change.

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When Emma Martin and Linda Packer married in a civil partnership, they were taking part in a social revolution that has been enshrined in law since 2005.

But theirs was a particularly modern relationship, as the couple had tied the knot previously as husband and wife.

Woman, 75, gets phone call about her funeral arrangements

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METHUEN — Rose Griffin is not dead, so the call from someone trying to arrange her funeral was a bit of a shock. The Methuen woman got the call at a late hour Friday night from someone looking for her son, who was not there.

When an irate Griffin used her caller ID to call back, the man informed her he was a funeral director trying to make arrangements for her son's dead mother.

Dinosaur dung sells at NYC auction for nearly $1,000

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NEW YORK (AP) - A pile of dinosaur dung 130 million years old sold at a New York auction Wednesday for nearly $1,000.

The prehistoric deposit fetched $960, said a spokeswoman for Bonhams New York. Its pre-auction estimate was $450.

The fossilized dung is from the Jurassic era, the auction house said. It looks like a rock on the outside and a colorful mineral inside.

Chilean town giving free Viagra to senior citizens

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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - A working class suburb of Chile's capital began handing out free Viagra to senior citizens on Wednesday. Lo Prado Mayor Gonzalo Navarrete said he launched the program because "an active sexuality improves the overall quality of life."

Saudi governor orders haircuts for men who hit on women

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - A governor in northern Saudi Arabia has ordered authorities to punish men who flirt with women in public places by cutting their hair, local media said Tuesday.

Old people are not that grumpy, study finds

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Elderly people do not all suffer from the grumpy old man syndrome, according to research claiming that age brings a sense of peace and calm.

The stereotype of irritated pensioners complaining about today’s youngsters has been challenged by a study published in the Social Science and Medicine Journal.

Yikes....truly strange news day

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Chaos over Ron Paul cuts short gathering

BY ANJEANETTE DAMON •• April 27, 2008

300-pound inmate complains Ark. jail doesn't feed him well

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BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) - An inmate awaiting trial on a murder charge is suing the county, complaining he has lost more than 100 pounds because of the jailhouse menu.

Broderick Lloyd Laswell says he isn't happy that he's down to 308 pounds after eight months in the Benton County jail. He has filed a federal lawsuit complaining the jail doesn't provide inmates with enough food.

Iran warns of dangerous Barbie dolls

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arbie dolls are having “destructive” social and cultural consequences in Iran, the country’s top prosecutor has warned.

"The irregular importation of such toys, which unfortunately arrive through unofficial sources and smuggling, is destructive culturally and a social danger," Ghorban Ali Dori Najafabadi wrote in a letter to Parviz Davoudi, Iran’s vice-president.

Trinny and Susannah strip off for 'living art'

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Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine appear to have new advice on what not to wear - any clothes at all.
# How about that: More weird stories from around the world

The fashion presenters stripped off alongside hundreds of other volunteers to help create a giant "living sculpture" on the side of a hill near Lewes, Sussex.
Trinny and Susannah

man accused of switching water bottle's UPC_code with $500 TV

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KIRKSVILLE - A Kirksville man faces a felony indictment after trying to purchase a LCD television for less than $3 by allegedly replacing its UPC code with that of a water bottle.

Reginald Newman, 44, was indicted Monday by the Adair County Grand Jury and has been charged with attempted stealing by deceit.

The Pot Vending Machine Has Been Stolen by the Feds!

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Remember the recent report about a medicinal marijuana vending machine opening in Los Angeles?

Pot vending machines take root in Los Angeles Machines distribute the drug to people with cards authorizing use

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LOS ANGELES - The city that popularized the fast food drive-thru has a new innovation: 24-hour medical marijuana vending machines.

Patients suffering from chronic pain, loss of appetite and other ailments that marijuana is said to alleviate can get their pot with a dose of convenience at the Herbal Nutrition Center, where a large machine will dole out the drug around the clock.

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