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When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. And when the police investigate you for bringing your daughter tanning and the entire country goes "WTF" because you are just that incredibly...
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"Phckn awesome animation until death do us part," promises 1A4Studio, and the YouTube gold mine of line-drawing cartoons delivers again with its 60-second speedrun take on "Aliens," James...
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Uh oh. We all know what’s going to happen. That cat is going to get out of that bag, and all hell will break loose! Just look at the expression on his face! This charming Reddit-topping...
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China may be an economic powerhouse, but it has lagged behind Japan and Korea in the "weirdos doing crazy stuff in public, preferably naked" stakes. But no more! Beijing is all a-twitter...
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And it's a race to the phone for Rupert Sanders as news breaks that Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are done (again). While Sanders' heart was no doubt broken yet again by pictures of...
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Now we know why marriages don't last anymore: Couples are too close in age. That's pretty much the takeaway from a study computing guru Stephen Wolfram has made using personal analytics of...
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What’s cuter than a wee orange-and-white kitten with a flat face to match its name? (It’s Pancake, by the way.) Try an orange-and-white flat-faced kitten named Pancake emitting chirpy,...
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The European Union's governing body is banning olive oil dipping bowls and jugs beginning in 2014, because this is a crucial piece of legislation that needed to happen, apparently. Those...
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Justin Bieber was greeted with an unusual sound when he accepted the Milestone Award at Sunday's Billboard Music Awards: booing. The singer responded to his critics with a heartwarming...
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http://now.msn.com/patton-oswalt-filibuster-gets-animated-in-loving-tribute-to-parks-and-rec-routineIf you thought nothing could be more awesome than Patton Oswalt's epic, 100 percent improvised "Parks and Rec" filibuster on the potential plot of the next "Star Wars," you were wrong....
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The rules of golf, often misunderstood by golfers, might as well be hieroglyphics to the rest of us. But when you hit out of play into a hazard, as Nicolas Colsaerts did here at the World...
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First there was the war on Christmas, and now there’s a jihad on that most sacred of holidays: Mother’s Day. But don’t fret. It’s happening only in Canada. Astral Drive Elementary School in...
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A Russian space capsule carrying lizards and mice returned home Sunday after spending a month in orbit. The daring cosmonauts' trip was part of efforts to test the effects of weightlessness...
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Over the weekend, Virginia's Republican Party nominated a fellow named E.W. Jackson for lieutenant governor. Jackson — the first black candidate endorsed by the state party since 1988 — is...
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A pair of flip-flops with the phrase "Follow Me" on one and "Bring Beer" on the other (backward, of course, so they stamp their message into the sand for all to read) has gone viral on...
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For decades, women have had the advantage of being able to falsely advertise by applying pancake foundation with a trowel and embellishing their thin lips and lacklustre eyelashes. But, it...
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Down Under, ancient history is being turned, appropriately enough, upside down. Five copper coins were found by a soldier posted on an island off the country's north in 1944. In 1979, he...
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While sane people do their best to shelter from the tornados that continue to batter several states, others are chasing after the storms — and capturing some incredible footage. This video...
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The male body image crisis of the Western World has zeroed in on yet another previously ignored body part — men's feet. Apparently the increasing tendency to show a bit of a leg in Britain...
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It's never wise to make an innocent baby the butt of your joke, as Australian TV sports program "The Footy Show" has learned. Michael and Melanie Richmond from Sydney were shocked when a...
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Good news, asthma sufferers! You might be able to swap steroid inhalers for tropical vacations and vitamin D tablets. Researchers at King's College London have linked asthma with low vitamin...
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British climber Daniel Hughes has made the world's first live video call from the "roof of the world" — the peak of Mount Everest. Hughes is attempting to raise $1.5 million for the charity...
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Boy, those preachers really must have dirty minds. Or is it our dirty minds? These suggestive reader board church signs weren't meant to be inappropriate (except for maybe the last one), but...
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Dame Helen Mirren granted a young boy's dying wish by dressing up as the queen and having him round for tea. Oliver Burton, 10, is battling his third round of cancer, and when the actual...
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Sandy Valdivieso and her husband Triet Vo had planned to fly from Los Angeles to Dakar, Senegal, to visit her former colleague. Instead, they landed in Dhaka, Bangladesh — 7,000 miles away...
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When you drink so much you pass out in the town square, there are a few important things you're going to need to get your day started right. Bacon is one, eggs are important, coffee is...
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That boring, balding baby boomer sitting in the next cubicle might be kicking back with a blunt after hours. Sure, their rolling skills might be a little rusty, but word is that oldsters are...
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Croatian researchers are training honeybees to find unexploded land mines in Croatia and the rest of the Balkans. About 466 square miles in Croatia is suspected to be filled with mines,...
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It's probably not the smartest idea to continue taxing the ever-loving crap out of the country that invented (and utilized!) the guillotine, but the French government is imposing a one-off...
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Finding it difficult to relax? Take a lesson from Chewbacca, one of the residents of Costa Rica's Sloth Sanctuary. This guy is so chilled-out that he makes every other sloth seem like a...
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American Sara Rosso loves Nutella with a fervor that most of us can't comprehend — which is saying something because we're well aware of the lengths people go to for Nutella. Rosso...
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Singer Miguel has gone overnight from being known as just "Miguel" to "the guy who jumped on that woman's head." During his performance at the Billboard Music Awards Sunday night, Miguel...
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We still have no idea what was in the mug Kid Rock carried onstage with him at Sunday night's Billboard Music Awards, but we do know that his comments weren't on the teleprompter. The...
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Angelina Jolie recently paid tribute to her late mother — actress Marcheline Bertrand, who died of ovarian cancer in 2007 at age 56 — in a New York Times op-ed piece. Jolie's essay revealed...
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You'd think — or hope — that most of Nelson Mandela's struggles were behind him, but that's not the case. The 94-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner has reportedly been sued by his daughters...
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Watching people talk about math is generally not the most interesting thing, and having jokes explained to you usually implies failure on the part of the joke — or you. Weirdly, combining...
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You know those friends with cracked iPhone screens? This apparently makes them "cool" now, at least according to the Washington Post, because the world is a strange, confusing place. "It's...
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A British man has followed in Angelina Jolie's footsteps, getting his prostate removed after testing positive for the BRCA2 gene. The Institute of Cancer Research estimates that guys...
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Anything can happen on live TV and much of it is probably best forgotten. However, this 2008 clip of weatherman Steve Jacobs, which is enjoying new viral life after being featured on a...
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Remember when that organ-eating video was released online and disgusted you to your very core? Well, Syrian rebel commander Abu Sakkar, who appeared to cut out and eat the heart of a...
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Don't blame high heels for your bunions, ladies. That unsightly big-toe bone bulge is not the fault of your fancy footwear, as has been suggested, but of your forebears, a new foot study...
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Here's one for your kids-say-the-darnedest-things file: A Redditor has shared a photo captioned "So young. So honest" of a worksheet attributed to a 6-year-old girl named Frankie. Asked how...
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Animal shelters are notoriously underfunded, and for many, having enough to cover even daily care and feeding of the animals is a challenge. So when a man appearing to be in his early 20s...
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A visitor to Hewlett-Packard's Boise, Idaho, office was assaulted by an angry goose recently, which has led to the company putting out an employee memo entitled "Avoiding Geese Attacks." The...
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Richard DeCoatsworth, 27, a former Philadelphia police officer, is currently being held on $60 million bail (among the highest in Philly history) after he allegedly raped two women at...
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Taylor Swift is NOT a fan of at least one of the following: a) Justin Bieber; b) public displays of affection; or c) keeping her feelings to herself (OK, that last one's a gimme). Strolling...
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Sen. Rand Paul isn't completely sure that a memo about the IRS scandal exists, but if it does, he thinks it should be released to the public. The Kentucky Republican says that he's heard...
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Hide your kids, hide your wife, hide your sports memorabilia: O.J. Simpson might be getting out of prison. At least his lawyers think it could happen (his hearing about the matter ended on...
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Life can be tricky for kids. There's a whole lot to learn: how to eat food, drink water and walk around without crashing into things — and that's before you even get to the fancy stuff like...
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"America is all about speed," begins the film "Talladega Nights." "Hot, nasty, bad-ass speed." That quote is attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, and while it may not be particularly correct, it...
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Aftab Aslam is having a crappy week after reportedly faking his own kidnapping in order to postpone that totally awkward dinner conversation wherein he would have to tell his parents he was...
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Hey, remember that time when "The Brady Bunch" went to King's Island? If you do, chances are you were at the Ohio amusement park over the weekend for the 40th anniversary of that episode —...
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Things have gone from Sinbad to Sinworse (OMG, we're so sorry) for the star of "Houseguest" and "First Kid." Sinbad — whose real, less piratey name is David Adkins — has filed for bankruptcy...
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If you haven't gotten your recommended daily allowance of cuteness yet, keep reading. And if you have, keep reading anyway because this is adorable. A South Carolina animal control officer...
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Andrea Rebello, a 21-year-old junior at Hofstra University, was killed early Friday morning after apparently being caught in police gunfire during a home invasion. A masked man now...
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Mr. President, maybe you should screw up every week. Despite a scandal-plagued seven days featuring Benghazi-gate, the AP surveillance case and that IRS/Tea Party controversy, Barack Obama...
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Call the Vatican, because we have a Saint Galifianakis to canonize. The comic actor likes to attend movie premieres with 87-year-old Mimi Haist, and he plans to take her to his "Hangover...
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The News Herald reports that a 23-year-old Ohio man was arrested for child endangerment after allegedly allowing his 9-year-old daughter to drive a car, which she (surprise) crashed into a...
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When we rode the big Ferris wheel on Chicago's Navy Pier, the ride felt way too short. Brevity was apparently not an issue for Clinton Shepherd when he rode that same Ferris wheel over the...
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A monstrous tornado as much as a mile wide with winds up to 200 mph roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a...
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Here's hoping this doesn't start a helicopter-parenting trend. Conservationists in the U.K. have scrambled to offer round-the-clock protection (a 24-hour security guard and a ring of video...
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Hell hath no fury like a woman soaked. The TV cameras found magic at Wrigley Field on Sunday, when they captured one half of a couple dumping a foamy pint on her partner's noggin after he...
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Much as you may want to surround yourself in Pepto-Bismol pink, you may not have time or money to visit the new Barbie's Dreamhouse Experience in Sunrise, Fla., or the European touring...
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Meet Laura Fernee, who says she's too pretty to work. The 33-year-old former medical researcher with a PhD tried it, but says, her male colleagues were only interested in her for how she...
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The heavily armed Nugent brothers are duking it out about gun control, trading arguments instead of ammo. Both rocker Ted Nugent and ex-Revlon CEO brother Jeffrey are gun enthusiasts, Second...
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A TED Talk presented Boston resident Winston Chen with an interesting idea: Why not take five years out of retirement and spread them throughout your working life? So the 40-year-old Chen...
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This time-lapse video posted by NBC affiliate WMC-TV shows the path of the storm that ripped through the area south of Oklahoma City until it finally dissipated and elevated back into the...

