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Dick Clark Dead at 82
April 19, 2012 I was just heartbroken when I heard the news of Dick Clark's passing yesterday. He was a huge part of my childhood and I, along with countless others owe him a debt of gratitude.
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April 19, 2012
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Man Goes Out of His Way to Help Injured Old Lady
April 11, 2012 A man in Canada helped to save the life of an elderly woman over a thousand miles away. Now that's what I call reaching out and touching someone.
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Who Wrote the Book on Raising Teenagers?
April 10, 2012 Unfortunately, as parents know, there's no instruction manual for raising kids. It's a tough job and some say raising teenagers is even tougher. Fortunately, there's a book for raising teenagers and you'll never believe who wrote it.
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Will Uninsured Drivers Still Be Able to Buy Gas?
Uninsured driving is a serious matter in the eyes of the government, but perhaps none more so than for UK officials. In fact, some government authorities from across the pond would like to prohibit gas stations from letting those people fill up their tanks.
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Man Walks Around the World in 11 Years
For some guys, a sports car and a new wife just aren’t good enough to shake off a mid-life crisis. A Canadian man decided to take a jog to keep his depression at bay. He just returned home — 11 years later. The Vancouver Sun explains how it all started.
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School Hosts Gallery of Fail
March 9, 2012 Normally, parents post tests on the fridge when little junior gets an A or a B. Well, there's one school in England that took a whole pile of failed tests and posted them as part of a gallery.
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Bad Economy Good News for Our Waists?
March 6, 2012 A new study out of the U.K. says our bad economy was actually good news for our waistlines.
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Want to Test Out Some Space Food? NASA Is Looking for Volunteers
Imagine being an astronaut on a mission who’s stuck with the same old food for weeks or months (it’s not like you can call out for pizza).
Like most people who are faced with similar dining choices day after day, you’d likely eat less — and that’s a concern for scientists. So they’re recruiting volunteers to help them test out edible fare in preparation for a future mission.
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Want to Own a Masterpiece? Now’s Your Chance to Buy ‘The Scream’
If you’ve got $80 million burning a hole in your pocket and want to own an artistic masterpiece, break out your checkbook. The last version of Edvard Munch’s well-known painting ‘The Scream’ to be in private hands is going on the auction block.
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Meet the World’s Oldest Twins: 102 Years Old Apiece
Edith Ritchie and Evelyn Middleton, of Aberdeen, Scotland, both turned 102 on November 15th of last year. Normally that’s a cause for celebration in of itself, but it’s an especially big deal because it means the twins are now officially world record holders, according to Guinness.
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Entire Town Wins Lottery — Except for One Person
We’ve all seen those stories about groups of people who routinely buy lottery tickets together, only to have one member of the pack fail to do so the week they strike it rich.
Now something similar has happened again — in Spain.
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Cranky Crocodile Makes Off with Mower [VIDEO]
December 29, 2011 I feel like doing this sometimes when people are mowing their lawn at 7:30am on a Saturday and it wakes me out of a sound sleep, but Elvis the Crocodile had had enough and attacked a noisy lawn mower at the Australian Reptile Park where he lives. Check it out.