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911 Booty Call, Russian Cannibals, Teacher's Hit Man and Stolen Boxers

Share When Joe Basso called 911 in Tampa, Fla., it was for a very different kind of an emergency: he needed some help ...

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Unusual Historic Places to Visit Offer More Than a Souvenir T-Shirt

Share The Alamo, Mount Vernon, Harper's Ferry, Colonial Williamsburg and Jamestown are a few popular places to visit ...

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Ugly Zoo Animals Might Be Worth a Visit

Share When some people go to the zoo, they have an agenda that leads them to the cute animals, visiting the monkey ...

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Poker Faces Always Win the Bet

Share GR88.COM made a list of the five top poker faces in Hollywood including the "Poker Face" scribe, Lady Gaga. But, ...

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Friday the 13th May Result in A Series of Unfortunate Events

Share Friday the 13th is at the center of one of the most universal superstitions. Believing that bad luck can befall ...

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8-Track Museum by Big Bucks Burnett Celebrates Eight-Track Tapes

Share I first met Big Bucks Burnett when he had a record store called Fourteen Records in Dallas, Tex. Bucks was ...

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Library Book Thieves, Aquarium Destruction and Escape with a Flip-Flop

Share This week, prosecutors announced that 12 people have been charged for stealing books from libraries at Maryland ...

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Unconventional Theme Parks Inspire and Entertain

Share Theme parks were made as an escape from the other world commonly known as the real one. When I was a kid, my ...

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UC Berkeley Students Make World's Longest California Roll

Share Northern Californians are pretty crazy for their sushi rolls. In fact, they love it so much that about five ...

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Drunk Driver Calls 911 On Self, Permanent Marker Bandits and Ironic Costume Debacle

Share Wow. If there was an award for most responsible drunk driver of the year, it would go to Mary Strey of Clark ...

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Delaware's Punkin Chunkin: Creative Way to Toss Your Halloween Pumpkin

Share Smashing pumpkins is fun. Sure, it's mean to steal someone's jack-o-lantern and destroy it or – even worse ...

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Disco, Pirates, Ducks and More Take Over This November

Share October is the party month of the year. There's Halloween and, at least in some places, Oktoberfest. The entire ...

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Matchboxes and Matchbooks: Always Useful for Something

Share Restaurant-branded Matchboxes and matchbooks are on the rise again. Even in cities where smoking in public places ...

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'Say Anything' 20th Anniversary Celebrated with Flash Mobs

Share Can you believe it's been 20 years since John Cusack stood with a boom box over his head playing Peter Gabriel's ...

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Fast Food's Most Memorable Mascots

Share We all know a picture is worth a thousand words. In the restaurant world, it's essential to one's brand identity. ...

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