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Jumbo romance
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Jumbo romance

News – It's a very traditional love story--just on a bigger scale than usual. A tame female elephant has fled an Indian circus after eloping with a wild bull elephant that broke open a gate and led her off into the jungle, her distraught handler said today.

Voted for on August 31, 2007 11:58am Commented on 1 time: 1

Homer makes it into the Oxford D'oh-ctionary
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Homer makes it into the Oxford D'oh-ctionary

Television – Until now, he's probably been best-known for one memorably straight-to-the-point quote - "D'oh!" But today, we can hail Homer Simpson as he takes his place in the pantheon of the world's greatest word-weavers.

Sunk on August 23, 2007 08:19pm Commented on 1 time: 1

Vick's two co-defendants to make plea deals!
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Vick's two co-defendants to make plea deals!

News – Two more of Michael Vick's co-defendants have reached a deal with the government. Quantis Phillips and Purnell Peace now have court appearances later this week before a federal judge in Richmond, Virginia where they are expected to enter guilty pleas.

Voted for on August 14, 2007 10:12pm Commented on 1 time: 1

Italian Deputy Mayor Calls for Ethnic Cleansing of Gays from Treviso
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Italian Deputy Mayor Calls for Ethnic Cleansing of Gays from Treviso

Gay & Lesbian – A call by the deputy mayor of Treviso for the ethnic cleansing of gays from the region, in the north of Italy, has sparked a mass demonstration. Nearly a thousand people turned out in front of the city hall on the weekend to demand the resignation of Giancarlo Gentilini. Last week the rightwing politician told a local television station that

Voted for on August 13, 2007 03:18am Commented on 1 time: 1

Steve Martin's Wedding!
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Steve Martin's Wedding!

Family – Actor Steve Martin recently married Anne Stringfield(girlfriend) at his Los Angeles home! The interesting thing about this wedding is that most of the guests didn't even know that they're invited to a wedding ceremony!

Voted for on July 30, 2007 12:37am Commented on 1 time: 1

Nursing Home Cat Can Sense Death, ease passing
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Nursing Home Cat Can Sense Death, ease passing

Do No Evil – CHICAGO (Reuters) - When Oscar the Cat visits residents of the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, Rhode Island, the staff jumps into action -- Oscar can sense within hours when someone is about to die. In his two years living in Steere's end-stage dementia unit, Oscar has been at the bedside of more than 25 residents s

Voted for on July 26, 2007 11:32pm Commented on 1 time: 1

Televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker Messner dead at 65
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Televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker Messner dead at 65

Celebrities – Tammy Faye Messner, the former televangelist and Christian singer who battled drug addiction and later inoperable cancer, died Friday morning, according to CNN's Larry King on Saturday night. He said the family had asked him to make the delayed announcement. She was 65.

Voted for on July 22, 2007 07:30pm Commented on 2 times: 1 2

Police uncover human bone smuggling racket
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Police uncover human bone smuggling racket

News – Indian police have discovered a stash of hundreds of human skulls and thigh bones and arrested a gang for allegedly smuggling them to the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan for use in Buddhist monasteries.

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Box-office treasure falls short for 'Pirates'
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Box-office treasure falls short for 'Pirates'

Movies – Box-office treasure is a little harder to come by on the new voyage of "Pirates of the Caribbean." The third installment in the Walt Disney Co. franchise, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," hauled in $112.5 million from Friday to Sunday, well below last summer's $135.6 million opening weekend for its predecessor, "Dead Man's Chest."

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Bush promises to veto abortion measures
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Bush promises to veto abortion measures

News – President Bush is warning Democratic leaders that any attempt to weaken federal policies that restrict abortion will be met with a veto. White House deputy press secretary Tony Fratto said Friday that the warning was intended to stop abortion amendments from being added to spending bills and other legislation that Congress will be considering in the coming weeks.

Voted for on May 05, 2007 04:34pm Commented on 2 times: 1 2

Star Trek's Scotty's Ashes Fly to Space
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Star Trek's Scotty's Ashes Fly to Space

Television – The cremated remains of actor James Doohan, who portrayed engineer "Scotty" on "Star Trek," and of Apollo 7 astronaut Gordon Cooper soared into suborbital space Saturday aboard a rocket. It was the first successful launch from Spaceport America, a commercial spaceport being developed in the southern New Mexico desert.

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Stephen Hawking lands after zero-G flight
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Stephen Hawking lands after zero-G flight

Science – World-famous physicist Stephen Hawking experienced eight rounds of weightlessness during a better-than-expected airplane flight that he saw as the first step toward a trip in space. "It was amazing," Hawking told reporters afterward, using his well-known computerized voice.

Voted for on April 27, 2007 08:13am Commented on 1 time: 1

Dog Owners 'Fleeced' In Poodle Scam
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Disputed Dog Owners 'Fleeced' In Poodle Scam

Pets – "Thousands of people have been 'fleeced' into buying neatly coiffured lambs they thought were poodles.Entire flocks of lambs were shipped over from the UK and Australia to Japan by an internet company and marketed as the latest 'must have' accessory."

Voted for on April 26, 2007 04:18pm Commented on 1 time: 1

Dita Von Teese Talks About Manson's Other Woman
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Dita Von Teese Talks About Manson's Other Woman

Celebrities – Dita Von Teese knew Marilyn Manson was having an "inappropriate relationship" with another woman while they were married, she says in a new interview.

Voted for on April 24, 2007 03:47pm

Alec Baldwin's Threatening Message to Daughter
This story has mostly positive ratings. 73 votes / 21 sinks

Alec Baldwin's Threatening Message to Daughter

Celebrities – An enraged Alec Baldwin unleashed a volcanic tirade of threats and insults on his 11-year-old daughter, Ireland, calling her a "thoughtless little pig," and bashing her mother Kim Basinger -- and TMZ has obtained the whole thing unfiltered and raw. And, we've learned, the tape could cost Baldwin his visitation rights.

Voted for on April 20, 2007 02:50pm Commented on 1 time: 1

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