Chewed Up Vick Cards Sell For $7,400
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Aug,30
The eBay auction for 22 Michael Vick football cards, chewed up and slobbered on by two Missouri dogs, ended Wednesday as the winning bidder dished out $7,400 - with the money expected to be donated to the Humane Society.
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Chicago Building Blown-Up For Batman Movie
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Aug,29
A huge explosion and fireball rocked the the West Side of Chicago on Wednesday afternoon--but it was all scripted for Hollywood, a scene for the new Batman movie being filmed in Chicago.
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YouTube Seeks Depositions From Stewart & Colbert
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Aug,14
YouTube wants to question comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert as part of its defense against claims that it illegally airs Internet snippets of sports and entertainment videos.
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Ripken To Represent U.S. As Special Sports Envoy
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Aug,13
Baseball great and hall of famer Cal Ripken Jr. is making history again. In a special ceremony in Washington on Monday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will appoint Ripken as Special Sports Envoy to the U.S. Department of State.
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Skateboarder Does 50-Foot Faceplant At X-Games
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Aug,03
An Australian skateboarder competing at the X-Games in Los Angeles has survived a gnarly fall. Jake Brown was performing his final run on the Mega Ramp in the Big Air event when he lost control nearly 50 feet in the air and crashed hard onto the floor.
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Sushi Joint Takes Dig At Bonds
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Aug,03
As Barry Bonds pushes for home run No. 755 to tie one of baseball's most hallowed records, a Colorado sushi restaurant is celebrating the man who set the record -- Hank Aaron.
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Minor League Team Plays 'Politically Correct' Game
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Aug,01
The Lowell Spinners took baseball promotions to a whole new level Tuesday night. The Spinners and the Brooklyn Cyclones played what may be the first ever politically correct baseball game.
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Wash. City Fights Gangs With Symphonies
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,31
City authorities, fed up with gang activity in public places, are taking Bach to their bus stop.Transit workers are installing speakers this week to pump classical music from Seattle's KING-FM into the Tacoma Mall Transit Center.
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Costas Zings Bonds Over 'Midget' Comment
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,27
A day after Barry Bonds called him a "little midget man who knows (nothing) about baseball," broadcaster Bob Costas said he wasn't upset with the San Francisco Giants slugger and responded with a jab of his own.
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Unlikely Hole-In-One Star Wows Pro
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,23
Jacqueline Gagne, 46, of Rancho Mirage, Calif., is a golfing phenom. She has hit more holes-in-one than most pro golfers on the tour today, and she just started playing golf 4 1/2 years ago. She came to New York for a golf outing - and to allow CBS Sports analyst and golf teacher Peter Kostis evaluate her swing.
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Local Street Fight Footage Causes Controversy
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,17
A local film producer is releasing a very controversial video showing Sacramento teenage girls engaged in vicious fights. It's called "Sac Town Raw".
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Sacramento Street Fight Footage Causes Controversy
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,17
A Sacramento film producer is releasing a very controversial video showing Sacramento teenage girls engaged in vicious fights. It's called "Sac Town Raw".
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Paratroopers Mistakenly Land At Prison
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Jul,15
A unit of 25 military paratroopers landed inside the perimeter of a state prison, but not to quell a riot or attempt some movie-script breakout. They just goofed.
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Energizer Acquiring Playtex In $1.9B Deal
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,13
The Energizer bunny, known best for its battery-powered infinite drumming, will soon be sporting an 18-hour bra.
Energizer Holdings Inc. offered Thursday $18.30 per share to buy Playtex, the maker of bras, baby bottles and feminine hygiene products, the company said.
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China Debuts Opulent Public Toilet
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jul,11
They're flush with pride in Chongqing, where a recently opened porcelain palace features an Egyptian facade, soothing music and more than 1,000 toilets spread out over 30,000 square feet.
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Vt. Town Named 'Simpsons' Official Home
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,10
It's Duff time in Springfield, Vt., which on Tuesday was proclaimed the official hometown of TV's favorite dysfunctional family, the Simpsons.
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Harry Potter Spawns New Musical Genre: Wizard Rock
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,09
Harry Potter books have done something nearly magical: they've spawned a whole new musical genre called wizard rock.
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Public Bathroom In China Has 1,000 Stalls
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,06
A new public bathroom in China is making a big splash--it boasts an Egyptian facade, soothing music and more than 1,000 toilets spread out over 32,290 square feet.
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Girl Recovering After Leg Amputated At Prom
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,03
One year ago, 18-year old Molly Bloom was riding in a limo on the way to her prom when the car rolled over her pelvis. Her leg was amputated, but now, on the road to recovery, she has started a foundation to provide assistance to seriously ill or injured athletes.
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Man Arrested For Impersonating Merle Haggard's Son
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,03
Some Merle Haggard fans here are likely singing the blues. Police said Mark Sams, 48, was arrested for impersonating the son of the country music star, who had a hit with the song "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am."
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Former NFL Player Helps Police Catch Flasher
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jun,29
Former pro football player and track star Dee Andrews chased an alleged flasher right into the arms of waiting police officers in Long Beach, Calif., it was reported Friday. Andrews was eating at the restaurant when he saw a man exposing himself to passersby.
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Flutist Handcuffed For Playing Sues Philadelphia
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jun,29
A classical flutist who was handcuffed amid a crackdown on street music in a genteel Philadelphia neighborhood has sued the city.
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Red Sox Car Rolled Out For N.H. NASCAR Race
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jun,28
NASCAR driver Carl Edwards has a new paint job for his No. 99 car. The Ford will sport several Boston Red Sox team logos and red stitches like a baseball as it races on the New Hampshire International Speedway on Sunday.
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Race Gives New Meaning To Beer Run
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jun,25
Only in Wisconsin do beer and exercise mix. Several hundred people laced up Sunday morning for a two-mile charity race in which suds were the refresher of choice. Competitors in the 19th annual Beer Belly Two might not be considered athletes, but they know how to have a good time.
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Ferrari It ain't a sin to buy the car
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jun,23
When it comes to luxury sports cars, Ferrari begs to differ with the Pope.
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'Big Brother' says sorry for Mexican flag stunt
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jun,21
Reality TV show Big Brother has apologised to the Mexican Government for allowing contestants on Friday night Games to throw goo-filled balloons at the Mexican flag.
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'Big Brother' under fire for Mexico flag stunt
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jun,21
The Mexican Government has complained to Australia's media regulator after contestants on Big Brother TV show Friday Night Games threw goo-filled balloons at the Mexican flag.
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Springfields Vie For 'Simpsons' Premiere
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jun,21
With a bowling alley, a pub, a prison and a nuclear power plant just down the road, Springfield, Vt., likes to think itself a real-life version of the home of "The Simpsons."
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Dog-Fighting Cases Growing In Bay Area, Nation
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jun,20
Bay Area authorities say that as dog fights gain in popularity across the nation, owners are also training animals to spar in a cruel sport where spectators are out for blood.
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Movie-goers riot over film hitches
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jun,16
Authorities say Malaysian movie fans have turned violent and caused thousands of dollars worth of damage when screenings of a new film were delayed or cancelled.
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Animal Sightings Turn NY To Wild Kingdom
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jun,13
A hawk down in midtown Manhattan? Another bird of prey grounded across town? A sheep loose in the Bronx? It wasn't shear fantasy. The odd series of animal adventures began 10 a.m. Wednesday when a former parks commissioner, Gordon Davis, reported spotting a hawk that had crash-landed near the Ziegfeld movie theater.
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Bush's Watch Goes Missing While In Albania
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jun,12
Whatever happened to the president's watch? One moment President George W. Bush was glad-handing Albanians on Sunday, proudly sporting a watch with a dark strap on his left wrist. Moments later, it was gone.
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Rebuild Cloudland for Rudd, Dame Edna says
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jun,11
Australian entertainer Dame Edna Everage has offered her opinion about where the federal Labor leader Kevin Rudd should live if he wins the nation's top job.
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Rob Lowe Gets Real 'Birdie' In Charity Golf Game
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jun,07
A ball hit by Rob Lowe during a celebrity golf game hit the Iowa state bird in mid-flight Wednesday. The actor was hitting an approach shot on the fourth hole when his ball hit a goldfinch, dropping about 50 yards short of the green, the Des Moines Register reported.
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3-Year-Old Cat Plays The Piano
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jun,05
Music teacher Betsy Alexander would love it if she could teach everyone to play the piano. Imagine her surprise and delight when her 3-year-old tabby, Nora, started tickling the ivories.
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iTunes User Data Raises Privacy Concerns
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jun,05
Apple Inc.'s recent rollout of songs without copy protection software at its iTunes Store has given consumers new flexibility, but questions have emerged over the company's inclusion of personal data in purchased music tracks.
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Man Makes Woman Fill His SUV With Gas
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jun,05
A woman was pumping gasoline Sunday morning when a man stuck something in her back, told her it was a gun and ordered her to start filling up his sport utility vehicle instead of her own car, a police detective said.
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Grand Paws: Cat 'Plays' Piano
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jun,04
Most pet owners think they have the smartest, most talented animal there is. But in Philadelphia, one cat owner may have proof. Music teacher Betsy Alexander's tabby, Nora, puts paw to key and now, Nora does it for all the world to see, and hear, in a video that's a big hit on YouTube.
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Entertaining TV shows make you eat: study
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Jun,03
According to US research people eat more when they are glued to the television and the more entertaining the program, the more they eat.
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Eiffel Tower Hosts Scuba Diving Lesson
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jun,02
The weather was nippy and overcast and the water just chest-high, but a new scuba-diving pool in Paris has something other diving hotspots don't: a terrific view of the Eiffel Tower. To promote the sport, scuba instructors began offering free lessons at the foot of the French capital's famed landmark.
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Pensioners make bid for number 1
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday May,30
They may have an average age of 78, but these rockers can tear up the stage with the best of them and are determined to take the music charts by storm.
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Waitress set for stardom after Clooney sing-song
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday May,30
An 18-year-old waitress and part-time jazz singer is in line for a multi-million dollar record deal after performing for George Clooney at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Nazi Eichmann's Passport Found In Argentina
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday May,29
The passport used by high-ranking Nazi Aldolf Eichmann as he escaped to Argentina after World War II has been turned over to the Holocaust Museum in Buenos Aires after a judge stumbled upon it in a musty court file.
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Night vision used to catch film pirates
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday May,27
ODDMalaysian cinemas have found a powerful new weapon in their fight against movie pirates - military-style night vision goggles.
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Sony Shows Off Folding Digital Display Panel
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday May,25
Sony Corporation says it has developed a flexible display panel which may be bent and even folded like a piece of paper. The electro-luminescence panel, or EL display, is made of plastic film which can display video images in 16-million variations of color.
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Man Reunited With Wallet After 37 Years
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday May,24
A man who lost his wallet in 1970 got it back after 37 years with everything still inside. Workers renovating the Musical Arts Building on Indiana University's campus found the wallet sandwiched between two cinder block walls three weeks ago.
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Mozart to put sharks in the mood
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday May,23
Scientists desperate for reluctant sharks to mate plan to pipe the romantic music of Mozart, Beethoven and Puccini into their north-west England aquarium tank.
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Britain obsessed with fame, addicted to junk food: Lonely Planet
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday May,22
A new Lonely Planet guidebook says Britons are obsessed with celebrity and addicted to junk food and ready meals.
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Marvel Introduces Latino Superhero Team
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday May,21
Marvel Entertainment Inc. editor-in-chief Joe Quesada, who in his seven-year tenure has shown an ability to push forward comic book tradition by encouraging controversial changes to characters and taking risks on portraying diversity.
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Student Spikes Teacher's Drink With Hand Cleaner
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday May,16
Police say a San Ysidro Middle School teacher needed medical treatment Wednesday because he drank a sports drink that had apparently been spiked with an alcohol-based hand cleaner.
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