Pornfest Lands In Miami Beach
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jun,10
Adult entertainment conventions are usually associated with cities such as Las Vegas, but this weekend Miami joins the raunchy club as the largest adult entertainment convention in the Eastern United States takes place in Miami Beach.
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Soccer-mad Brazilians 'tax' drivers
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jun,09
Residents of soccer crazy Rio de Janeiro are "taxing" motorists to raise funds to decorate their streets in the green and yellow of the Brazilian flag for the World Cup.
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Survey: iPods More Popular Than Beer
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jun,08
Move over Bud. College life isn't just about drinking beer. In a rare instance, Apple Computer Inc.'s iconic iPod music player surpassed beer drinking as the most "in" thing among undergraduate college students, according to the latest biannual market research study by Ridgewood, N.J.-based Student Monitor.
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Mum Gives Birth To A Little Devil
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jun,07
A baby born on the 6/6/06 - and weighing 6lb 6oz - has been named Damien after horror film The Omen.Proud mum Suzanne Cooper said she was hoping to give birth on June 6 so she could name her son after the infamous young Antichrist in the cult 1976 film.
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England Fans Praying For Cup Miracle
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jun,07
Football fans are appealing to God to help England win the World Cup.Supporters are logging on to the Church of England's website to try to secure some divine intervention.
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Statistics give Socceroos 0.6pc chance
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jun,07
Australia has roughly the same chance of winning the World Cup as a person has of tossing three sixes with three dice, says a sports statistician.
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Man May Reclaim Bowling Endurance Title
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jun,06
Dave Wilson spent a lot of time in the fast lane bowling for more than four days straight in an attempt to reclaim his world record for the sport's endurance title.
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Baseball Team Creates World's Unhealthiest Burger
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Jun,04
It could be the world's unhealthiest snack. The ultimate in fast-food indulgence is cooked up, not by a restaurant chain, but by a minor-league baseball club, reports CBS News correspondent Cynthia Bowers.
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St. Louis Park Offering Krispy Kreme Burgers
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jun,03
Despite their charming ballpark just outside St. Louis, the Gateway Grizzlies will likely never be renowned for their brand of baseball.
But they're already famous at the concession stand. Or should that be infamous.
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Silicon Valley Fight Club Rages On
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jun,02
They may sport love handles and Ivy League degrees, but every two weeks, some Silicon Valley techies turn into vicious street brawlers in a real-life, underground fight club.
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'F-word' banned in World Cup-free hotel
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday May,31
A British hotel is offering football-free breaks for "soccer widows" desperate to escape wall-to-wall coverage of the World Cup.
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Bangladesh students say no to exams during Cup
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday May,28
Hundreds of students at a Bangladesh university have besieged the office of their vice-chancellor demanding exams be postponed during the soccer World Cup.
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Marie Antoinette's Mops is top dog in Cannes
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday May,26
The coveted prize for movies at Cannes may be the Palme d'Or, but for those films' canine casts the Palm Dog is the only award worth winning.
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Men Reel In 1,280-Pound Hammerhead Shark
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday May,25
A Florida fisherman didn't let the big one get away and it could land him in the sport fishing record books.
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Bruce Willis Soaked During Interview
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday May,23
Bruce Willis got a soaking while promoting the animated film Over the Hedge.
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Dallas Cops Break Up eBay Stolen Bicycle Ring
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday May,23
A Dallas man is headed to prison after stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of sporting goods and selling them on eBay. Prosecutors say the man and a Dallas woman stole bikes and other goods across the country. Police finally caught up with them after pursuing them on eBay.
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'World Cup Can Seriously Damage You'
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday May,22
Health experts are warning that some games in the World Cup finals could be quite literally heart-stopping.Cardiac arrests, wife-beating, binge boozing, smoking, even suicide - all of these phenomena surge during the world's most-watched sporting contest.
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Girl, 10, Goes For Drive, Hits Other Cars
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday May,20
A 10-year-old girl crashed into several cars after she grabbed the car keys and drove off in her guardian's sport utility vehicle with a toddler and a 5-year-old as passengers, officials said. No one was seriously hurt.
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Harry Potter's stolen car flies home
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday May,18
Harry Potter's stolen flying car has been found after mysteriously disappearing from a film set, British newspapers report.
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Items From Star Trek Shows, Movies Head To Auction
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday May,18
Christie's, the final frontier. These are the memorabilia of the "Star Trek" television shows and movies. Their mission -- to fetch the highest prices they can at auction.
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'Prime Time' Anchors CBS 42 Sports At 10
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday May,18
Football star and part Austin Wranglers owner Deion Sanders co-anchored sports on CBS 42 10 p.m.
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Civic Pride: Mel's Dad Is New Mayor
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday May,17
The father of England footballer Theo Walcott's girlfriend became the butt of a few jokes when he was invested as a mayor.John Slade, the father of 17-year-old Melanie, became the 784th mayor of Southampton in a ceremony at the city's Guild Hall.
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Ga. Governor, Teens Party After Prom
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday May,15
Georgia's governor, Sonny Perdue, has earned some cool with the kids: He hosted five busloads of high school students over at his place for an after-prom party featuring more dancing, food from sponsors, and a wall of videogames.
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BBC: Internet 'Expert' Just A Cabbie
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday May,15
The BBC has admitted it was taken for a ride by a cabbie. The network has apologized to its viewers for a studio mix-up that resulted in a cab driver appearing on live television as an expert on Internet music downloads.
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Groomer Launches Doggie Web Radio
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday May,12
A Thai entrepreneur has launched an Internet radio station to put dogs in a better mood. During classes, he turns on music for the dogs because "the music puts the dogs in a good mood and they're more willing to let the groomers handle them," he said.
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Employers offered World Cup sickies insurance
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday May,09
A Dutch insurer is offering employers in the country the chance to insure themselves against the sudden rise in staff sick days expected during next month's soccer World Cup.
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Broadway Lawyers Relent On Stopping School Play
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday May,09
Disappointment turned into joy at a Bronx high school Tuesday, as New York students learned that they will be able to stage the musical "Chicago" after all despite being close to a current Broadway production.
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Jessica Lynch Ends First Year Of College
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday May,08
Three years after her capture and dramatic nighttime rescue in the early days of the Iraq war made her an instant celebrity, Jessica Lynch yearns for the ordinary
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Best Bush Moment Was Catching Fish
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday May,08
George W Bush says his best moment as president was the time he caught a 7.5lb largemouth bass.During more than five years in office, Mr Bush has been to some of the world's most impressive cities, met with world leaders and entertained celebrities.
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Bush's Best Moment Was Catching Fish
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday May,07
George W Bush says his best moment as president was the time he caught a 7.5lb largemouth bass.During more than five years in office, Mr Bush has been to some of the world's most impressive cities, met with world leaders and entertained celebrities.
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Poll: 4 In 10 Play Electronic Games
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday May,07
Millions of people in this country don't automatically reach for the television remote control when they want to be entertained. They turn to electronic games for diversion.
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National Spelling Bee Goes Prime Time
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday May,03
Move over "American Idol." For the first time in its 79-year history, the National Spelling Bee -- the original "reality TV" -- will go prime time for next month's drama-filled finals. Thanks to recent movies, books and even a Broadway play, young spellers are suddenly hot.
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Streakers face bigger fines in Germany
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Apr,29
Streakers in Germany not only risk sunburn to sensitive parts of their anatomy if they dart on to the pitch to interrupt soccer matches, but also face increased fines following a ruling by a state court.
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Eye The Anaconda Survives Music Store Fire
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,27
Firefighters expected to find only charred debris when they poked through the burned out hulk of a music store. Instead, they stumbled upon a slithering, 6-foot anaconda.
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Eye the Anaconda Survives Music Store Fire
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,26
AP - Firefighters expected to find only charred debris when they poked through the burned out hulk of a music store. Instead, they stumbled upon a slithering, 6-foot anaconda.
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Copperfield's Magic Foils Robbery
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,26
David Copperfield has magically escaped getting robbed. When confronted by four muggers in Florida, the illusionist turned his pockets inside out to show nothing there - hiding his wallet, passport and cell phone with sleight of hand.
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Critics pour scorn, cliches on NY vampire musical
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,26
Reuters - The third vampire musical to try its
luck on Broadway in four years drew all the familiar puns in
scathing reviews Thursday that said "Lestat" was "bloody
awful," "sucked of life" and the "kiss of death."
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Life imitates art as thief returns baby
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,24
A thief in South Africa safely returned a seven-week-old baby he discovered in a car he had stolen, in a real-life incident that could have come out of the local Oscar-winning movie Tsotsi.
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Brothel made to remove Saudi, Iran flags
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,24
 Reuters - A brothel in Cologne was forced to black
out the flags of Saudi Arabia and Iran from a huge World Cup
soccer-themed advertising banner after angry Muslims complained
and threatened violence.
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Brothel made to remove S.Arabia, Iran flags
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,24
Reuters - A brothel in Cologne was forced to black
out the flags of Saudi Arabia and Iran from a huge World Cup
soccer-themed advertising banner after angry Muslims complained
and threatened violence.
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Iran to Let Women Go to Soccer Games
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,24
AP - Iranian women will be allowed to attend soccer matches for first time since the country's 1979 Islamic revolution, Iran's president said in a decree posted on his Web site Monday.
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Calif. Man Swallowed By Ground Under His Home
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,24
It was like a scene from a horror film: A 27-year-old man plummeted into a gaping hole that suddenly opened beneath a house in rural Placer County, Calif., trapping him beneath foundation rubble and killing him.
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Woman nabbed driving corpse across country
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,24
Reuters - A 53-year-old German woman who was
driving her dead mother across country to save on mortuary
transportation costs was fined by police for disturbing a dead
person's peace.
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"Mrs Noisy" gets year in prison
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Apr,21
Reuters - A woman who made herself a minor
celebrity in Japan by constantly screaming insults at
passers-by and blaring out music while beating bedding on her
balcony, was sentenced to a year in jail Friday for causing
physical harm.
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Rocking round-the-clock lands Japanese woman in prison
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Apr,21
A Japanese woman was sentenced to one year in prison for bombarding her neighbours with loud music day and night for two and a half years.
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Ala. Students Expelled for Showing Porno
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,20
AP - Three eighth-graders have been expelled from Bay Minette Middle School for showing a pornographic movie in their classroom while the teacher's back was turned.
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Football Fans Urged To Sing In German
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,20
English football fans are being urged to learn the German versions of well-known football chants ahead of this year's World Cup.It comes as the official England supporters' club calls on fans not to sing potentially offensive war-related songs at this summer's tournament, such as the Dambusters theme.
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England fans urged to chant in German
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,20
Reuters - England fans are being encouraged to
learn the German versions of well known football chants before
the World Cup.
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English Fans Get World Cup Language Tips
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
 AP - The British government is giving English soccer fans attending the World Cup in Germany some helpful hints, including translations of phrases like, "Can I have a beer, please?"
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Steaua boss asks God for help against Middlesbrough
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
 Reuters - Steaua Bucharest's owner travelled to
Greece this week to ask God to help his club win the UEFA Cup.
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