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Times are tough, 9 Muppets evicted from Sesame Street Posted: 2 weeks ago by kakana
In 40 seasons, Sesame Street has featured over 1,000 characters. Although we’ll always have mainstays like Big Bird, Elmo, Bert and Ernie, many Muppets have been forgotten or deemed unnecessary.
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Big Farting Bull Posted: 2 weeks ago by kakana
Created by sculptor Chen Wenling, the 20-foot statue depicts, well, a big fiberglass bull that rams a devil figure with its horns while making whoopie so hard the devil crashes into a wall.
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Clean up in aisle 3 Posted: 2 weeks ago by kakana
According to criminal complaints, Robert E. Lee, entered the CVS pharmacy at 4:17 p.m. Police said Lee walked to the front area of the store, lifted up his shirt, dropped his pants and defecated on the floor before walking out.
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Common cranes Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
A group of Common Cranes gather in dawn light, on a lake in the German state of Brandenburg, close to Berlin.
(REUTERS/Thomas Krumenacker)
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Pumpkin patch Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
Caitlin Snow, 2, walks through Gladiator Pumpkins on Connors Farm in Danvers, Massachusetts.
(Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)
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Racing against the sun Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
A central Illinois corn and soybean farmer races against the setting sun to harvest his cornfield in Loami, Illinois.
(AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Fog rises off a lake Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
Fog rises off a lake in Highlands, New York.
(AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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Amish farmer Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
An Amish farmer and three children bring in a cart full of harvested corn stalks at a farm in Middlefield, Ohio
(AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
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Druids celebrate the Autumn equinox Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
Druids celebrate the Autumn equinox on Primrose Hill on September 22, 2009 in London, England. The ceremony is one of three events staged by the order with the Spring Equinox ceremony at Tower Hill and the Summer Solstice held at Stonehenge.
(Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
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Roll at Bathurst Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
Roll at Bathurst
Image: Getty Images
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Electric superbike smashes speed record by breaking through 150mph mark Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
An electric superbike has broken a land speed record by bursting though the 150mph mark .
The zero-emissions Mission One ridden by Jeremy Cleland became the fastest electric-powered vehicle when it hit an average speed of 150.059mph over two miles.
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Why are we the naked ape? Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
Right from the start of modern evolutionary science, why humans are hairless has been controversial. "No one supposes," wrote Charles Darwin in The Descent of Man, "that the nakedness of the skin is any direct advantage to man: his body, therefore, cannot have been divested of hair through natural selection."
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Hundreds of volcanoes could cause 'well overdue' eruption in Australia Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
As if bushfires, drought and floods aren't enough, Australians have now been warned to watch out for volcanoes.
A scientist has warned an eruption is "well overdue" and says there are hundreds of volcanoes that could cause trouble, from South Australia and Victoria through to Queensland.
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Expert warn new breed of 'supercats' unsafe for family home Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
One breed, the savannah, is capable of jumping 7ft vertically in the air and can grow three times bigger than a domestic cat.
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Indian man gambles daughter away Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
A father in eastern India gave away his teenage daughter to a fellow gambler after he lost a card game, with police launching a hunt to retrieve the girl.
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Man attacks roommates with sword after finding soda can in his room Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
A man who was apparently was upset after finding a soda can in his room allegedly used a sword to cut two of his roommates.
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Tokyo Scientists: Living in the city affects tits Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
Just as humans speak louder in noisy locations, great tits likely avoid low-pitched tones so that their calls will carry further, said the researchers, who will present their findings at an Ornithological Society of Japan's conference that began on Saturday in the Hokkaido Prefecture city of Hakodate.
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Green dildo promises earth-friendly orgasms Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
Anna Sundström at erotic store Afrodites Apotek in Stockholm believes that it will be a big hit. "Many of our customers are environmentally conscious and often say 'no' to a plastic bag. It saves the environment when you don't use batteries," she said to Expressen.
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Court OK's use of secret GPS tracking devices Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
For the first time, the state's highest court ruled today that the state Declaration of Rights allows police to break into a suspect’s car to secretly install GPS tracking devices, provided they have a warrant before they act.
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genetically engineered dandelions ooze rubber Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
If you pop the head off a dandelion, white sap oozes freely from the wound for about a second.
But if you pop the head off the genetically engineered variety, the sap oozes for minutes, producing five times more latex than from the average dandelion.
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Satnav means you won't touch that dial Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
Sick of losing your car radio channels on long journeys? Does your thrash metal melt into static, or worse, Dean Martin as you clock up the miles? Never fear, IBM has the answer. Merging car radios with satellite navigation systems can solve the problem,
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Better world: Be nice to people Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
But you don't have to be a Buddhist monk or an expert on brain plasticity to help increase global compassion. There is evidence that altruistic acts spread through social networks. In other words, if you are kind to a friend, they are more likely to be kind to someone else they know.
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Yukio Hatoyama Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
Rubber masks of Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama
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Gravestone kills devout Austrian saved from elevator Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
A pious Catholic in Vienna was killed by a 400-kg (860 lb) gravestone that fell on him when he prayed in the yard of a local church.
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Man accused of plotting mayhem to win woman's love Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
Jimmy Santiago Dominguez, a confessed loser in love, couldn't win the heart of Elissa Rodriguez, who is 12 years his junior. So last month, Dominguez hatched what authorities say was a criminal plot that he hoped would bring him and Rodriguez together.
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