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Man builds pirate ship, sells for $80,000 on Craigslist

kkoviak — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:55:04 +0000

The Mississippi River: home to grand old paddle steamers, blues music, Huckleberry Finn, and... pirate ships.

Butcher selling 'pot infused pork'

rroy — Wed, 22 May 2013 23:00:43 +0000

Marijuana infused pork?

It's a real delicacy that a butcher in Seattle is serving up in the city's famed Pike Place Market.

VIDEO: Man spills wife's beer during Cubs game, wife gets revenge

rroy — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:00:31 +0000

You never know where a home run ball will land.

Sometimes you catch them and sometimes they hit you square in the face.

Angelina Jolie undergoes double mastectomy

kkoviak — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:54:32 +0000

Actress Angelina Jolie announced in a New York Times op-ed article on Tuesday that she underwent a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carries a mutation of the BRCA1 gene, which sharply increases her risk of developing breast cance

Restaurant pulls 'lion meat tacos' from menu

rroy — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:46:25 +0000

A Florida restaurant has pulled lion meat from its menu after an up-"roar" from some customers.

Taco Fusion is known for serving all kinds of exotic game.

Chicago airport gets goats

jkielman — Wed, 08 May 2013 20:59:25 +0000

Have you herd? Goats are now scheduled to land at Chicago's O'Hare Airport for a meal and some landscaping.

Dating advice from Chris Brown and Rihanna

kkoviak — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:33:43 +0000

Chris Brown and Rihanna have gone from publicly canoodling to tweeting about the harsh reality of romance in less than three months.

33 arrests in Belgium diamond heist

kkoviak — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:28:45 +0000

More than 30 arrests have been made in the diamond heist last February at Brussels Airport and some of the stolen diamonds have been recovered, a spokesman for the Brussels prosecutor's office said Wednesday.

VIDEO: Man hangs on to hood of car after hit-and-run

rroy — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:50:16 +0000

Dazed and confused, that is how witnesses are describing a woman who drove for several miles with a man on the hood of her car after a hit-and-run in Georgia.

Beyoncé speaks on that controversial Cuba trip

kkoviak — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:32:24 +0000

Beyoncé's husband Jay-Z has said his piece about the couple's controversial April trip to Cuba, and even President Obama has weighed in. (You know, he's got 99 problems and now Jay-Z's one.)