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Bring Back Brothels, Says French Lawmaker

1 hour 49 minutes ago |AOL News

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(March 19) -- An ally of President Nicolas Sarkozy is battling for brothels to be made legal in France once again -- almost 65 years after the country shuttered its famous bordellos. Parliamentarian ...

Glow-in-the-Dark Sperm Shed Light on Reproduction

4 hours 46 minutes ago |AOL News

(March 19) -- They're speedy, agile and extremely competitive. Male sperm, that is. That's the conclusion of researchers who were able to watch the contentious battle for fertilization firsthand afte ...

Coming Up Next on Playboy for Kids ...

1 day ago |AOL News

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(March 18) -- I'd like to talk today about a very serious subject, Type 2 diabetes, but you'll just have to wait in anticipation, even though that wait might just kill you. Before we talk life and de ...

Chilly Farewell: Skier Retires in Bermuda Shorts

1 day 5 hours ago |AOL News

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(March 18) -- Forget weepy farewells -- popular Liechtenstein skier Marco Buechel went out in style when he retired over the weekend. That's him below, heading downhill in a custom-made suit and tie ...

Texas Man Accused of Disabling 100 Cars Over Internet

1 day 7 hours ago |AP

DALLAS (March 18) -- A man fired from a Texas auto dealership used an Internet service to remotely disable ignitions and set off car horns of more than 100 vehicles sold at his old workplace, police ...

No Kidding: Price of Laughter Up 3.4 Percent

1 day 22 hours ago |AOL News

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(March 17) -- A few yucks now cost a few more bucks. It's bad enough that $3-a-gallon gas is once again a reality in some cities and that the housing market is still in turmoil. Take the price of Gr ...

Fake TV Torture Show Prepares to Shock France

2 days 2 hours ago |AOL News

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LONDON (March 17) -- Would you torture a fellow TV game show contestant just to please the audience? A stunning documentary suggests that most people are willing to inflict extreme pain on an innocen ...

Out on a Ledge, Buck Naked

2 days 1 hour ago |AOL News

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(March 17) -- Let's say you're visiting your local transsexual brothel, and right in the middle of doing whatever one does in such a place, you get completely naked and the building catches on fire. ...

'Hobbit' Island Shows Signs of Ancient Civilization

2 days ago |AOL News

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(March 17) -- In 2005, archaeologist Adam Brumm was in the midst of a dig on the sweltering Indonesian island of Flores when he decided to embark on a midday walk. While the rest of the crew was napp ...

Artist Mom Dressed Baby as Hitler for Show on Evil

2 days 4 hours ago |AOL News

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(March 17) -- Call it a Faustian Furor. Norwegian-Danish artist Nina Maria Kleivan ditched the baby bonnet and rattle and opted for a mustache and swastika for a photograph of her infant daughter. Sh ...

Juror Turns Defendant in Credit Card Case

2 days 3 hours ago |AOL News

(March 17) -- A juror in a New York City credit card theft case was arrested and jailed mid-trial, accused of stealing a fellow juror's credit card and embarking on shopping trips during lunch breaks ...

Frozen Buddha Is One Cool Customer

2 days 4 hours ago |AOL News

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(March 17) -- Sometimes, inner peace is just a quick freeze away. This 6-foot-tall frozen Buddha, carved from six 300-pound blocks of ice, lords over the dining room at the Megu Japanese restaurant ...