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Bush Billboard Poses $64,000 Question

1 day 1 hour ago |AOL News

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(Feb. 9) -- It's only been a year since a helicopter flew him out of the capital right after the inauguration of President Barack Obama. But some Americans will be pleased to know that George W. Bush ...

Hideous Baby Makes Artistic Statement

22 hours 59 minutes ago |AOL News

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(Feb. 9) -- Some people look at the human body and see beauty. Others look just a little too closely. Artist Ron Mueck has created a stir with his ultra-real sculptures depicting giant wrinkled bab ...

Leif Garrett: From Tiger Beat to Perp Walk

1 day 22 hours ago |AOL News

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(Feb. 8) -- As a teen idol, Leif Garrett's biggest hit was 1979's "I Was Made for Dancin'," but, truth be told, even then he seemed more interested in drugs and partying. Garrett was arrested Feb. 1 ...

Ruff Sex: A Chastity Belt for Dogs

1 day 16 hours ago |AOL News

PABS for Pets

(Feb. 8) – A dog breeder from Louisiana is going back to medieval times to stop the modern-day problem of runaway pet overpopulation. He's invented a strap-on canine chastity belt. "I'm all for ...

California High Court Says Sometimes a Footrest Is Just a Footrest

1 day 16 hours ago |AOL News

LOS ANGELES (Feb. 8) – The California Supreme Court today struck a blow for bicyclist footrest-carriers everywhere, ruling that they are not, in fact, the same thing as a pair of brass knuckles ...

If You're Going to Oxford, Look Out for Crocodiles

3 days 18 hours ago |AOL News

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(Feb. 6) -- If you were told the backyard you were passing was occupied by 24 crocodiles and alligators, you might expect to find yourself in, say, some part of South America. Perhaps Florida. Or pos ...

iPoo Takes Social Media Into the Potty

5 days 15 hours ago |AOL News

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(Feb. 4) – Bathroom readers of the world, rejoice! Some people have no qualms about bringing newspapers and magazines into the commode. And then there are those who pooh-pooh lavatory librarie ...

Beyond the Tweeted Haiku: Greatest Resignations Ever

5 days 19 hours ago |AOL News

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(Feb. 4) -- Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz found the latest use for Twitter this morning, when he compressed his resignation from the company into a 140-character haiku: "Today's my last day ...

NY Steakhouse Lets Bankers Pay in Stock

5 days 23 hours ago |AOL News

NEW YORK (Feb. 4) -- Famed steakhouse Smith & Wollensky wants to make a deal with Wall Streeters forced to take their bonuses in illiquid form. The restaurant has taken out a full-page ad in The ...

Court Rules Sex-Change Surgery Is Tax-Deductible

6 days 22 hours ago |AOL News

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(Feb. 3) -- Along with their home office expenses and one-half of the cost of their business meals, American taxpayers can take a tax deduction for their sex-change operations. On Tuesday, the U.S. T ...

Pig Organs Inflated Like Balloons

6 days 17 hours ago |AOL News

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(Feb. 3) – You've got to have a strong stomach – and strong lungs – if you're attending the Pigs Carvers Festival. This Ukrainian feast, held last week in the Transcarpathian villag ...

Last Traveling Sideshow Hits the Road

6 days 18 hours ago |AOL News

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(Feb. 3) -- Lots of kids talk about running off to join the circus, but that's just what Ward Hall did, promising his dad he'd be home in two weeks. That was 64 years ago. His unusual career has earn ...