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In Death Valley Heat, Salt Creek Pupfish Find a Way to Survive

It's springtime, Earth Day, which means that one of nature's weirdest events is in high gear. But you have to take the heat to experience it. And you sort of have to live in a place called Devil's Hole. That's Devil's Hole in Death Valley, Calif. For starters, it's one of the hottest locations on Earth (summertime average...

One Tax Preparer Doubles as a Sex Worker, The Other Does Psychic Readings

Most of Lydia Tinker's customers come to her because she does a great tax return, but some come back because they want a psychic reading. For the past 35 years, Tinker, a licensed tax preparer in La Mesa, Calif., has offered psychic readings from the spirit world to her customers, many of whom would simply be happy with a...

UFO Motel Soon to Be Landing in California Desert

How do you stand out in a tiny desert town that boasts the World's Largest Thermometer? Easy. Open a UFO-themed beef jerky store. "The Gateway to Death Valley" -- as blistering Baker, Calif., is known -- is also where Argentina-born Luis Ramallo parked his now-famous Alien Fresh Jerky store several years. Ramallo, a...

New Advertising Company Will Turn Your House Into a Billboard

If it's difficult to pay the bills on your house, try turning your house into a billboard. An advertising start-up in Orange, Calif., is offering to help 100 Americans pay their mortgages -- if the homeowners convert their houses into massive painted ads for the business. "It's a really good marriage for us to be able to...

Cosmetic Surgeons Ready to Provide Patients With Elf Ears, Vampire Face-Lifts

Nose jobs and tummy tucks are yesterday's news. The cutting edge in cosmetic surgery is "elf ears" -- a makeover that will leave you looking like Mr. Spock from "Star Trek" or a hobbit. Another procedure uses blood to smooth out wrinkles. Get ready for the "vampire face-lift." First, let's look at those ears. Just...