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What to Buy the Weird People on Your Gift List

By David MoyeDec 20th 2010 – 6:18PM
Pat Schumacher

Pat Schumacher

During the Christmas season, the saying "It's better to give than to receive" gets bandied about. Sometimes, the proper sentiment should be "No good deed goes unpunished." Face it: Some people are just hard to buy for, but sometimes it helps when the gifts are as weird as the recipients. To that end, AOL News has...

Female Fighter Pilot, 93, Takes Ride of a Lifetime

By Tori RichardsMar 10th 2010 – 2:08PM
Air Combat USA

Air Combat USA

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (March 10) -- It's been 66 years since Violet Cowden flew fighter airplanes during World War II, but when she took to the skies recently off the coast of Southern California, it was like she was home. "It's like I never left," said Cowden, 93, who flew a light fighter plane for an hour,...

Background on wasps

The term wasp is typically defined as any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a bee nor an ant.

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