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During the first week of January 2012 Yahoo! Sports ran two different stories about Tiger Wood’s divorce settlement. The first story reported that his ex-wife received a one hundred million dollar settlement in their divorce. After buying a twelve million dollar home in Florida, she had it bulldozed…

Rice Temple Baptist Church in Houston, TX enabled the congregation to partner with a group of Hooters waitresses to meet the needs of the people of Oak Island, a Galveston Bay coastal community almost completely wiped out in September by Hurricane Ike. Hooters Restaurants have long been known as much…

By Zeus! After a break of 16 centuries, Greek pagans are worshipping the ancient gods again - despite furious opposition from the Orthodox church. Helena Smith asks them why they're so keen to revive the old religion Thursday February 1, 2007 The Guardian Photograph: AP It was high noon when Doreta Peppa,…

British Man Trampled to Death by Elephant While on Honeymoon in Kenya Monday, October 02, 2006 NAIROBI, Kenya — An elephant has trampled and killed a British tourist on his honeymoon in Kenya, officials said Monday. The man, who was not immediately identified, was killed in front of his wife in the Masai…

He Really, Really Quiere Taco Bell OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A man accused of repeatedly robbing fast-food restaurants and markets became so familiar that employees at a Taco Bell would open the cash register when they saw him coming, police said. Eugene Rutledge, 31, of Oakland was charged Monday in connection…

Headlines - 'Thieves Steal Burglar Alarm' - 'Post Office Paychecks Get Lost in Mail' - 'Blind Cabby Forced to Abandon Driving' - 'Several Items Reported Stolen from Empty Store' - 'Don't be Fooled--Accept Only Limitations' - 'Eight Bagels for $1.49--Limit 3.' - 'White Flower 2 Day Sale--Friday Only'…

Comparisons of Google to a freight train that defies the laws of physics are looking apt right about now. By all rights, such forces as a slowing economy and increased competition from new search engines and social networks should be dragging on the company's growth. That's what they're doing to rival…

Organization mounts campaign to save life of North Korean facing death for Christian Faith PYONGYANG, North Korea: Son Jong Nam, a Christian in North Korea, has been held in a bleak, North Korean death row basement cell for more than a year. He has been sentenced to die by "public execution." He is charged…

Apparently 'Keep the Change' Can Change Your Life HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Two weeks ago, one of Cindy Kienow's regular customers left her a $100 tip on a tab that wasn't even half that. This week, he added a couple of zeros. Kienow, a bartender at Applebee's, got a $10,000 tip from the man — for a $26…

Tidbits of Wit George Gibbs, 23, suffered second- and third-degree burns on his head in Columbus, Ohio, in January. He had diagnosed his car's problem as a frozen fuel line, which he thought he could correct by running warm gasoline through it. He then tried to heat a two-gallon can of gasoline on a…

God Works in Mysterious Ways, and in Mysterious Places... Turtles don't tend to draw much attention to themselves. They swim, eat turtle pellets, poop and, well, that's pretty much it. But one special turtle has some believing she's a messenger from God. An Illinois woman claims that a silhouette of…

GPS Devices Lead to Suspects' Home Three thieves who allegedly stole 14 global positioning system devices didn't get away with their crime for long. The devices led police right to their home. Town officials said the thieves didn't even know what they had: they thought the GPS devices were cell phones,…

Diamond loses its stiffness crown to new material 16:22 02 February 2007 A material that is stiffer than diamond has been created by mixing particles of the mineral barium titanate and molten tin. Diamond was previously the stiffest material known. The new material was made by a team from Washington…

Science & technology Amazing £40,000 'dolphin boat' which can leap out of the water by LAURA ROBERTS - More by this author » Last updated at 23:00pm on 1st January 2007 Comments Comments (11) It looks like something from a James Bond film. Shaped exactly like a dolphin, this boat is the latest toy for…

Hey mister police officer, can you hear me now? How about now? Two Enid, Okla., men could be spending some time in the slammer after authorities listened in to a three-hour account of their alleged plans for arson during an inadvertent cell phone call to 911, The Enid News & Eagle reports. Robert Allen…

Bogus billions Psst ... You Got Change for a Billion? LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal authorities investigating a man who smuggled money into the country have seized 250 counterfeit bank notes in billion-dollar denominations, they announced Tuesday. The 250 bogus Federal Reserve notes had 1934 issue dates…

California Milk Processor Board put up billboards that emitted the smell of chocolate chip cookies to advertise milk. As one blog reader mentioned, "NPR did person-on-the-street interviews at one of the shelters, and nobody wanted milk; everyone wanted cookies." -- Yahoo

HONOLULU — Search-and-rescue teams found a third body on the island of Kauai Friday, three days after a privately-owned dam burst and released a violent torrent of tree-snapping water and debris. Authorities said a woman's body was recovered in a stream bed. The body had not yet been identified, but…

February 2, 1993 Frito Lay pays court ordered $2,500,000 to Tom Wait for using his song February 2, 1989 0 degrees F (-18 degrees C) or below in 15 U.S. states February 2, 1982 "Late Night with David Letterman" premieres on NBC February 2, 1955 1st presidential news conference on network TV, Eisenhower…

This Guy Needs a Stunt Double, Pronto Even the most hysterical Keanu-phobes would agree that what happened to Kevin Nicolle is just a teensy — and we mean teensy — bit more horrifying than being forced to watch “Speed” again. Nicolle was driving along the highway in his BMW when the accelerator stuck…

And The Sillliest Warning Of The Year Goes To... The contest, now in its tenth year, is conducted by Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch, M-LAW, to reveal how lawsuits, and concern about lawsuits, have created a need for common sense warnings on products. Disclaimers... We saw this on website mlaw.org, a website…

Cow 'emissions' more damaging to planet than CO2 from cars Published: 10 December 2006 Meet the world's top destroyer of the environment. It is not the car, or the plane,or even George Bush: it is the cow. A United Nations report has identified the world's rapidly growing herds of cattle as the greatest…

Amazing Embrace Remember when PDA stood for something other than personal digital assistant? It can again with the Hug Shirt, a high-tech garment that simulates the experience of being embraced by a loved one. When a friend sends you a virtual hug, your cell phone notifies the shirt wirelessly, via Bluetooth.…

Emergency Services Best Hoax Calls Of The Year 999 Horror ... It is claimed that in the UK up to 25% of all calls to 999, the emergency services number, are hoax calls... Here we have the funniest hoax calls we have seen in the last year... "I'd like a cuddle please." "A mouse has swallowed my medicine!!!"…

DDD = Doggie Designated Driver BEIJING (AP) — You can't teach an old dog new tricks. A woman in Hohhot, the capital of north China's Inner Mongolia region, crashed her car while giving her dog a driving lesson, the official Xinhua News Agency said Monday. No injuries were reported, although the vehicles…