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Friday, June 6th, 2008
A Japanese man took his support for the country's fruit growers to extraordinary lengths today when he paid a record 650,000 yen (£3,100) for a single watermelon on the opening day of the annual season.
The black Densuke watermelon, grown only on Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, fetched the highest-ever price ...
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
Image via WikipediaNEW YORK (MyFoxNational) -- Friday is National Doughnut Day, and to mark the occasion, Krispy Kreme is giving away freebies at some locations around the country. What better way can you possibly start the weekend than to get a free doughnut on your way to work?
Perhaps by going ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Papa John's makes amends with Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James Thursday by offering 23-cent pizza in Ohio.
Papa John's announced that 86 stores in Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo and Youngstown are in on the deal, each prepared to sell more than 900 pies on Thursday.
Papa John's agreed the deal as an apology to ...
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Stephen Colbert, who has already earned the title "Greatest Living American", was named the "Webby Person of the Year" on Monday night.
Colbert was given the title of "Greatest Living American" on Google by fans who "Google-bombed" him to the top.
Fans posted comments all over the Internet that contained his name and "Greatest Living American" ...
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
News Corp's purchase of the Wall Street Journal last year apparently provided satirists with enough content for a parody paper. According to the New York Times, the paper, My Wall Street Journal, aims to skewer News Corp, its properties, Rupert Murdoch, politicians, and Wall Street characters.
The paper was prematurely released ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
HE SHOT his hunting partner, but Vice-President Dick Cheney apparently doesn't fly-fish with naked women.
Since Wednesday, the blogosphere has been a-twitter over a photograph on the White House website of Mr Cheney with a caption that said he was fly-fishing on the Snake River in Idaho.
The photo is a tight ...
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
WICHITA, Kan. -- Authorities are considering charges in the bizarre case of a woman who sat on her boyfriend's toilet for two years -- so long that her body was stuck to the seat by the time the man finally called police.
It appeared the 35-year-old Ness City woman's skin had ...
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — The estranged wife of Los Angeles Dodgers coach Don Mattingly was arrested and charged with public intoxication and disorderly conduct after police say she refused to leave his property in Indiana.
Police arrested 45-year-old Kim Mattingly after they were called to the home of the former Yankee ...
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
A reporter gets a rude surprise as a bird pooped in his mouth during a piece he was covering.The video has been e-mailed and sent all across the country. Many people are searching for the term "reporter bird shit" in order to find the unfortunately comedic clip.
The bird pooped on ...
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - A farmer built an entire mock castle behind a screen of hay bales and lived there concealed for four years to evade planning regulations, officials said on Friday -- but it may be torn down anyway.
Robert Fidler hopes to take advantage of a provision of planning law ...
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