Topic: STRANGE - on October 25, 2009 at 12:47:00 PM CET
Drunk crashes his lounge chair into parked car
A MAN has pleaded guilty to driving his motorized lounge chair while drunk and crashing it into a parked car after a drinking session.
A criminal complaint says 62-year-old Dennis LeRoy Anderson told police he left a bar in the northern Minnesota town of Proctor on his chair after drinking eight or nine beers.
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Topic: STRANGE - on October 23, 2009 at 12:52:00 PM CEST
How Crocs Crashed
Success is sometimes your own worst enemy. Just ask the management and stockholders at Crocs.
A hot brand ends up in one of two different ways. It burns bright too fast and fizzles. Brands like this are known as fads. Or a brand burns hot then continues at a steady simmer. Brands like this are known as iconic.
Believe it or not, whether your brand will become a fad or an icon depends on your strategy more than you think. The good news is the fate of your brand is very much in your control. The bad news is it may be too late for Crocs.
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Topic: STRANGE - on October 22, 2009 at 12:09:00 PM CEST
Bear Attack - Duct Tape wins again
Apparently a bear attacked his plane while parked in a remote field up in AK. He had not cleaned out the inside after a long fishing trip and the bear smelled it.
He had 2 new tires, 3 cases of Duct Tape and several rolls of cellophane delivered. Then went about repairing the plane so he could fly it home.
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Topic: STRANGE - on October 17, 2009 at 11:11:00 AM CEST
Maultaschen-Urteil
Drakonischer Richterspruch für ein Bagatellvergehen: Nach 17 Jahren Betriebszugehörigkeit muss eine Altenpflegerin das Seniorenheim verlassen, weil sie ein paar Maultaschen gegessen hatte, anstatt sie als Essensrest zu entsorgen. Ein Ver.di-Vertreter sprach von einem "Schandurteil".
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Topic: STRANGE - on October 15, 2009 at 9:39:00 AM CEST
Sweden burns rabbits to heat up winter
Swedish authorities have found an interesting solution to keeping warm through the cold winter months - they're burning thousands of bunny rabbits from Stockholm's parks for fuel.
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Topic: STRANGE - on October 11, 2009 at 11:13:00 AM CEST
Weather Geeks Champion New Armageddon-Worthy Cloud
In hill country from Iowa to the Scottish Highlands, sky-gazers have reported some strange, ominous-looking clouds of late. Dubbed undulatus asperatus (turbulent undulation), the atmospheric anomaly could be headed where only 80-odd clouds have gone before: into the International Cloud Atlas. If it makes the cut, asperatus will be the first new addition in more than 50 years.
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Topic: STRANGE - on October 8, 2009 at 10:05:00 AM CEST
Fake boobs battle in Miss Plastic contest
While most beauty contests celebrate women's natural good looks (as well as their ability to express a desire for world peace), that's not the case with this bizarre beauty contest - in which only women with fake breasts and facelifts can take part.
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Topic: STRANGE - on October 1, 2009 at 12:25:00 PM CEST
Girl's best friend: 500-carat diamond - one of the largest ever - found in South Africa's Cullinan mine
One of the biggest diamonds ever found has been discovered at a mine in South Africa.
The rough 507-carat white stone was unearthed at the historic Cullinan mine - where the famous Cullinan diamond, the largest in the world, was discovered in 1905.
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Topic: STRANGE - on September 27, 2009 at 10:28:00 AM CEST
The 10 Most Outrageous Military Experiments
A super soldier program produces Marvel superhero Wolverine in the movie "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," along with rivals Sabretooth and Weapon XI. Now LiveScience looks back on real experiments that the U.S. government ran on soldiers and citizens to advance the science of war.
The military didn't replicate Wolverine's indestructible skeleton and retractable claws. Rather, they shot accident victims up with plutonium, tested nerve gas on sailors, and tried out ESP. While some of the tests seem outlandish in hindsight, the military continues to push the envelope in seeking new warfare techniques based on cutting-edge science and technology.
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Topic: STRANGE - on September 22, 2009 at 10:28:00 AM CEST
Russian Billionaire Installs Anti-Photo Shield on Giant Yacht & buys a $90 million estate in St. Bart's
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has a rather curious new addition built in to his latest oversized yacht. The 557-foot boat Eclipse, the price tag of which has almost doubled since original plans were drawn to almost $1.2 billion, set sail this week with a slew of show-off features, from two helipads, two swimming pools and six-foot movie screens in all guest cabins, to a mini-submarine and missile-proof windows to combat piracy.
wired.com Roman Abramovich buys a $90 million estate in St. Bart's
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Topic: STRANGE - on September 14, 2009 at 2:48:00 PM CEST
Man Found Naked, Burned After Chasing Rabbit Recovering
A Greenville man, suffering from electrical burns, is recovering in a Georgia burn center after he chased a rabbit into a power station and was shocked with thousands of volts of electricity.
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Topic: STRANGE - on September 1, 2009 at 11:04:00 AM CEST
Bikini girl: Pervert yeti stalked me
A teenager has added fresh rumour to the yeti debate after claiming the beast spied on her in her bikini as she paddled in a river.
Justyna Folger was having a dip during a camping trip when a shadowy creature appeared on the opposite bank.
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