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3 Dead After NC Fireworks Go Off, 1 in Pa. Blast
Offbeat  (tags: americans, fireworks, North Carolina, safety )

Teresa
- 13 hours ago - app.com
OCRACOKE, N.C. -- A third worker who had been preparing for an Independence Day celebration died from injuries suffered when a truckload of fireworks exploded on a dock at a remote North Carolina island, authorities said.
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Crop Circle Revelations, 7/7/09 Prediction and Prophecy [Video]   video
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, crop-circles, culture, curious, prophecy[?] )

Janet
- 23 hours ago - youtube.com
A small portfolio of the most recent crop circles as of 7/3/09, and examination of the meaning of 7/7/09. A crop circle researcher gave a stunning revelation about this date and the time period to...
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The Appalachian Trail
Offbeat  (tags: travel, hiking, nature, Appalachian Trail, beauty, interesting )

Michelle
- 1 day ago - time.com
Governor Mark Sanford's confession to adultery may be roiling South Carolina and traumatizing his family, but it's bequeathed to the rest of us a handy new euphemism for sneaking in a little romance on the sly: hiking the Appalachian Trail.
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Pictures of the Week
Offbeat  (tags: pictures, journalism, sad, funny, curious, touching, interesting, unusual, news )

Michelle
- 1 day ago - time.com
A picture is worth a thousand words... thank you, photo-journalists for your work.
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Cartoons of the Week
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Michelle
- 1 day ago - time.com
Cartoonists comments on the news... Happy July 4th!
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Afterbirth: It's What's For Dinner
Offbeat  (tags: odd, food, children, childbirth, unusual, humor, interesting )

Michelle
- 1 day ago - time.com
There is so much you can't know about your spouse when you get married, like that one day she will want to eat her placenta. But there are two things you don't argue about with a pregnant woman: what she eats and that being full of life indeed looks sexy.
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From T-Rex to Waltzing Matilda - Three New Dinosaurs Found Down Under
Offbeat  (tags: Dinosaurs, fossils, australia, new species, interesting )

Michelle
- 1 day ago - timesonline.co.uk
Fossil remains of three new dinosaurs have been discovered at a prehistoric site in the Australian Outback.
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When the Catfish Stirs
Offbeat  (tags: Japan, earthquakes, prevention, risks, interesting )

Michelle
- 1 day ago - economist.com
Earthquakes, and the preparations for them, are metaphors for Japan's malaise
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999/911 Call After Hamster Escapes
Offbeat  (tags: animals, bizarre, funny, interesting, humor, ethics, humans, society )

Suzybell
- 2 days ago - metro.co.uk
Police released a recording of a woman who dialled 999 to say her hamster had escaped as they pleaded with the public today to use the service only for genuine emergencies. In one call a woman tells the operator: "It's my hamster. It's got out of its cage
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Tippi Hedren Says She's Told Michael Jackson's Former Pet Tigers About His Death
Offbeat  (tags: animals, Michael Jackson's pets, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 2 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Actress and animal advocate Tippi Hedren, who runs the Shambala reserve, which now houses Michael Jackson's pet tigers, says she has notified the animals of their former owner's death.
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Petition Seeks Maneka's Disqualification Too - Naresh Kadyan
Offbeat  (tags: ethics, government )

Naresh
- 2 days ago - indymedia.org
V.M. Singh moved both petitions against Maneka....Varun Gandhi, no one can be spared for hate speeches, only to enter in the Indian Parliament, let the prosecution and judicial system proved allegations against them, levelled by the administration.......
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Cops Surprised By Squirrel in Woman's Cleavage
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, humor, interesting, funny, bizarre, animals, police )

Suzybell
- 3 days ago - metro.co.uk
Police got a furry surprise during an interview, when a squirrel climbed out of the cleavage of a woman they were questioning. The baby squirrel climbed out from between the women's breasts as she was in the police station with detectives in Warren, Ohio
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Mosquito Repellent Firm Fined for Mosquito Breeding
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, off-beat, interesting, ethics, crime, bizarre, business, odd )

Suzybell
- 3 days ago - metro.co.uk
The manager of a mosquito repellent factory in Sri Lanka was fined and faces a possible six months in jail - for failing to destroy mosquito breeding areas on his company's premises. 'The court fined the superintendent of a mosquito coil company for fail
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Volume Of Michael Jackson-Related Internet Scams Rapidly Increasing
Offbeat  (tags: Internet, email, virus, scams, Michael Jackson, be aware )

Michelle
- 3 days ago - crn.com
The e-mails contain attachments that when clicked on release a worm or virus, or provide links to bogus Web sites that collect personal information.
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Priest May Be Sainted After Woman Survives Cancer
Offbeat  (tags: cancer, health, society, religion, Body-Mind-Spirit, illness, unusual, culture, goodnews )

Suzybell
- 3 days ago - kdka.com
A woman with cancer throughout her body was told she had just six months to live, but after intense prayer, the cancer was suddenly gone. Now, the priest to whom she prayed is being considered for sainthood, CBS station WJZ-TV reported.
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