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Picture Gallery, Extraordinary Chickens From Around the World
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, interesting, pictures, photographs, chickens )

Beatrice
- 7 hours ago - telegraph.co.uk
They may look like perm-sporting rock stars or even perfectly coiffured poodles - but this collection of specially-trimmed wildlife are actually all chickens. Pictured here is a bearded splash pullet Silkie.
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Winfrey to Announce Friday Show Will End in 2011
Offbeat  (tags: Oprah Winfrey, ending show, interesting, society )

Lone
- 1 day ago - washingtonpost.com
CHICAGO -- Oprah Winfrey's production company says Winfrey will announce Friday that her talk show will end in 2011 after its 25th season on the air. Chicago-based Harpo
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Vegetarian Thanksgiving Open House
Offbeat  (tags: animals, goodnews, interesting, food, vegan celebration )

Tierney
- 1 day ago - upc-online.org
Hosted by United Poultry Concerns You are Cordially Invited to Share our 19th Annual Thanksgiving Feast Saturday, November 28, 2009 from 2 to 5 PM 12325 Seaside Road, Machipongo, VA 23405 Meet Our Feathered Friends!
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The 'Abominable Mystery' Even Darwin Couldn't Solve
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, interesting, puzzling, evolution, orchids, Darwin )

Beatrice
- 2 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Orchids have been around for as long as dinosaurs, but the puzzle of their evolution is only now being fully understood. To the layman's eye, flowers might not seem especially inexplicable. But what puzzled Darwin was the way in which, after appearing
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Shaming Undermines Justice
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, interesting, crime, signs, public, news )

Lone
- 3 days ago - blogs.usatoday.com
Across the country, judges and prosecutors and jailers are freelancing by imposing their own brands of retributive justice: forcing people to wear humiliating clothing, parade in public and even sleep in doghouses. The punishments are wildly
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State Farm Ordered to Pay Texas Homeowners $310 Million for Overcharging
Offbeat  (tags: rip-offs, insurance policies, crime, interesting )

Lone
- 3 days ago - dallasnews.com
AUSTIN - State Farm Insurance must repay its customers $310 million for charging them too much for homeowners coverage dating back to 2003, the state insurance commissioner ruled Monday.
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Singer and Rock and Blues for Animal Rights
Offbeat  (tags: interesting, music animals righrs )

Bernadett
- 3 days ago - maria-dianes.com
www.maria-dianes.com rock and blues singer for animals rights
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Chinese Traffic Cop's Funny Lecture on Helmet Safety (Video)
Offbeat  (tags: bizarre, culture, custom, funny, humans, humor, interesting, off-beat, unusual, society, world )

Daphna
- 4 days ago - treehugger.com
When Beijing Policeman Tan, the star of his very own local news segment, stops a motorcyclist because his passenger isn't wearing his helmet, we get an earful on gender norms, hairstyles, and one of our favorite topics -- helmets! See the video below.
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John Mayer - Live on Letterman Webcast
Offbeat  (tags: Music Videos, interesting, performance )

Bernadett
- 4 days ago - cbsradio.com
john mayer webcast live letterman webcst very good signer
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Will The Earth End in 2012?
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, interesting, 2012, apocalypse, end of the world, Nibiru )

Beatrice
- 5 days ago - space.about.com
There has been a lot of interest lately in the theory that the world is going to end in the year 2012. The hollywood version of events is scheduled to be in theaters in November 2009 and has a lot of people talking. So, is this something that we need to
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Problems at Arlington National Cemetery Investigated
Offbeat  (tags: interesting, bizarre, investigation, two in grave, government )

Lone
- 6 days ago - cnn.com
Washington (CNN) -- Army Secretary John McHugh ordered a new investigation into poor record keeping and other problems at Arlington National Cemetery even as a separate investigation ended without an absolute answer to who is buried in a grave marked
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Police Raid in China Uncovers Fake Condom Factory
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, china, fake, protection, unsafe, interesting )

Lone
- 7 days ago - nydailynews.com
Think condoms mean safe sex? Think again. London's Times newspaper reports that Police in China have raided a 215-square-foot factory in central Hunan province
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Volcanic Activity Could Split Africa
Offbeat  (tags: volcanic activity, Africa, interesting, Ethiopia rift, geology )

Beatrice
- 7 days ago - cosmosmagazine.com
Volcanic activity may split the African continent in two, creating a new ocean, say experts. This is due to a recent geological crack which has appeared in northeastern Ethiopia. The 60-kilometre split in the desolate Afar region - the result of two
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Drop in the Bucket Mitch Barrett And Suze Scott
Offbeat  (tags: world, PEACEperformance, interesting, culture )

Bernadett
- 7 days ago - willienelsonpri.com
PEACE SONG AND MESSGE FOR THIS DAY TODAY
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