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Trampling Out the Vineyard
Offbeat  (tags: grapes, wine, winery, stomping grapes, wine production )

RC
- 426 days ago - topics.blogs.nytimes.com
A great story of one woman's experience picking and then stomping grapes at a small winery where the ancient, rapidly-dying-out art is still practiced.
Flies: Smarter Than You Think
Offbeat  (tags: fly, housefly, flies, flyswatter, brain, instinct, research )

RC
- 488 days ago - boston.com
Why it's so bloody difficult to swat flies, explained by scientists.
Baha Men Score Worst Song Ever, Beating Vanilla Ice
Offbeat  (tags: baha men, who let the dogs out, worst songs, celine dion, singers, bands, weird, awful, funny, music )

Cissy
- 509 days ago - contactmusic.com
BAHA MEN's summer hit record WHO LET THE DOG'S OUT? has been named the worst song of all time. The track, which topped charts around the world in 2000, is number one in a new list compiled by editors of Spinner.com and AOL Radio. It beat off tough
Giant Smelly Flower Puts on Sex Show in Belgium
Offbeat  (tags: flower, penis, Amorphophallus Titanum, belgium, brussells, smelly, weird, bizarre, giant )

Cissy
- 509 days ago - news.yahoo.com
It's one of the world's largest flowers, it stinks of rotting meat or rancid cheese and looks very much like a giant penis. The Amorphophallus Titanum -- literally "the giant strangely shaped penis" -- has been attracting big crowds at the National
Spelling "Truely Atrosious," Says Academic
Offbeat  (tags: spelling, horrible, selling mistakes, phonetics, english )

Cissy
- 509 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Fed up with his students' complete inability to spell common English correctly, a British academic has suggested it may be time to accept "variant spellings" as legitimate. Rather than grammarians getting in a huff about "argument" being spelled
Tibetan Exiles Vow to March on Chinese Border
Offbeat  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', china, INDEPENDENCE, freedoms, law, religion, rights )

Ruth
- 658 days ago - edition.cnn.com
DHARMSALA, India (CNN) -- Tibetan exiles vowed to defy an Indian government order that they stop their march from the northern Indian city of Dharmsala to Tibet's border in a protest against China's rule over their homeland.
Fair Trade?
Offbeat  (tags: Jacksonville, Florida, doctor, sex, oxycontin )

RC
- 676 days ago - jacksonville.com
A Jacksonville, Florida doctor who is an acupuncture specialist was trading oxycontin prescriptions for sex. Naughty pusher! Good thing no one died from an overdose.
Accused Pedophile Priest in Texas Is HIV-Positive
Offbeat  (tags: Forth Worth, priest, pedophila, child sexual abuse, Texas, HIV, AIDS )

RC
- 683 days ago - chron.com
I am so disgusted with the way ALL churches handle - or DON'T handle- the problem of sexually abusive priests, ministers, etc. This particular priest, accused of molesting at least 5 minors in 2 states, is carrying the AIDS virus as well.
Bridal Dance First and Last for Newlyweds
Offbeat  (tags: wedding, dance, bride, death, heart disease, Davie, Florida )

RC
- 688 days ago - sun-sentinel.com
Married three years to the day after their first date, Kim & Teddy were enjoying their first dance as hudband and wife when Kim suddenly fell limp in Teddy's arms and died. Heart disease is blamed for her sudden death.
The System Fails Again: 6-Year-Old Allegedly Raped in Massachusetts Library
Offbeat  (tags: sex offender, child rape, Massachusetts, New Bedford, library )

RC
- 697 days ago - nytimes.com
A heart-rending story of a pitiable sex offender released unrehabilitated when he shouldn't have been and the chld who is suffering for it.
 
 
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