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THE BAR IS ALWAYS OPEN
A 61-year-old Texas man admitted to a hospital appeared to be falling-down-drunk even though he denied having had a single drink. He was found to be manufacturing beer in his stomach. With “auto-brewery syndrome,”
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LAME FASHION
Among the ensembles witnessed by a New York Times critic at the Paris Fashion Week this year were a hat with objects resembling steroid-enhanced stalks of peas; a shoe that appeared to sprout “twig-studs”;
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Seriously?
“With its neatly cut lawns and luscious tropical vegetation,” wrote a BBC News reporter in July, Miracle Village, Fla., is an “idyllic rural community” of 200 residents. About half of these are registered sex
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Wash Your Vegetables
Carole Longhorn, 66, struck a metal object in her garden in Norfolk, England. Though it looked like a projectile bomb, she decided to take it inside and wash it off in the sink before
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Odd Priorities
At a June hearing, a Philadelphia judge became so exasperated at defendant Robert Williams’ cluelessness about his need to keep his probation appointments that she ordered him to take etiquette classes before he returned
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Latest Religious Messages
— A Saudi judge ruled in April that it was finally time for Ali al-Khawahir, 24, to suffer for stabbing a boy in the back when Ali was 14. The victim was paralyzed. Under
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