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Funeral Procession Pole Dancing

Chuck Shepherd March 16, 2017 Comments Off on Funeral Procession Pole Dancing

Two years ago, China’s Ministry of Culture cracked down on the centuries-old tradition of festive, over-the-top funeral ceremonies designed to ensure the family that the deceased died properly. The ministry arrested the song-and-dance people

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A Smashing Good Time

Chuck Shepherd March 2, 2017 Comments Off on A Smashing Good Time

What was billed as the United Kingdom’s first “Rage Cage” opened in Nottingham, England, in December. Patrons could use crowbars, baseball bats and hammers to smash crockery, electronics and glassware at prices ranging from

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What Isn’t Sexual Harassment?

Chuck Shepherd February 16, 2017 Comments Off on What Isn’t Sexual Harassment?

University of Kentucky professor Buck Ryan disclosed that he had been punished by his dean for singing the Beach Boys classic “California Girls” in a lesson comparing American and Chinese cultures. The university alleged

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Breaking The Ice

Chuck Shepherd February 2, 2017 Comments Off on Breaking The Ice

— The Space World theme park in Kitakyushu, Japan, opened a popular ice-skating rink in November, but was forced to close it two weeks later because it was extremely unpopular with social media critics.

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Kiddie Beat-Down School

Chuck Shepherd January 19, 2017 Comments Off on Kiddie Beat-Down School

An estimated 3.2 million kids aged 5-12 take mixed-martial-arts classes, training to administer beatdowns modeled after the adults’ Ultimate Fighting Championships, according to a report in ESPN magazine, which profiled the mohawked Derek “Crazy”

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The Future Of Travel

Chuck Shepherd January 5, 2017 Comments Off on The Future Of Travel

Australian aviator David Mayman has promised investors that his jet packs will hit the market by mid-2017. Early clients will pay $250,000 for one. The device is said to fly a person at up

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Don’t Drink & Forklift Drive

Chuck Shepherd December 15, 2016 Comments Off on Don’t Drink & Forklift Drive

Ashley Basich, 49, was arrested in Cheyenne, Wy., and charged with DUI after police found her using an industrial forklift to pick up and move a van that she said was blocking her driveway.

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Clean Off The Gravel First

Chuck Shepherd December 1, 2016 Comments Off on Clean Off The Gravel First

Thousands flocked to the annual Roadkill Cooking Festival in Marlinton, W.V., in September. It featured an array of “tasting” dishes — black bear, possum, elk, snapping turtle. Judges deducted points if the “chef” had

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Compelling Explanations

Chuck Shepherd November 18, 2016 Comments Off on Compelling Explanations

— In September, Charles Lawrence III, 60, was sentenced to eight years in prison for attempted sexual assault despite his claim that it was just bad eyesight that caused the problem. He had arrived

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Goldfish Revisited

Chuck Shepherd November 4, 2016 Comments Off on Goldfish Revisited

— Emma Marsh of Kuraby, Australia, shelled out $500 in September for emergency medical care to remove the pebble stuck in her goldfish Conquer’s throat. Brisbane’s Courier-Mail noted that the $500 could have bought

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