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Jean Speedos Are Ruining Summer

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Beachgoers who want to make a statement this summer can check out the Jeado, a Speedo-style swimsuit brief for men that looks like it’s cut from a pair of jeans, but is really made

Sunroof Driving

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Leonard Olsen, 70, was arrested in Lakeland, Fla., for reckless driving after an off-duty sheriff’s deputy filmed him sitting on his sunroof while his Cadillac motored down the road at 40 mph. When Florida

Stay In A Potato For $200 A Night

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Idahoans embraced the Big Idaho Potato, a 28-foot-long steel-and-plaster potato constructed in 2012 to mark the Idaho Potato Commission’s 75th anniversary. It’s been traveling the country ever since, promoting Idaho’s biggest crop. The

Enjoying Wine With Alpacas

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In College Station, Texas, the Peach Creek Vineyard is trying out a new concept for its wine-tasting events: wine with alpacas. Teaming up with the Bluebonnet Hills Alpaca Ranch, the vineyard offers customers the

Burp Out Those Bad Spirits, Mate

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Looking for a way to banish evil spirits? Check in to The Lighthouse, near Frome, Somerset, England, where a group called Universal Medicine will help you burp your troubles away. The group, founded by

Catch The Contraband, Inmates!

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Outside the North Fork Correctional Unit in Sayre, Okla., Kerri Jo Hickman was arrested for delivering contraband to prison inmates. Hickman employed a T-shirt gun, used by sports team mascots to shoot promotional shirts

Beer And Marshmallows

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Smartmouth Brewing Co. in Norfolk, Va., launched a new “magically ridiculous” beer: a limited-edition IPA — with marshmallows. Chris Neikirk, brewery spokesperson, said the beer is “brewed with in-house toasted marshmallows and bulk dehydrated

The Joy Of Painting … At School

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TV painter Bob Ross has been gone for 24 years. But his inspiration lives on at Madison Middle School in Abilene, Texas, where, on Feb. 7, students in Brady Sloane’s art class donned

Totally Wasted On Vanilla Extract

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A motorist in New Canaan, Conn., called police after spotting a woman stopped at an intersection in the driver’s seat of her car with her eyes closed. When officers arrived, they found Stefanie Warner-Grise,

You’re Only 336 Months Old Once

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You’ve seen photo books and calendars depicting swaddled infants surrounded with flowers. In Irmo, S.C., photographer Stephanie Smith re-created the look using her high school friend Nicole Ham. Ham, who is “336 months old,”