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Man Steals Stuffed Leopard, Dingo From Buena Vista Museum

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:24 PM EST (TurnTo23.com)

Two stuffed animals were stolen from the glass display in front of the Buena Vista Museum Wednesday morning. Officers said 55-year-old Henry Slivers was found two blocks away at the Jack In The Box with a stuffed dingo. That's where he was arrested in connection with the brea …

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This week in the War on Women: Public hangings, rape is a gift from God, and cream of fetus soup

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:49 PM EST (Daily Kos)

Seeded by Grae

To laugh or cry? Sometimes, that is the question. This week, for example, Oklahoma Republican State Sen. Ralph Shortey is pushing a bill to ban the use of aborted human fetuses in food. Not that this is an actual problem, mind you; even Sen.

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Four-year-old U.S. boy pulls out marijuana at school

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:47 PM EST (Reuters)

Seeded by Par4TheCourse

(Reuters) - A four-year-old U.S. boy who announced to his teacher at school snack time that he wanted to share pulled nine bags of marijuana out of his jacket pocket, police said on Wednesday.

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Cat swipes alligator across the face and lives to meow about it

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:38 PM EST (io9)

Seeded by Roy Batty

This cat is either truly brave or has a very poor sense of self-preservation. While hanging around with a Louisiana swamp tour, hoping to score some free chicken, this ballsy tabby decides to annoy an alligator away from its quarry. The best part is, it actually works.

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Pair Had Sex on Bench Next to Children's Play Park

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 6:03 PM EST (stv)

Seeded by maddad

A middle-aged couple caught having sex on a bench next to a children's playpark have been put on the sex offenders register.

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When it comes to the UN, Assad has nothing to fear

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 5:59 PM EST ()

Seeded by krishna-167929

The Arab League's leadership, which has been foot-dragging for months, understood that no practical proposal for international action similar to that which took place in Libya can pass Russian and Chinese barriers.

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US couple married for 73 years die together

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 4:41 PM EST (National Nine News)

Seeded by Abby.

Kentucky couple Presley and Ethel Bradshaw were married for 73 years when they died just hours apart from one another. Ethel, 99, had been in a nursing home for the past four years because of poor health and dementia, the Huffington Post reports. But 101-year-old Presley used t …

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