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You can't walk and chew gum in Singapore Singapore said it will maintain a ban on chewing gum sales, a policy that has helped shape the city-state's international image as a tightly controlled, squeaky-clean island. The ban, first imposed in 1992, is necessary to reduce gum-related litter and vandalism, Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman, ... - Posted on March 5, 2010
Stuck duck with bad luck flies higher after fire The bad luck of a stuck duck changed when firefighters in Santa Fe rescued the bird wedged in a chimney. Fire Chief Tommy Anderson said the homeowner heard the bird and lit a fire, hoping the duck would get out on its own from the open-top chimney. Anderson said the plan backfired, when ... - Posted on March 5, 2010
Google, I DO think we're in Kansas Topeka's mayor says the city shall temporarily be referred to as "Google, Kansas — the capital city of fiber optics," in an effort to persuade the Internet giant to test an ultra-fast connection in the state capital. Mayor Bill Bunten issued the proclamation Monday after no city council ... - Posted on March 3, 2010
Motorcycle daredevil breaks record A motorcycle stuntman twice broke the world record for the longest distance jumped on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle Tuesday, sailing through the air near Australia's Sydney Harbour to shatter the previous 10-year-old record. Seth Enslow flew to a new record distance of 183.7 feet on his Ha... - Posted on March 2, 2010
Big + Igloo = Bigloo TweenTribune reports that Paul Steckart, of Bellevue, Wisconsin, has built a whopper of an igloo. It may melt away the current record holders set in 2008 by some people in Canada. Steckart's Bigloo, as it's called, beats the current record of 25 ft. 9 inches and 13 ft.8 high. The Bigloo is 27 ft.... - Posted on February 25, 2010
Scrub-a-dub your pup — in a washing machine TweenTribune reports that the Dog-o-Matic may be an easier way to give your pet a bath. It’s a washing machine for dogs (and cats). Have you ever given your dog a bath? Not an easy job and you probably have gotten a bit wet yourself in the process as your pet shakes off the bath water -... - Posted on February 24, 2010
To run with the big dogs, run with George A 250-pound blue Great Dane from Arizona gives new meaning to the term "big dog." Guinness World Records says Giant George from Tucson is the tallest dog ever on record. Guinness said Monday that he stands 3 feet, 7 inches tall from paw to shoulder, which is three-quarters of an inc... - Posted on February 23, 2010
Wanna party at Thomas Jefferson's? Don't try it! You can't dance at the Jefferson Memorial. A federal judge has ruled against a woman who was arrested for dancing with a group of 17 others at the memorial dedicated to President Thomas Jefferson. The woman, Mary Oberwetter, and others were dancing to music on their headphones near midnigh... - Posted on January 28, 2010
Calendar cuts winter by skipping day in January North Dakota residents who rely on a new calendar issued by the city of Grand Forks will get a jump-start on February. The recently issued City of Grand Forks 2010 Calendar is missing Sunday, Jan. 31. City spokesman John Bernstrom says if Jan. 31 had been a weekday in which there wa... - Posted on January 19, 2010
It's raining iguanas! Frigid temperatures across Florida drove hundreds of manatees to balmy waters outside a power plant, shocked endangered sea turtles off the coast and even sent cold-blooded iguanas tumbling from trees. Across the Sunshine State, animals coped with temperatures that plunged some 20 degrees ... - Posted on January 8, 2010