Articles filed under Curious
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Word of Oxford comma change causes bit of panicJun 30, 2011 12:03 pm - LONDON — A report that Oxford University had changed its comma rule left some punctuation obsessives alarmed, annoyed, and distraught. Passions subsided as the universit...
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Judge backs scientists on polar bear dangerJun 30, 2011 12:59 pm - WASHINGTON — A federal judge is upholding a decision by government scientists that global warming is threatening the polar bear’s survival. U.S. District Judge Emmet Su...
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Oregon man stung by scorpion on planeJun 30, 2011 10:37 am - PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon man got a big surprise on a commercial flight from Seattle to Anchorage, Alaska, when he was stung by a scorpion in his seat. Jeff Ellis of W...
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500-pound white piano is stolen from NYC parkJun 30, 2011 7:53 am - NEW YORK — How do you steal a white 500-pound piano sitting in a public park? That’s what a nonprofit arts group that placed the piano in New York City wants to know. Si...
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Police: Pa. woman assaulted grandson over baconJun 30, 2011 12:58 pm - CLIFTON HEIGHTS, Pa. — A southeastern Pennsylvania woman is accused of beating her 9-year-old grandson and blasting him in the face with a garden hose because he ate too...
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Father-son duo excelling in niche art, spreading gifts locally and nationallyJul 01, 2011 5:12 am - Bob Guge first learned how to carve wood from his father’s hobby of carving hunting decoys. His son Josh followed suit, developing a passion for woodcarving. Now a fath...
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Idaho couple's dream home was infested with snakesJun 16, 2011 11:21 pm - REXBURG, Idaho — They slithered behind the walls at night and released foul-smelling musk into the drinking water. And they were so numerous that Ben Sessions once kill...
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Mountain of tires mysteriously appears in Conn.May 05, 2011 8:15 am - NORWICH, Conn. — Officials in Connecticut are spinning their wheels trying to figure out who dumped as many as 2,500 tires on city property behind a restaurant. Blight ...
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Mongol warrior's tooth tips wins odd-book prizeMar 28, 2011 12:38 pm - LONDON — A book urging dentists to learn from a fearsome Mongol warrior has won Britain's quirkiest literary award, the Diagram Prize for the year's oddest book title. ...
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Chicago school offends with anti-slurs campaignMar 08, 2011 6:49 am - The posting of fliers designed to combat the use of inappropriate racial and ethnic slurs caused an uproar at a Chicago high school because of 15 specific slurs they lis...