December 2011
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Words being banished as of 2012: 'Baby bump,'... →
Baby babble or the b-word? Toys 'R' Us doll... →
They play. They giggle. But, then, say some angry consumers, the You and Me Play and Giggle Triplet dolls say “OK, crazy b****.”
Exploding churros are newspaper's fault, Chilean... →
Music to her ears: Lost violin worth $172K found →
Talk about a Christmas miracle. A music student, who was *borrowing* this rare violin from Taiwan, left the instrument on a Megabus ride from Boston to Philadelphia on Tuesday night.
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House and Senate vote to extend payroll tax cut,... →
Measure was passed by voice vote in virtually empty chamber despite lingering grumbling from Tea Party Republicans
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U.N. assembly plans moment of silence for Kim Jong... →
Western envoys say they’re going to boycott it.
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Bank of America Corp's Countrywide to pay $335... →
WASHINGTON — Bank of America Corp’s Countrywide Financial unit agreed on Wednesday to pay a record $335 million to settle civil charges that it discriminated against minority homebuyers, a historic settlement for the Obama administration in the wake of the subprime mortgage morass.
Fort Lauderdale to buy one-way bus tickets for... →
“Our first thing is to try to find them shelter locally if that is at all possible, and if that is what they want, when they come in to see us,” Dorla Leslie, CEO of Palm Beach County’s Center for Family Services, told msnbc.com. “We’re not going to say to them, ‘Oh, we’re going to send you on a bus.’”
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Il dies →
SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died, according to The Associated Press. He was 69.
WatchScamp the dog comes back to life! Go Scamp go! (Literally: This sweet dog got hit by a car and his owner thought he was dead. Miraculously, a night out in the cold apparently brought him back.)
Two bodies, one big mistake: Wrong man cremated →
The grief of two Colorado families was compounded when the bodies of their loved ones got switched, resulting in the wrong patient getting cremated. The deceased men, one who was white and the other who was black, were wearing identification wristbands at the time of the mix-up.
Fugitive from 'Washington's Most Wanted' TV show... →
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Woman's breast implant disappears during Pilates →
melissadahl:
One of the oddest Body Odd posts I’ve written in a while.
Cable guy finds bear sleeping in basement →
You know… like ya do.
Things that weren't around when the U.S.-led war...
inothernews:
Facebook
Twitter
Tumblr
The iPhone
The Colbert Report
1 killed, 2 hurt in NYC elevator accident →
This is a horrific, horrific story.
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