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  • Posted: April 23rd, 2011 - 6:16pm

    Watching Vancouver collapse to Chicago yet again last night, I took comfort knowing, at least I didn’t bet anything in the hockey playoff pool – except pride. Some other guy lost a hockey bet and had to eat a worm.

    Date Published: 
    21.apr.11
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  • Posted: April 13th, 2011 - 4:51pm

    The essence of bacon – in a spray? Ninety years ago, Parisian butcher John Fargginay accidentally came across an aroma. After mixing a top secret recipe of eleven different pure essential oils with the essence of bacon, he was able to create a scent that would, “dramatically elevate his customers’ mood.” It was then when Fargginay invented bacon cologne.

    Date Published: 
    12.apr.11
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  • Posted: April 12th, 2011 - 2:39pm

    Amy watches The Amazing Race for some wind-down after a day of Sorenne and French literature. I go to bed.

    Date Published: 
    12.apr.11
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    Posted: April 7th, 2011 - 2:14pm

    The owner of an Edinburgh restaurant which has put grey squirrel on the menu has described it as the "ultimate ethical food."

    Date Published: 
    06.apr.11
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  • Posted: April 1st, 2011 - 5:50pm

    It's Major League Baseball opening day. One of the more nerdy things I do (at least according to Dani) is rotisserie baseball. Before fantasy sports took over the internet and spread to everything from golf to cricket, baseball stats fanatics began trying to out duel each other in a yearly prediction-off.

    Date Published: 
    31.mar.11
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  • Posted: March 31st, 2011 - 6:00pm

    French police were investigating today how a bag of hashish resin blocks, eaten by kids who mistook them for breakfast cereal bars, came to be left in the grounds of a school. The students told teachers that they found the package containing the "leafy-flavored breakfast bars" hidden between a bush and the school fence during recess Friday, Le Progres newspaper reported.

    Date Published: 
    30.mar.11
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  • Posted: March 25th, 2011 - 10:42am

    When Atul Awasthi bit into his muesli bar during his lunch break the last thing he was expecting was a caterpillar crawling out. The Auckland scientist was on a lunch break from an animal pharmaceuticals company in East Tamaki when the caterpillar wriggled out between the chocolate-coated nuts on his Tasti nut bar.

    Date Published: 
    25.mar.11
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  • Posted: March 18th, 2011 - 6:06pm

    Tests were being carried out today on a container of a popular Swedish fermented milk drink after a woman claimed she found a condom and a receipt inside it.

    Date Published: 
    17.mar.11
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  • Posted: March 10th, 2011 - 12:29pm

    Sometimes I feel insightful, sometimes I feel real trashy, and sometimes I wonder, what’s with Germany?

    Date Published: 
    09.mar.11
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  • Posted: March 4th, 2011 - 1:49pm

    ABC News reports that children in California and Illinois have become ill in the last several weeks after eating cookies and brownies made with marijuana.

    Date Published: 
    03.mar.11
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