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Chick Magnet

By Roland Sweet
POSTED // May 23,2011 - He explained he kept the alligator in a small tank and fed it only 10 live mice a month so it wouldn’t grow too large.

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Salt in the Wound

By Roland Sweet
POSTED // May 19,2011 - The New York Times departed from its official style by dropping the honorific “Mr.” on second reference to the late Osama bin Laden.

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Who You Gonna Call?

By Roland Sweet
POSTED // May 6,2011 - A little-known Philadelphia company has quietly gained control of nearly a quarter of the 7.87 million toll-free, 1-800 numbers in the United States and Canada...

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Dishonor Roll

By Roland Sweet
POSTED // Apr 29,2011 - Florida authorities accused high school senior Rachel Anne Hachero, 17, of pistol-whipping her mother and forcing the woman to buy her a car.

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Other Than That, Mrs. Lincoln, How Was the Play?

By Roland Sweet
POSTED // Apr 22,2011 - After its Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico last year, killing 11 workers and causing the largest offshore spill in U.S. history, Transocean Ltd. awarded bonuses...

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When a Designated Driver Isn’t Enough

By Roland Sweet
POSTED // Apr 15,2011 - After spending the day touring New Hampshire brewpubs, two men were “goofing around” in the back of their Boston-bound tour bus...

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Holier Than Thou

By Roland Sweet
POSTED // Apr 8,2011 - When a German doctor praised Pope Benedict XVI for setting an example by having an organ donor card, the Vatican explained the pope wouldn’t be donating any organs.

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Stock Up Before the Hoarders Get It

By Roland Sweet
POSTED // Apr 1,2011 - Fire officials investigating an explosion that blew the roof off a home in Gobles, Mich., noted two barrels of gasoline had been in the basement.

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Kool-Aid’s off the Menu

By Roland Sweet
POSTED // Mar 25,2011 - A restaurant chain pulled its billboard ads that made reference to People’s Temple leader Jim Jones and to the mass suicide he orchestrated in 1978.

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Smell Away Unwanted Pounds

By Roland Sweet
POSTED // Mar 18,2011 - A device that lets food be inhaled rather than eaten will go on sale this fall in France...
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