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Biggest Elvis, Burger, Roller Coaster, and More!: In case you were wondering, the largest velvet Elvis -- he's 12 feet by 12 feet -- can be spotted at The Tattoo Factory in Chicago. [more]
British Women Bolt for Aussie Blokes: With promises of plentiful sunshine, affordable homes, low crime, good jobs, and lots of single men, Southern Australia is luring Britain's highly skilled, young women to its shores. [more]
Dolphins With a Weight Problem: Dolphins at Kinosaki Marine World in western Japan are on a low fat diet after failing to jump as high as they had previously in their aquatic performances. [more]
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Employees Admit to Working Drunk: One in three employees has gone to work hungover and more than one in 10 employees has been drunk on the job, according to a survey by Norwich Union Healthcare. [more]
Black Bear Guards Prison: The Louisiana State Penitentiary, which is located in a rural part of the state, has a new type of guard on the grounds -- a black bear weighing more than 400 pounds that likely wandered over from the nearby woods. [more]
A Beer Lover to the End: An Illinois man is going to take his love of beer to the grave. [more]
Sculpture Torn Down Due to Color: A sculpture in Tianjin, China, that cost 2 million yuan ($286,000) and took nearly two years to complete was dismantled three weeks before its unveiling because a local vice-mayor didn't like the color. [more]
Venice Puts Ban on Pigeon Feeding: Visitors to Venice can no longer participate in one of its famed tourist activities -- feeding the pigeons at St Mark's Square. [more]
"Pole Tax" Declared Unconstitutional: Texas' "pole tax," a $5-per-patron fee at the state's strip clubs, is unconstitutional, according to an Austin judge, because it violates the right to freedom of expression protected by the First Amendment. [more]
Dognapping Battle Finally Over: After much hullabaloo, a judge ordered Grace Saenz-Lopez, the dognapping former mayor of Alice, Texas, to return Puddles, the Shih Tzu she stole from her neighbors. [more]
The Force Didn't Help This Jedi: A drunk Welshman posing as Darth Vader attacked the founder of a Jedi Church. [more]
What's in a Name?: British parents spend up to 45 hours choosing their baby's name, which adds up to 30 million hours a year for parents in Great Britain, according to a new survey by Abbey Banking. [more]
Italian Convicted of Staring: An Italian man was given a suspended sentence and a 40 euro ($64) fine for staring too intensely at a woman on a train. [more]
Drunk Man Doesn't Notice Knife in His Back: A drunk Russian man managed to ride a bus, eat breakfast, and fall asleep without noticing he had a six-inch knife in his back. [more]
Man Pops the Question on a Video Game: Most women's dream marriage proposal doesn't involve a video game, but it won over Tammy Li. [more]
Is This My Dog?: When Ken Griggs took his black Labrador retriever named Callie to an Oregon kennel, he expected to get the same dog back, but he's not sure he did. [more]
Man Wields Hedgehog as a Weapon: A New Zealand man could face jail time for throwing a hedgehog at a 15-year-old boy. [more]
"Baywatch" More Kid-Appropriate than "The Simpsons": A Venezuelan TV channel has pulled "The Simpsons" from its daily 11 am time slot after the government decided "it isn't appropriate for children. [more]
Join Google and Virgin on Mars: Virgin founder Richard Branson and Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are teaming up to establish Virgle Inc, the first human colony on Mars, because Earth has simply become too crowded, or at least that's what they claimed during an elaborate April Fools' Day hoax. [more]
Mourn Via Webcast: Mourners who can't make it to a funeral can still view the ceremony thanks to a new pay-per-view service that will broadcast the event. [more]
Will You Be Fooled?: Before you fall for media alerts that superworms are feasting at Wimbledon, space shuttles are making emergency landings at local airports, or Burger King is introducing the left-handed Whopper, take a close look at your calendar -- it's April 1st. [more]
Fight Plagiarism with Plagiarism: Students at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) recently drafted an honor code to discourage cheating and plagiarism. [more]
Polar Bear Enjoys Celebrity Life: Knut, a one-and-a-half-year-old polar bear living at the Berlin Zoo, has become an attention-seeking "psychopath," according to zoologists. [more]