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Forbes Finds 150 Cheap Places To Live: $100,000 goes a lot further in Bend, Ore., than in Manhattan. [more]
Googling Is Good for You: You can work your brain just by searching the Web, according to a new study. [more]
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Googling Is Good for You: You can work your brain just by searching the Web, according to a new study. [more]
Forbes Finds 150 Cheap Places To Live: $100,000 goes a lot further in Bend, Ore., than in Manhattan. [more]
Testosterone May Affect Financial Risk Decisions: Testosterone levels may influence men's willingness to make risky financial decisions, according to a new study. [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]
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]
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]
Judge Throws Out Popcorn Case: Manhattan Civil Court Judge Matthew Cooper has thrown out Steve Kaplan's case against AMC Theatres. [more]
Son Ends Up in His Father's Old Dorm Room: Mike Robell, a freshman at Michigan State University, got a big surprise when he moved into his dorm room -- he found that it's the same room his father lived in three decades ago. [more]
Black Lab Rattles After Eating Golf Balls: Oscar, a five-year-old black Labrador retriever, has a talent for finding golf balls -- but he doesn't retrieve them, he eats them. [more]
Speeding Skateboarder on the Loose: Police in southern Germany are on the hunt for a dangerous criminal -- a speeding skateboarder. [more]
Physics Rap Is a Big Hit: Physics just got fun thanks to the "Large Hadron Rap," written by Kate McAlpine, a Michigan State University graduate student who is on assignment at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research. [more]
Cattle Know Which Way is North: Could cows be the next compass? [more]
Pisa No Longer Has the Most Tilted Tower: The Tower of Pisa, which has long been famed for its tilt, is no longer Europe's most steeply leaning tower. [more]
Typo Fixers Get Probation: Two men traveling the United States on a mission to remove typographical errors from public signs have been banned from national parks for a year. [more]
South Korean Officials Put Away Their Putters: South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak has told officials to put away their golf clubs, at least until the economy improves, because it sends the wrong signal to the public. [more]
Husband and Wife Each Win the Lottery: A Wisconsin couple got doubly lucky over the weekend. [more]
Turtles Come to Dinner: Diners at a beachside restaurant in southern Italy were joined by some unexpected guests -- 60 newly hatched sea turtles. [more]
Council Puts Wrong Birmingham on Leaflet: Birmingham, England residents may be tempted to toss their recycling leaflet from the City Council straight into the paper bin when they see the cover -- the picture on the front is of Birmingham, Ala.'s skyline. [more]
Penguin Made a Knight: Three-foot-tall king penguin Nils Olav, a resident of the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland, was knighted last week on behalf of Norway's King Harald V. [more]
Farmer Erects "Redneck Stonehenge": When Rhett Davis' neighbors complained about the flies and dust from Davis' farm, he offered to pay for half the cost of building a fence. [more]