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Man committing random acts of kindness by giving out cash, detained in mental hospital
Richard Wright was brightening the days of dozens of strangers in the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) in Canada, by handing out C$50 and C$100 bills.
Odd NewsRadio station outrages listeners by burning thousands in cash for promo stunt
AMP Radio in Calgary, Canada received major backlash after they followed through on a promotion where they burned C$5,000 in cash.
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The Central Arizona Project, which controls and operates the canal that redirects water from the Colorado River into Arizona, is researching snow-making techniques made possible by cloud seeding, AZCentral.com reports. The project could boost Arizona's water supply by 5 to 10 percent.
The SideshowClown on Staten Island just generally creeping people out [UPDATED]
“Bro, I did a double take. My heart stopped."
Odd NewsFortune cookies: The new financial advisers
When is a cookie worth $421,811? Not often enough. But it did happen to one San Jose woman, who used the numbers on a fortune cookie to win a California Lottery Mega Millions jackpot, the San Jose Mercury News reported.
The SideshowSurveillance tape suggests store is haunted (with video)
The store denies it was staged in any way.
Odd NewsCamera used on moon landing sold for $758,489
VIENNA (AP) — It was put on auction as a camera that made it to the moon and back. And it had its price — nearly $760,000.
Associated PressJeff Bauman, Boston bombing survivor who lost both legs, expecting child with fiancee
Jeff Bauman, the 28-year-old Boston Marathon bombing survivor who lost both legs in the attack last April, is expecting a child with fiancee Erin Hurley, 27.
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DUBLIN (AP) — Do you own a shaggy sheep? Ireland needs ewes.
Associated PressCircus elephants escape, damage parking lot cars
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say three elephants escaped from their handlers at a circus near St. Louis and damaged several vehicles in the parking lot before they were recaptured.
Associated PressDrudge Report author caught in debate over Obamacare penalty claims
Matt Drudge announced to the world that he'd made his first penalty payment after refusing to get health insurance. Not so fast, say his critics.
The SideshowMost cigarettes sold in New York were smuggled into the state to avoid taxes
A new study says that higher cigarette taxes have led to a surge in black market sales of tobacco in New York and other states.
The SideshowCouple in U.S. lived on yacht, collected welfare: prosecutor
A couple who collected food stamps and other public assistance from Minnesota while living on a yacht in Florida were being sought on fraud charges, prosecutors said on Friday. Colin Chisholm III and his wife, Andrea Chisholm, accepted more than $165,000 in public assistance between 2005 and 2012…
ReutersWoman convinces entire town that she was expecting quintuplets when she wasn’t pregnant
The entire town of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in Quebec, Canada was rallying behind one of their own residents who had led them to believe she was pregnant with quintuplets.
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AdChoices NetflixSponsoredConnecticut chimp attack victim seeks right to sue state
By Richard Weizel HARTFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - A woman whose face and hands were ripped off by a friend's pet chimpanzee in 2009 came to the Connecticut State Capitol on Friday to ask permission to sue the state for $150 million in damages. Charla Nash, who has undergone a face transplant…
ReutersMan arrested after asking bank teller to spank him
Drake Parks of Van Buren, Arkansas was arrested this week for a very inappropriate phone call.
Odd NewsDriver given red light camera ticket for car he doesn’t own, has never driven, from a city he’s never visited
For weeks, Andrew Rainey of Orlando, Florida has been fighting a red light camera ticket he received for a car he doesn’t own, and never drove, from a camera in a city he’s never been to.
Odd NewsSearch for old Atari games to go on in New Mexico
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — Organizers say a planned dig into a New Mexico landfill for a rumored cache of what some consider the worst Atari video game of all time is expected to proceed despite state environmental regulators' concerns.
Associated PressMom arrested while trying to console special needs son in school
Because she neglected to sign in, the mother was arrested and charged with trespassing.
Odd NewsNorwegian F-16 pilot shoots incredible footage from the cockpit
Time to brush off your "Top Gun" quotes. This video, shot by a Norwegian fighter pilot while zooming around in an F-16 jet during a training exercise, gives viewers a cockpit view of life in the danger zone.
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