Good, clean fun

Under pressure: Sure, you’ve used a pressure washer to clean your driveway, but have you considered other pressure-washing possibilities, including cars, trucks, outdoor furniture and your grill?

But why stop there? Tough grass stains on your kids’ jeans? Line ‘em up (remove kid, first) and hose ‘em down. Documents you want to destroy but no paper-shredder? Blast ‘em to bits. Forgot the potato masher on your camping trip? Mashed potatoes are as easy as squeezing the wand’s trigger. And cleanup’s a breeze.

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Hungry little hobbitses: A recent fossil find has shown the origins of a human cousin, standing 3½ feet tall and dubbed “hobbits,” may date back 700,000 years.

Adding to the scientists’ certainty were the fossilized remains of a 700,000-year-old second breakfast of ham, soft cheese, poached eggs and clotted cream and berries on bread.

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Coffee, tea or wodka: Russia rolled out a new twin-engine jet, the MC-21, intended to free Russian airlines from buying from Boeing and Airbus.

When the MC-21 makes its maiden flight next year, Russian President Vladimir Putin will be aboard, bare-chested and riding on top.

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