How about a velvet Elvis?
To head off urban blight, the city of Everett is requiring downtown property owners to keep vacant buildings maintained and decorate unoccupied storefronts by painting scenes in display windows.
If property owners are looking for some inspiration, we’d like to suggest painting the windows with classic American scenes, such as dogs playing poker or sad-faced clowns.
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Ever seen a ferret sneeze?
Scientists have determined that the swine flu virus does not mutate when exposed to other flu viruses. They learned this after swabbing flu virus in the nostrils of ferrets.
At the same time the scientists also discovered the absolute worst job you can give a research assistant.
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This day in history — on a stick:
In 1901, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt gives his famous “speak softly and carry a big stick” speech at the Minnesota State Fair.
Historians now believe Roosevelt was trying to quietly ask someone to get him a kielbasa on a stick and didn’t want his wife to hear.
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