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Are you lookin’ at me?
A zoo in Belgium is asking visitors not to make eye contact with its chimps. http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/07/04/19/100wir_a2monkey001.cfm?refresh=yes It can…
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Remember the Sonics?
It’s the duty of every newspaper to tell its readers something they didn’t know. So here’s something you…
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No bones about it
Christie’s is having a mammoth auction. No, really. It’s selling a 15,000-year-old mammoth skeleton, along with a meteorite,…
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Beware of hoity toities
A popular line of bidet toilets in Japan comes with all sorts of fancy features, including a pulsating…
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Formerly known as the prince’s girlfriend
The royal wedding that was never on is off. A British tabloid has reported that Prince William and…
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Stray shopping carts
Soon to be a major motion picture. It’s not “The Bridges of Madison County,” but “The Stray Shopping…
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Tastes like chicken?
Kentucky Fried T. rex. Scientists examining proteins found in the fossil of a Tyrannosaurus rex say its collagen…
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Don’t call us
Zip it or ticket. It will soon be illegal to talk on a cell phone while driving. (http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/07/04/12/100loc_a1cellphones001.cfm)…
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Pound any key with a hammer to continue
Ah, the joys of a shiny new computer. It’s got speed, power and a refreshing lack of strange…
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Our eyes did not deceive us
Spotted on I-5: A casket company truck bearing, with no apparent sense of irony, the message “Please drive…
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Mandatory goatees
And the winner of the Anna Nicole Smith paternity case is … Larry Birkhead! (http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/07/04/11/100wir_a2annanicole001.cfm?refresh=yes) Yeah, we were…
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Play (snow)ball!
Only snow flew in Cleveland on Sunday after a second doubleheader between the Mariners and the Indians was…
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What’s a leotard worth?
Holy heap of cash, Batman! Superman trumped Batman at an auction last week, where Christopher Reeve’s leotard went…
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Dress code too strict for these dancers
The Everett Explosion begin play tonight against a fellow IBL expansion team, the Lewis County Raptors (http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/07/04/07/100spo_e3explosionsider001.cfm?refresh=yes).
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Tiny like the wolf
Researchers have found the piece of DNA that makes all small dogs small, a gene regulator they inherited…
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Beating Prince George in 3 easy steps
The Silvertips are pondering how to beat Prince George in round 2 of the WHL playoffs (http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/07/04/05/100spo_d01tips001.cfm). Here’s…
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M’s get down when they go long
The Mariners gotta have that funk, so they’re playing “Give Up the Funk” whenever one of the good…
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The Donald’s hair is unflappable
The hopes of hairstylists everywhere were dashed Sunday when Donald Trump got to keep his not-so-derring ’do after…
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All aboard the bandwagon
Ah, opening day. The excitement. The optimism. The seventh-inning stretch for another beer.
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Cheer or call 911?
Should we cheer or call 911? The Everett Hawks af2 arena football team opens its season today at…