Smuggler hid 13 songbirds in his pants, surprisingly got caught

A man tried to smuggle 13 songbirds from Vietnam into the United States by hiding them in a custom-made pair of leggings, and thinking no one would notice. Sony Dong was arrested when he touched down in Los Angeles...

Socks, former Clinton White House cat, put to sleep

Socks the cat, the former White House cat of the Clinton's was put to sleep today after months battling cancer. He was 20 years old and had been losing weight for quite some time due to his illness. He had mouth...

11 Things Men Should Never Wear (In No Particular Order)

Needless to say, not every fashion crime made it to demiCouture.ca's worst offenses list. Below are all on my personal male style naughty list, and should not be worn by any persons under any circumstance. Message/joke shirts. Yeah, I know you got that shirt from that...

Sock It To Me

"5 minutes of caring Sock It To Me by Sam Davidson (Monday, March 3, 2008) What to do with those old socks? We can't find any hard data, but we're...

Russian biotech scientist invents socks that keep feet smelling fresh

While his fellow scientists are trying to understand the origins of Bing Bang at CERN, Vladimir Rudenov is trying to get to the root of a scientific problem much closer to home…smelly feet. The concept is...

Officials: Burglar wakes men with spice rub, sausage whack

" FRESNO, California (AP) -- Authorities say they've arrested a man who broke into the home of two California farmworkers, stole money, rubbed one with spices and whacked the other with a sausage before fleeing. Fresno County sheriff's Lt. Ian...

Socks and Sandals: High end or dead end?

Ask any person on the street about what they think of socks and sandals and you would usually get a combination of a bug-eyed grimace and a chortle. But it seems like it's not such a black and white verdict...

And The Spoon Ran Away With ...???

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know if someone told me they discovered a Black Hole and a Parallel Universe, and it was in my dryer, I would honest to God believe them, no questions...

May 8th is No Socks Day!

Kick of your shoes, paint your toes, get the flip-flops out, and take your socks off because today is No Socks Day!" Always on May 8th No Socks Day is a day to free your toes of the confines of...

"The Oprah Store" Opens In Chicago

And I thought having your own magazine was getting a bit self-important."What would it be like to walk into Oprah Winfrey's consciousness? You can get close by walking into the new Oprah Store, a mishmash of the...

School loses $95,000 over dress-code

Sometimes, I just don't understand.  I thought parent-teacher meetings were supposed to resolve matters like this."Officials in a Northern California school district might not think Tiggers are such...

Dutch deny 'war on white socks'

"Dutch Finance Ministry officials have denied world media reports that they have declared war on white socks. The reports suggested that white socks were banned after being labelled as "transgressing the limits of decent dress behaviour". A spokeswoman told BBC News Online...

Palestinian Checkpoint Socks: For Those Long Waits

One gets a feeling that this story will be all over the Internet rather shortly, so here it is. The story isn't so much the invention itself as the circumstances that spawned it: when the extreme becomes the banal."A West Bank woman has developed special socks to help...

Live to write

"EHIND THE SCREEN Live to write Brad Copeland's latest script, 'Wild Hogs,' is hitting the big screen. Roger Moore | Sentinel Movie Critic Posted March 5, 2007 PHOTOS Brad Copeland Brad Copeland (TOUCHSTONE PICTURES) Feb 22, 2007 Neighborhoods Your Altamonte Springs Talk...

China's Comrade Condoms

"Comrade Lei Feng once sold Mao to the masses. Now he helps them suit up for safe sex. In his unremarkable 22-year life, which ended ingloriously in 1962 when a PLA comrade accidentally backed a truck into a power pole that fell and crushed him, Lei Feng wanted to be nothing...

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