Is it a stretch for taxpayers to fund yoga classes for jail inmates?
That's the question in New Mexico, where officials are considering budget cuts that might leave prisoners without a leg to balance on.
Yoga, tae bo, tai chi and art therapy classes are on the chopping block at the...
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Ohio on Thursday executed a one-time neo-Nazi who shot to death two men and a teen more than a quarter-century ago on the campus of Cleveland State University in a shooting spree that targeted blacks.
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Could you imagine the police responding to this particular call? “So you’re telling me that the bar fight was started by the sumo wrestler over there, involving a giant chocolate bar? Exactly how long did the fight last?” “It was about as long as the headline for this in...
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TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) – A controversial iPod and iPad application that makes a game of the perils of sneaking across the U.S.-Mexico border has sparked controversy among activists for immigrant rights.
In the game "Smuggle Truck," which is due for release next month, a truck bounces along...
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A Canadian woman has become the first person in the world to graduate with a Masters degree in Beatles studies.
Former Miss Canada finalist, Mary-Lu Zahalan-Kennedy was one of the first 12 students to sign up for the...
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Doomsday: After Many Predictions, We're Still Here
"Repent, repent, the end is near!" Or is it?
How many times have we heard that in movies, on TV, throughout literature and in the Bible? Yet, as often as people have predicted a global apocalypse, we're still here, still intact.
You've...
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First Lady Laura Bush (C) and her daughters Jenna and Barbara (L to R) are greeted by Elmo at the 5th annual Sesame Street Workshop gala in New York on May 30, 2007. The event honored the First Lady for her work in promoting early literacy. (UPI File Photo/Ezio Petersen) | Enlarge
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Think about this:
1. Cows
2. The Constitution
3. The Ten Commandments
COWS
Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she slept...
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A tory MP who described some of his constituents as "primitive people holding up their trousers with bits of twine" admitted his remarks had been "extremely foolish".
Rory Stewart, who represents Penrith and the Borders, also made a joke about local people failing to get medical help for a...
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A Mexican, an Arab and an Arizona girl are in the same bar.
When the Mexican finishes his beer, he throws his glass in the air, pulls out his pistol, and shoots the glass to pieces.
He says, 'In Mexico, our glasses are so cheap we don't need to drink with the same one twice.'
The Arab...
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Ever since “Awkward Family Photos” came out I’ve been drawn to these nutty pictures. It’s not so much the pictures that’s crazy, it’s the stories behind them. I mean...
Captured by Hitler with Oliver Twist in the tower
Guards say here's pens and paper just sit down and work for an hour
O, Goodness, how can we escape? but it's not worthwhile
All I can do is smile.
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Well, so do you think that Apple is becoming Evil, or already is evil?
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