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Picasso Drawing Worth $200,000 Snatched From San Francisco Gallery
Where's Sherlock Holmes when you need him? Just before noon on Tuesday, a sharply dressed man looted the Picasso pencil drawing "Tête de Femme" (A Woman's Head) from the Weinstein Gallery on San Francisco's Geary Street. He reportedly snatched the framed work, valued at more than $200,000, from the gallery's entrance and then took off in [...]  |
Pigeons Remember That You Hate Them, Will Probably Plot Revenge Later
Remember that pigeon you scowled and hissed at last week? He remembers you. French scientists presented research at the recent Society for Experimental Biology Annual Conference that suggested that not only do pigeons recognize people who've been hostile towards them in the past, but they also know enough to avoid them. (LIST: Top 10 Militant [...]  |
Party in Pyeongchang: South Korea Awarded 2018 Winter Olympics
Third time was a charm for the South Korean city of Pyeongchang.The city had made two unsuccessful bids to host the Winter Olympics before (once in 2010 and again in 2014) but after a landslide vote on Wednesday, they finally managed to score the honor. The decision was made after the city snagged 63 of [...]  |
Wednesday Words: Casey Anthony, Hot Dogs and Wildfires
Welcome to NewsFeed's weekly highlight of the vocabulary of our lives â€" including useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the old tongue). Latest lawyerese: fantasy forensics The defense lawyer in the Casey Anthony trial used this term to describe the prosecutors' attempt to link [...]  |
Does Banning Porn from Prisons Violate the U.S. Constitution?
An inmate has sued the state of Michigan, arguing that his prison's ban on porn constitutes "cruel and unusual punishment." In a five-page, handwritten lawsuit, Kyle Richards, 21, claims that the Macomb County Jail is breaching his civil rights by refusing access to erotic material. "Such living conditions have been used as a method of [...]  |
Shoot at Your Own Risk: LA Paparazzi Can Be Jailed For Snapping William and Kate
Los Angeles is boosting its red carpet treatment for those with blue blood. In preparation for the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, who will stay in Los Angeles through the weekend, the Los Angeles Police Department has arranged for paparazzi-free zones for the royal couple. Any photographer that takes shots of Prince [...]  |
Typing Beats Scribbling: Indiana Schools Can Stop Teaching Cursive
Who still writes in cursive? That age-old writing method you might never have used since fourth grade will no longer be taught in Indiana schools come fall, thanks to a memo from school officials. Instead, students will be expected to become proficient in keyboard use. Seems like a smart move as being able to type [...]  |
Introducing the Newest Rare Animal Hybrid: The Donkra
What's going on at the zoos over in China? Recently, we told you about a litter of ligers (those are lion/tigress hybrids, for those who are catching up) that were born at China's Xixiakou Wildlife Zoo and found themselves an unsuspecting surrogate mother: A black dog. Now, we bring you another fascinating and bizarre cross-animal [...]  |
Watch: Massive Dust Storm Swells Across Arizona
The name for these massive dust storms that fill the skyâ€"a haboobâ€"sounds deceptively playful. The reality in the Phoenix area yesterday, as the wave of dust rolled across the desert, was a sudden blackout filled with sand churning in 50-mph winds. Ha-yikes. Reports of damage are minimal. (Flights had to be delayed and plenty of [...]  The name for these massive dust storms that fill the skyâ€"a haboobâ€"sounds deceptively playful. The reality in the Phoenix area yesterday, as the wave of dust rolled across the desert, was a sudden blackout filled with sand churning in 50-mph winds. Ha-yikes. Reports of damage are minimal. (Flights had to be delayed and plenty of [...] |
The Power of School Spirit? Poisoned Trees at Auburn University Now Showing New Life
Long live the trees. Originally thought beyond help, the poisoned oak trees at Auburn University, in a popular celebration ground known as Toomer's Corner, have hope. And a bit of life to go with it. After a crazed Alabama fan (he took this rivalry prank a touch too far, don't you think?) dumped powerful herbicide [...]  |
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