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Caught by alligators
23/05/2013 | Administrator

***The following is supposedly a true story. To be included, besides being true, the story is most likely strange, weird, surprising, or funny.


A 71-yearl-old man fell off a dock and into the jaws of a [ ... ]


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200,000 Freestanding Playing Cards! Amazing!!!
23/05/2013 | Administrator
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Bryan Berg broke his own Guinness World Record for the largest house of freestanding playing cards at The Venetian® Macao. The buildings used more than 200,000 cards and took 45 days to complete.
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Why ask why
23/05/2013 | Administrator

Do you need a silencer if you are going to shoot a mime?

If the 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors?

If you tied buttered toast to the back of a cat and dropp [ ... ]


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    • Divided post-revolution Egypt heads to the polls

      Created: Monday, 28 November 2011 20:07 Author: Administrator
      Post-revolution Egypt, divided by political differences and violence, heads to the polls on Monday at the start of a chaotic election process to usher in democracy in the Arab world's most populous nation.Ten months after popular protests ended 30 years o...

    • St Maarten finds local lionfish tainted with toxin

      Created: Monday, 28 November 2011 20:07 Author: Administrator
      KINGSTON, Jamaica  — Conservationists in St. Maarten are warning islanders not to eat lionfish after tests found a naturally occurring toxin in the flesh of the candy-striped invasive species, officials said Thursday.The findings have dealt a blow to t...

    • Ten dead, 33 missing after Indonesia bridge collapse

      Created: Monday, 28 November 2011 20:06 Author: Administrator
      The death toll from a weekend bridge collapse on Borneo island climbed to 10 on Monday with more than 30 people still reported missing, Indonesian rescue officials said.Dozens of vehicles and construction workers were thrown into the water when the busy 7...

    • Two dead, more than 20 hurt in Philippine blast

      Created: Monday, 28 November 2011 20:05 Author: Administrator
      At least two people were killed and more than 20 others wounded in an explosion in a small hotel in the troubled southern Philippines on Sunday, rescue workers said.Philippine Red Cross personnel at the scene of the blast in the southern port city of Zamb...

    • China's Wen pledges more school buses after crash

      Created: Monday, 28 November 2011 20:02 Author: Administrator
      Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has pledged to improve safety and provide more school buses after the deaths of 19 children in a massively overcrowded bus sparked a public outcry.Wen's remarks came after 19 children and two adults were killed earlier this mont...

    • Sri Lanka storm kills 19, damages 5,700 homes

      Created: Monday, 28 November 2011 19:57 Author: Administrator
      A storm packing heavy rain and gusty winds lashed southern Sri Lanka over the weekend, killing at least 19 and leaving 43 fishermen missing, the island's disaster management centre said Sunday.{reg}More than 53,000 people were also forced out of their dam...

    • Long Island Park declared as conservation area

      Created: Monday, 28 November 2011 19:53 Author: Aurea Gerundio-Dizon
      Gov. Yositaka Adachi on November 21 signed Koror State Law No. K9-244-2011, declaring Long Island Park and the adjoining rock island as conservation area.The new law states that the conservation area shall consist of all fringing reef and island areas of ...

    • Long Island Park declared as conservation area

      Created: Monday, 28 November 2011 19:53 Author: Aurea Gerundio-Dizon
      Gov. Yositaka Adachi on November 21 signed Koror State Law No. K9-244-2011, declaring Long Island Park and the adjoining rock island as conservation area.The new law states that the conservation area shall consist of all fringing reef and island areas of ...

    • PPUC to maintain rationing schedule

      Created: Monday, 28 November 2011 19:52 Author: Aurea Gerundio-Dizon
      Shortened hours of outage anticipatedDespite complaints on the current rationing schedule, Palau Public Utilities Corporation will not be changing the schedule.Interim General Manager Ken Uyehara yesterday said that PPUC will maintain the schedule but the...

    • Sugiyama says there is no ‘design defect’ on Niigata engines part

      Created: Monday, 28 November 2011 19:48 Author: Aurea Gerundio-Dizon
      A local representative for TESS Engineering yesterday refuted information released by Palau Public Utilities Corporation to the media that there was a design defect on the lube oil pump for the Niigata engines.{reg}John Sugiyama said that TESS, the Japane...

    Sports News

    Etpison Cup at Drop Off Bar and Grill
    23/05/2013 | Peter Erick Magbanua

    Fishing derby enthusiasts are set to gather tomorrow for the much awaited 23rd annual Sports Fishing tournament featuring the Etpison Cup at the Drop Off Bar and Grill.

    A whooping $30,000 grand prize  [ ... ]


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    Breakers escape Stingers, 77-75 in IP&E NBL 2013
    23/05/2013 | Peter Erick Magbanua

    Team Breakers held on with their defense as they managed to escape with a 77-75 victory over the Neco Marine Stingers, Wednesday night in the ongoing 2013 season of the Shell IP&E National Basketball  [ ... ]


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    Regional News

    Japan stocks dive as benchmark bond yield spikes
    23/05/2013 | Administrator

    BANGKOK  — Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share pri [ ... ]


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    Lawyer: Malaysian accused of rape married the girl
    23/05/2013 | Administrator


    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia  — Prosecutors are pursuing rape charges against a 40-year-old Malaysian who allegedly had sex with a 13-year-old girl and then married her.

    Restaurant manager Riduan Masmud w [ ... ]


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    7 excessive emotional feelings that damage body organs!
    23/05/2013 | Administrator

    Unbalanced emotion is the biggest cause of blockages in the body. Chinese Medicine tells us that overexcitement and excessive causes damage to the heart energy.

    Anger and anxiety damages the liver ener [ ... ]


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    Polish man gets quick face transplant after injury
    23/05/2013 | Administrator

    WARSAW, Poland — A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to  [ ... ]


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