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President Bush flashed his wristwatch, insisting it was not stolen while shaking hands in Albania.
It tapes open the throttle on a motorcycle and takes bets on how long it will take to die.
June 14, 2007 · Lost on the mean streets of New York were a hawk, another wild bird, and a lamb. Experts say the birds were both fledglings and, it being spring, were learning to fly. The little lamb, however, is a different story. She escaped from an animal market in the Bronx. Her name: Lucky Lady.
June 13, 2007 · The discount retailer Target is offering wedding dresses on its Web site for less than $200. According to the Conde Nast annual wedding survey, a wedding dress typically costs $1,000.
June 13, 2007 · Author Conn Iggulden talks about his book, Dangerous Book for Boys, a manual that advises fathers to teach their sons stick ball, kite flying, fishing, camping, and stories around a fire. There are no video games or iPods in this book, and baby boomers and their sons love it. Web Extra: Read an Excerpt
June 13, 2007 · The cookie table is as likely to be at the top of some brides' wedding checklist as dresses, centerpieces and color schemes. For Mollie Cox Bryan, the must-have wedding tradition is something more: a touchstone of her past, lovingly made by women whom she had known her whole life.
June 11, 2007 · Exactly 50 years ago, citizens in Tulsa, Okla., buried a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere as a time capsule. This weekend, the time capsule will be unearthed at a ceremony. Charles Phoenix and Steve Proffitt are road-tripping there this week, and will deliver a series of reports.
June 12, 2007 · Argo, the new watchdog patrolling museums in Turin, Italy, is a robot. The programmed pup is decked out in cameras and signaling devices to help guards catch a thief. A bonus: his electronic nose can also detect changes in light and humidity that could hurt precious paintings.
June 12, 2007 · Kandi Hanson of Minnesota was running a 10-K race last weekend when a deer ran into her. That probably wouldn't have made the news except that Hanson has a bit of a history: she's totaled one car and damaged two others in collisions with deer.
June 12, 2007 · Drought conditions have caused crowding in the Florida river — for fish and for boaters, a state Wildlife official says. During the weekend, a 32-year-old Jet Skier was knocked unconscious by a jumping sturgeon, and in 2006, 10 people were hurt in sturgeon-human incidents in Florida.
June 11, 2007 · Our humorist says Sunday night's Sopranos finale represents the end of appointment-TV viewing as we know it. He offers some suggestions on what to do with your Sunday nights in the future.
June 12, 2007 · Washing dishes was not a stepping stone for Pete Jordan, but a calling that spanned 12 years and 50 states. He takes readers to the heart of the kitchen — the dish pit — in "Dishwasher: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All 50 States.
June 12, 2007 · Jamaican police say Pakistani cricket coach Bob Woolmer was not murdered during a March competition, but instead died of natural causes. Woolmer died in Jamaica after the high-ranked Pakistani cricket team was dealt a humiliating defeat in the Cricket World Cup.
June 9, 2007 · Keith Eldred tested a fun "fact" printed in May's Discover magazine: that a standard yellow pencil could write 45,000 words. The test? To transcribe To Kill a Mockingbird using just one pencil.
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