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  • Thu Jun 16, 2:13 pm ET

    Strawberry, chocolate, vanilla … cicada?

    By Lili Ladaga

    If you're an adventurous diner, you might want to get yourself over to Sparky's Homemade Ice Cream in Columbia, Mo., to see if they have any leftover cicada ice cream. Yes, cicada as in the BUG. As in BUG ice cream.

    Sparky's employees are allowed to get a little crazy when it comes to new ice cream flavors, so they may have been inspired by all the 13-year cicada corpses lying about after they emerged last month.

    Boiled, then coated in chocolate, the crunchy buggers taste like nuts, apparently. (You know what else tastes like nuts? NUTS.) The shop discontinued the "flavor" after the Health Department advised them to quit serving bugs-n-cream.

  • "Very slow" live cruise show a hit

    Reuters – 2 hrs 54 mins ago  

    OSLO (Reuters) - Worn out by a fast-paced life and faster-paced television shows but lack a vacation budget? Take a five-day cruise along Norway's scenic fjords, all free and streamed live on Norwegian public television. Full Story »

  • Airport geese to be cooked for poor

    Reuters – 2 hrs 55 mins ago  
    File photo shows birds and geese following an elderly man through... AFP/File

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City plans to capture pesky geese that threaten planes departing area airports and send them to Pennsylvania to be cooked for meals for the poor, city officials said. Full Story »

  • Students scramble to save lost "prom nights"

    Reuters – 2 hrs 55 mins ago  

    BERLIN (Reuters) - Dozens of German student groups have accused an event planning firm of ruining their plans for "prom night" and making off with their money. Full Story »

  • Agents seize 159 pounds of iguana meat

    Reuters – Thu Jun 16, 10:25 am ET  

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Customs agents have seized 159 pounds of iguana meat at the Mexican border, hidden in coolers of fish, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokeswoman said on Thursday. Full Story »

  • Cows churn out "human breast milk"

    Reuters – Thu Jun 16, 10:27 am ET  

    BEIJING (Reuters) - Moo-ove over, Mum. Full Story »

  • "Sexist" skirt rule remains in limbo

    Reuters – Thu Jun 16, 10:28 am ET  

    SINGAPORE, Jun (Reuters) - Badminton's controversial 'skirt rule' has not been scrapped but is merely in limbo while officials wait for more consultation after initial feedback deemed it sexist, the governing body told Reuters Thursday. Full Story »

  • Juror jailed for Facebook contempt

    Reuters – Thu Jun 16, 10:25 am ET  
    A Facebook page is displayed on a computer screen in Brussels... Reuters

    LONDON (Reuters) - A juror who contacted a defendant through the Facebook social networking website, causing a multi-million pound trial to collapse, was jailed for eight months on Thursday in a British legal first. Full Story »

  • Cursed number "39" haunts Afghan car owners

    Reuters – Wed Jun 15, 10:41 am ET  
    Cars are parked at a car selling lot in Kabul June 14, 2011.Afghanistan's... Reuters

    KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's booming car sales industry has been thrown into chaos by a growing aversion to the number "39," which almost overnight has become an unlikely synonym for pimp and a mark of shame in this deeply conservative country. Full Story »

  • Bald eagles attack post office at Alaska port

    Reuters – Wed Jun 15, 10:26 am ET  

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A pair of bald eagles nesting near the U.S. Post Office in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, has taken to dive-bombing customers, in one case drawing blood, authorities said on Tuesday. Full Story »

  • Neighbors sign peace deal to stop feud

    Reuters – Wed Jun 15, 10:26 am ET  

    KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A handshake wasn't enough for two Malaysian neighbors embroiled in a lengthy and bitter feud sparked by complaints over barking dogs -- the two actually signed a peace treaty. Full Story »

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