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Drake University's 'D+' logo earns failing grade

A "D+" campaign logo aimed at encouraging recruitment at Drake University is getting a failing grade from some faculty, students and alumni.

MI suspicious package: Cream of Wheat

A hazardous materials team responded to a suspicious package at the DHS office at Franklin and Jefferson in Grand Rapids A hazardous materials team ...

Hell freezes over: Duke Nukem Forever set to release in 2011

Forever may be here, at last. The game that has become synonymous with vaporware, Duke Nukem Forever , may in fact be hitting the shelves in 2011, or ...

Auhorities nab YouTube 'Puppy Throwing Girl' in Bosnia

She's been found, and reportedly without help from Internet group 4Chan. The second such incident within a short period involving YouTube videos that ...

Montana teen accidentally texts sheriff to buy pot

General rule of thumb: when looking to buy marijuana, don't text the sheriff. Authorities say a Helena teen sent out a text message last week in search ...

USA Today Offbeat News

Pet Talk: Think outside the dog breed box for running buddies

The new issue of 'Runner's World' features runners and their running buddies, some athletic dogs and some not so much, like a 14-pound terri ...

Venezuela pol raffles breast implants for campaign

A Venezuelan politician is holding an unusual raffle to raise campaign cash. The grand prize: breast implants. For a little under $6 a ticket, ...

Wash. bride arrested for DUI on her wedding day

A 31-year-old bride heading home from her bachelorette party was arrested for drunken driving hours before she was to get married.

Memorabilia dealer selling Salinger's toilet

A North Carolina collectibles dealer is hawking a toilet ripped from reclusive author J.D. Salinger's former home.

South Sudan plans animal shaped cities

A city shaped like a giraffe? A rhino-shaped town? Even one that looks from above like a pineapple? Southern Sudan has unveiled ambitious plans ...

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German party mistakenly hands out porn pens to kids (Reuters)

Reuters - To sweeten their first day at primary school German children are normally given a cardboard cone filled with sweets, but schoolchildren in Essen ...

Tourist treat - famous toilets (Reuters)

Firm can't fire man for 1.8 cent theft (Reuters)

Reuters - A German company that fired a man for the theft of 1.8 euro cents (two U.S. cents) worth of electricity had no grounds for sacking him, a court ...

Koranic teachers arrested over child begging (Reuters)

Reuters - Senegalese security forces have arrested seven Koranic teachers for forcing children to panhandle, a police official said on Friday, days after ...

Man bites police over a pet peeve (Reuters)

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Gamers prove their metal as rock stars

Jess Hu is a child care provider from Brooklyn, New York, but for 20 hours a week, she's a rock star. That's how much she estimates she plays the video ...

Comedian is living in an Ikea store

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Texas town hopes to become UFO landing spot

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Governor's son sells 'Don't Drop the Soap'

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Cops snag lotto ticket from accused drug dealer

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Politician cuts the fat with photo fakery

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Puppy vs. polar cub for cuteness title

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