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Massachusetts Woman Wins $7 Million Lottery — And Doesn’t Tell Anyone

If you ever have a secret you’re dying to spill but you want it to stay safe, we suggest telling Kathleen Crewe. She can probably be trusted with it — after all, she won a $7 million lottery and kept it to herself for days.

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Man Arrested on Drug Charges Has the Weirdest Name Ever — Guess What It Is

Normally the news of a random guy being arrested on a litany of drug charges wouldn’t necessarily make national headlines, but when that guy is named Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop (you definitely read that right), people take notice.

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Italy Tops the List of Most Popular Vacation Destinations in 2012 — Survey of the Day

Are you planning on using your passport in 2012? According to a Travel-Ticker survey of 2,301 people, Italy is the most popular overseas travel spot for the coming year, with 43 percent citing it as one of their “dream destinations.”

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‘Baby Bump,’ ‘Occupy’ Among 2012 List of ‘Banished’ Words

Every year, Michigan’s Lake Superior State University asks people which words and phrases have been so overused that they should be essentially banished from the English language. The school just released their list for 2012, and it’s certainly stirring up debate.

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Twin New Year’s Babies Actually Have Different Birth Years — Wait, What?

Sometimes twin babies born hours apart can end up having different birthdays, but one set in Minneapolis actually have different birth years.

While Beckett Humenny was born at 6:40 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, it seems his sister Freya wasn’t quite ready to leave the comforts of the womb until nearly six hours later. She was born at 12:26 a.m. on January 1st.

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Pen Swimming in Stomach Acid for 25 Years Still Writes

Doctors at a U.K. hospital proved the pen is truly mightier than the sword, when they discovered a pen that was sitting in stomach acid for 25 years still writes.

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Category: Health, News, Weird News
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“Coast To Coast AM” Guests For 12/24-30

Even during the holidays, "Coast To Coast AM" delivers great listening!

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Watch Thousands of North Koreans Tearfully Mourn the Death of Kim Jong Il [VIDEO]

On Monday, thousands of people marched through the streets of North Korea’s capital and wept openly at the death of leader Kim Jong-il, who died on Saturday at 69 from a heart attack.

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The Newest Dangers to Watch Out for This Season Are Christmas Decorations?

They may look like innocent reflections of the festive holiday season but if you’re not careful, you’ll be seeing a lot more red than green at Christmas.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CSPC) issued an alarming study that found that accidents caused by holiday decorations went from 10,000 cases in 2007 to more than 13,000 in 2010.

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Category: Christmas, News, Weird News
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Proposed Skyscrapers in South Korea May Stir Up Painful Memories of 9/11 [PHOTO]

A Dutch architectural firm is under fire after releasing a mock-up of two proposed buildings in Seoul, South Korea that look eerily like New York City’s Twin Towers just after hijackers flew planes into them on 9/11.

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