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The recession's upside: We're less likely to become shark food

1:58 PM Wed, Apr 29, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Hey, here's a piece of good news on the recession. We're less likely to die of a shark attack. At least that's the theory of a one guy who spends a lot of time studying sharks. George Burgess, director of......

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 Tags  International Shark Attack File   recession   sharks  

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Let's hope naked hiking doesn't become a trend

11:27 AM Tue, Apr 28, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Now we know why even the powerful L.L. Bean has taken a hit in this economy: Naked hikers. Who knew anyone would willingly pass up Bean's hip multi-pocketed shirts, shorts and Overland hiking pants and go au naturel in getting......

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 Tags  Germany   L.L. Bean   Lance Armstrong   naked hikers   Swiss Alps   Switzerland  

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Has anyone seen Roger Clemens and Shane Murphy in the same room?

clemensmurphy.jpg 10:02 AM Mon, Apr 27, 2009 | | Comments (3)
By Jack Perry    Email

Has Roger Clemens traded in his old Yankees cap for a new-look Red Sox cap? No, the guy on the left is Clemens, but the guy on the right is Seekonk's Shane Murphy, chief mate of the Maersk Alabama,......

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 Tags  Maersk Alabama   Roger Clemens   Shane Murphy   Somali pirates  

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Who knew starting a pillow fight could get you six months in jail?

10:57 AM Tue, Apr 21, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

How many times have you told the kids to stop with the pillow fights? And now an Associated Press headline out of Burlington, Vt., shows us that pillow fights can lead to real trouble, even a jail term. "Man charged......

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 Tags  Burlington Vt   Oprah   pillow fight  

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Doctors say they found a tree growing in a man's lungs

2:31 PM Mon, Apr 20, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Here's a headline that will catch your eye: Fir tree grows in Man's lungs A lot of us can't even grow tomato plants in our backyards and this guy can apparently grow a tree in his chest. Talk about a......

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 Tags  fir tree   livescience.com   lung   Russian man  

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Whatever happened to Bruce Jenner?

10:56 AM Wed, Apr 15, 2009 | | Comments (3)
By Jack Perry    Email

Where have you gone, Bruce Jenner? The one-time world's greatest athlete, winner of the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1976 Olympics, has become a reality TV star. He's a regular Richard Hatch, only Jenner, the guy who's actually......

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 Tags  Bruce Jenner   Keeping up with the Kardashians   Kim Kardashian   O.J. Simpson   Richard Hatch  

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Look who's back in Iraq

2:20 PM Mon, Apr 13, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

I wonder if people in Iraq have taken to greeting Sen. Jack Reed the way Norm Peterson's friends used to greet him in the popular situation comedy Cheers. "Nor-r-r-m!," they'd shout when Normie would enter his favorite bar. Is Reed......

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 Tags  Cheers   Jack Reed   Norm Peterson   Wade Boggs  

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This model must be the life of the party

Spain Fashion.JPG 2:43 PM Wed, Apr 08, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

It never fails. All of the other fashion models crack up when this model pulls out the old lampshade from her grandmother's house and puts it on her head. See more strange fashion photos and read the accompanying wise-guy......

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 Tags  Barcelona Fashion Week   model  

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A true Patriot would buy a car, a gas grill, new golf clubs

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By Jack Perry    Email

I want to be a Patriot, but I'm not sure I can afford it. I don't want to be a Patriot like Tom Brady, although that would be cool. I want to be more like Mel Gibson, but with......

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 Tags  Mel Gibson   Newsweek   Tom Brady  

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Ohio man charged with drunken driving on bar stool

10:34 AM Wed, Apr 01, 2009 | | Comments (3)
By Jack Perry    Email

Now there's a headline that catches your eye. And here's the story: NEWARK, Ohio (AP) -- Authorities in Ohio say a man has been charged with drunken driving after crashing his motorized bar stool. Police in Newark, 30 miles east......

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 Tags  motorized bar stool   Ohio  

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