Zombie Darwin

Bear, 2 cubs freefall from tree after being sedated

2012-10-14T16:26:00.001-04:00

Montana wildlife officials on Thursday had to sedate a black bear and her two cubs after they had climbed up a tree on the grounds of a hotel in Missoula. The bears fell into a net, and the hotel even provided pillows to help break their fall.

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Woman rides wild manatee, turns herself in

2012-10-07T17:53:00.001-04:00

A woman who police said was seen touching and riding a manatee in Fort De Soto Park in Pinellas, Fla., said she had no idea that was illegal, authorities say.

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In Search of Putin’s Money

2012-10-07T03:04:00.001-04:00

Vladimir Putin was elected to serve as Russia’s president for another six years. To his supporters, such as those we encountered celebrating at an election night government rally in Moscow, Putin is a hero, the strong man who brought order to Russia after the chaos of the

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Oddly named man's walking stick prompts evacuation

2012-10-06T20:13:00.001-04:00

It happens virtually every day somewhere in America: A suspicious object is found in a public building. The building is evacuated. The object turns out to be innocuous. Everybody goes back to work.

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2012-10-05T05:57:00.001-04:00

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The Molecule That Made Our World

2012-10-05T04:25:00.001-04:00

Oxygen – we all need it, we can’t live without it. It’s integral to life on this planet. And it’s probable that, as you watch this film, you will be breathing in an oxygen atom that was also breathed by Genghis Khan – or by the first

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Robbers try to blow up ATM, but blow up bank instead

2012-10-05T01:53:00.001-04:00

MAINZ, Germany -- Robbers attempted to blow up an ATM to get the cash inside early Monday -- but ended up destroying the whole bank.

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Missing for 30 years, but her checks were cashed

2012-10-04T20:05:00.001-04:00

Three family members have been charged with cashing the Social Security checks of a Wisconsin woman who has been missing for 30 years.

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Playboy's No. 1 party school: We want a recount

2012-10-04T14:24:00.001-04:00

Officials at the University of Virginia aren't thrilled with Playboy’s listing of the nation’s oldest public university as the No. 1 party school in America.

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Getting into Cirque Du Soleil

2012-09-12T11:57:00.001-04:00

Ever wondered what it takes to be a part of Cirque du Soleil? Getting to be a one of a kind performer is no small feat. For four months, 16×9 followed Cirque Du Soleil scouts as they scoured the world, searching for the best of the best.

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HBT: Nats dress up as US women's gymnasts

2012-09-12T11:15:00.001-04:00

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The Nigerian Connection

2012-09-12T06:22:00.001-04:00

Every year tens of thousands of West Africans migrate to Europe in search of a better life. But for some of them that search will end in tragedy, as they fall victim to competing mafia gangs that prey on the hopes of the desperate. In southern Italy,

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Garbage Island

2012-09-12T05:01:00.001-04:00

Vice sails to the North Pacific Gyre, collecting point for all of the ocean’s flotsam and home of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch: a mythical, Texas-sized island made entirely of our trash. As long as it’s existed, the middle of the Gyre has been a naturally occurring

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Her vision is perfect, but she can't see a thing

2012-09-12T01:53:00.001-04:00

“It was a quiet Thursday afternoon when A.S., a 68-year-old woman from a suburb of Chicago, awakened from a nap to the realization that something was terribly wrong,” begins a remarkable article in the September 11 issue of the journal Neurology.

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Quadruplets' haircuts make them easy to tell apart

2012-09-11T21:40:00.001-04:00

Six-year-old quadruplets from Shenzhen in southern China had their hair shaved into various numbers before they went to school for the first time.

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2012-08-27T04:40:00.001-04:00

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Spacing out for a bit can boost your memory

2012-08-27T04:33:00.001-04:00

Next time you zone out when your girlfriend is talking to you, just tell her you wanted to remember what she was saying longer.

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D'oh! Post office stuck with 'Simpsons' stamps

2012-08-27T03:17:00.001-04:00

Has "The Simpsons" fandom run its course, or did the U.S. Postal Service simply dream too big? The post office produced 1 billion "Simpsons" themed 44-cent stamps in 2009, but only 318 million were sold, the New York Times reports.

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USA's 'Nordic Thunder' wins world air guitar champs

2012-08-27T02:28:00.001-04:00

American Justin Howard, alias Nordic Thunder, was crowned world champion air guitar player in Finland late Friday, narrowly ahead of his compatriot Matt Burns, aka Airistotle.

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Flight delayed after pilot deploys emergency chute

2012-08-26T14:31:00.001-04:00

A United Airlines flight from Seattle to Newark was delayed Wednesday morning after the pilot forcibly tried to close the main passenger door and accidentally deployed the plane's emergency water slide.

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The Litvinenko Inquiry

2012-08-21T02:35:00.001-04:00

Russian Hour presents the follow up to their documentary about the Lugovoy Polygraph. Featuring Mary Dejevsky, one of the UKs most respected commentators on Russia they explore the state of Russian-British relationships. With Princeton University Professor William Happer US Government Nuclear Forensics Advisor, Russian Hour looks at

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100 FedEx employees treated after chili pepper leak

2012-08-18T15:21:00.001-04:00

More than 100 FedEx employees at the company's Memphis, Tenn., parcel hub were treated for exposure after a forklift punctured a barrel of concentrated chili peppers used to make pepper spray.

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The Litvinenko Inquiry

2012-08-18T12:59:00.001-04:00

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Brainwashed by the Westboro Baptist Church

2012-08-18T09:07:00.001-04:00

VICE followed the story of the Westboro Baptist Church as families split and children were brainwashed into picketing funerals and bashing homosexuals. During that time, VICE interviewed more than a dozen members of the reviled group, including some of the only members not related by blood, the

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Syria diversion: Passengers asked for fuel money

2012-08-18T06:00:00.001-04:00

An emergency layover in Syria's war-torn capital was bad enough. Then passengers on Air France Flight 562 were asked if they had enough cash to pay for more fuel.

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