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In honor of Black History Month, check out these iconic vintage images from the civil rights era.

Remember Ted Williams, the homeless man with the golden radio voice? How could you not, he was crammed down your throat through every media outlet possible. But in case you forgot, or have been living under a rock for most of 2011, he is the homeless man living in Ohio who became famous over night after a video of him speaking went viral earlier this year. Ted's quick rise to fame consisted of morning show appearances and reunions with his family.  Just as quickly, Ted fell back into his rut with a visit to rehab for alcohol abuse after the police were called to his hotel because of a fight with a family member.

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Girls have been allowed to compete in high school wrestling tournaments along side their male peers for over 20 years but yesterday, Cassey Herkelman was the first female to win the Iowa State Wrestling Championships....by forfeit.

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Melissa Moorehouse lost her pet boa constrictor Penelope a month ago when it slithered out of her jacket as she was riding the red line train in Boston.

Initially, train officials took the car Penelope was lost in out of service, so they could search for the three-foot snake. They weren’t able to find her, but she turned up a month later in an adjacent car. A train attendant who also owned a snake spotted Penelope and put her in a box.

Now Melissa and Penelope are reunited. Boa constrictors can go months without eating, and Penelope probably remained on the train because it’s kept warm 24/7.

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Marc Rudov, the self-proclaimed "No Nonsense Man" is causing controversy with his contention that real men should boycott Valentine's Day, which he calls "Nomance Day." He describes Valentine's Day as "phony, guilt-driven, over-priced" and "all about her."

Check out video of Rudov making his case against the romantic holiday after the jump. (Via Q103 Albany)

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Kristy Powell, a therapist and Pilates teacher in New Haven, CT., will wear the same multifunctional black dress for an entire year.

The 26-year-old is doing so as a cultural experiment and to protest “the ways that fashion undervalues, denigrates, objectifies and often times insults women.”

For purposes of cleanliness, she w

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Snack fans united in shock and disbelief on Tuesday after The Wall Street Journal reported that the Girl Scouts would be discontinuing a few varieties of their popular cookies. The economy hasn't been kind to the cookie business over the past couple of years, organization reps explained to the paper, and a few flavors had to go.

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Snow and ice may be blanketing a good part of the country, but the nation’s foremost groundhog says better weather is coming soon.

Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow this February 2nd, as he emerged from Gobbler's Knob, which suggests we will have an early spring.

Since 1887, Phil has only predicted 15 early springs. The StormFax Weather Almanac pegs Phil’s accuracy as a prognosticator at 39 percent. See video of the little critter after the jump.

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So we all know the world is filled with crazy people.  They either follow, stalk or creep celebrities.  The others...are the celebrities..haha, just kidding...maybe.  Anyways, how would you like to be slapped with a $900 billion lawsuit like Diddy

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A New York City man is suing Facebook for over $500,000 after the social networking company disabled his account. 30-year-old Mustafa Fteja claims that since his account was taken down he's become alienated from his 340 Facebook friends (he says he uses the account to keep in touch with family members in other parts of the world).

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It's been 25 years since the seven astronauts died when the Challenger Space Shuttle exploded shortly after liftoff. The accident occurred on January 28th 1986 just 73 seconds into the flight. Killing the entire crew, including school teacher Christa McAuliffe.

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She fell in the fountain.....REEEEEEEMIIIIIIIIIIX!

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