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As you pour money into your gas tank today, and wonder how you'll pay for your kid's next orthodontist bill, I give you permission to quietly curse the name of Sheikh Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan, which you can see from space.  If you can pronounce his name.

He's a 63-year-old billionaire, and part of the family that runs Abu Dhabi, which is part of the United Arab Emirates.  You guessed it . . . oil money.

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Anabela Weber is a perfectly healthy 4-month-old baby . . . no thanks to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, who give new meaning to the word "Jerks".

In March, Anabela's mom Genevieve went into labor with her two weeks early in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba (--45 miles west of Winnipeg).

Genevieve had complications when she gave birth to Anabela's 3-year-old sister, and doctors warned her that she would need a C-section for the new baby.

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The 2018 Winter Olympics will be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The city was named the Olympics’ host in a Wednesday announcement in Durban, South Africa.

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Don't hate Barbie because she's beautiful, hate her because she is destroying the Rainforest.

Barbie has been blammed for many things, like influencing eating disorders and self-esteem problems in young girls. Lately Barbie has been g

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For the first time in his life, Junrey Balawing is standing head and shoulders over everyone else.

Balawing can indeed look down on everyone else now that he has been named the world’s shortest man by Guinness World Records. The Filipino man received the honor in a ceremony Sunday, which just so happened to be the same day he turned 18.

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French Dukan Diet founder Pierre Dukan sues rival diet author Jean-Michel Cohen for libel.

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What is this world coming to?!

I was perusing strange internet news when I came across this article.  I know that most government officials have too much time on their hands, and heaven forbid that they would want to work to better their country, but this was over the top! 

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Snail mail isn't for everyone. According to The Los Angeles Times, a German man has been sentenced to six months in prison after he pleaded guilty to shipping nearly 250 tarantulas by mail to the United States.

A federal prosecutor said 37-year-old Sven Koppler, who must also pay a $4,000 fine, is one of the "largest illegal importers of tarantulas."

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I'll admit that I am not the absolute fashion authority, but the new fashion craze for men in Mexico is pointy-toed boots.  And, by pointy-toed, I mean reeeeeeaaly pointy!  These boots have toes so long, they are curled up in a giant spiral.  One cobbler charges 400 Peso ($34) to elongate the toes, but guys that cant afford it are fashioning their own extensions with garden hoses.  Before you ask, I am not making this up and none of the photos have been "shopped"...

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Sohaib Athar was vacationing in the mountains outside of Abbottabad, Pakistan, late Sunday night when he heard the sounds of helicopters closing in.

The IT consultant had his laptop with him, so he began live-tweeting what we now know were U.S. special forces descending upon Osama bin Laden's hideout.

"Uh oh, now I'm the guy who liveblogged the Osama raid without knowing it," Athar concluded after realizing what he had done. Read on to see highlights from Athar's tweets, detailing this historic event.

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In a stunning development, President Barack Obama confirmed late Sunday evening that Osama bin Laden, the leader of terrorist group Al-Qaeda responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks, was killed Sunday in Pakistan.

Obama made the announcement in a televised address shortly after 11:30 PM ET, about an hour after reports of bin Laden's death had made their way onto the Internet.

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