WEIRD IS THE WORLD: School mom guilty of stealing for Legoland trip

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School mom guilty of stealing for Legoland trip
A former leader of a parent-teacher organization at a San Jose elementary school has pleaded no contest to stealing $20,000 from the group so she could visit Legoland and get her hair done, authorities said Wednesday.
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Digital sabbaths or Internet sabbaticals becoming popular
'Bloggers and "knowledge workers" - those who work mostly with computers, information and data - are, unironically, blogging about taking periodic vacations from the Internet on blogs including "Rowdy Kittens" and "Zen Habits." In most cases, people who take such breaks recognize that their online and digital habits are somehow off-kilter and that they need periodic breaks.'
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Chris Medina Says He Wasn't Invited To The 'American Idol' Finale
But now it seems that "Idol" producers have already forgotten about Chris, even though his story was clearly manipulated to full effect to generate ratings. According to Chris's tweets, he has not been invited to appear at the "Idol" finale next week, not even as an audience member..
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McDonald's Under Pressure to Fire Ronald
More than 550 health professionals and organizations have signed a letter to McDonald's Corp. asking the maker of Happy Meals to stop marketing junk food to kids and retire Ronald McDonald.
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Florida Catholic Church to Pray for Osama bin Laden
When parishioners gather for mass this Sunday at the Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church in West Palm Beach, they'll be asked to pray for terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden.
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CDC Warns Public to Prepare for 'Zombie Apocalypse'
The post, written by Assistant Surgeon General Ali Khan, instructs readers how to prepare for "flesh-eating zombies" much like how they appeared in Hollywood hits like "Night of the Living Dead" ...
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Director Trier stirs up Cannes with Nazi comments
Danish director Lars Von Trier's comments on Wednesday at a press conference in Cannes at which he jokingly declared himself a Nazi caused consternation at the film festival and offense among Jewish groups.
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‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’ duped by family’s sick claim
'... it seems the would-be do-gooders were duped by a family falsely claiming two very sick young daughters.'
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Arnold Schwarzenegger's wife and lover pregnant at the same time
The mother of Arnold Schwarzenegger's love child was pregnant at the same time his wife.
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The Queen turns down a free pint of Guinness - VIDEO, PHOTOS
While visiting Guinness Storehouse Queen refuses a pint in the Sky bar.
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YouTube: http://youtu.be/EQyioWeEMDw

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Is It Possible?- Real Life Batman Man teaches himself to ‘see’ with his ears
He describes the technique as "FlashSonar."
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YouTube: http://youtu.be/vpxEmD0gu0Q

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Pippa Middleton's bottom owes its shape to Pilates
Pippa Middleton has revealed the secret behind her much-talked-about bottom – weekly Pilates sessions.
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School Suspends Girl Over Bin Laden Facebook Post
Girl was suspended for five days after saying she wished Osama bin Laden killed her math teacher.
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Woman investigated after toddler put up for sale on eBay
Police say a Michigan woman is under investigation after she allegedly posted an ad for a two-year-old girl on eBay.
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Ralph Macchio says 'Dancing With the Stars' judges' comments were 'disrespectful and rude'
The 49-year-old actor said that some of the comments made Monday by judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli were "rude and disrespectful."
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Michigan woman dons wedding dress she wore in 1938
A West Michigan woman has strolled down the aisle in her wedding dress for a second time. The first time came 73 years ago.

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Bids soar for princess's "toilet seat" wedding hat
The much-mocked hat worn by Princess Beatrice to Britain's royal wedding last month -- widely described as looking like a "toilet seat" -- is up for sale on eBay where bids have reached 18,400 pounds ($29,940).
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Meet the woman allergic to electricity
A British woman cannot use an electric kettle, keeps her washing machine in a concrete outhouse and cannot have neighbours with wireless internet because she is allergic to electricity.
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