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Tall-Tale Tellers Vie for Best Lie

Politicians, lawyers banned from contest

(Newser) - Fantastic fibbers are gathering at a remote pub in northwestern England today to vie for the title of world's biggest liar. The annual competition is held at the Bridge Inn in the Lake District hamlet of Santon Bridge. Contestants have five minutes to impress the judges with a whopping...

Keys to Longer Life: Puppy, Spouse

Finding love later in life still counts

(Newser) - The ticket to a longer life: happiness, reports the Daily Mail . In 1940, Harvard researchers reviewed 200 young, white, healthy men; they checked back in on that group every two years. They found that happiness (stemming from factors like marriage, puppies, and friendships) had more of an impact than social...

NC Town's New Year's Eve 'Possum Drop' Squashed

PETA files lawsuit, but fans still 'opossum-istic'

(Newser) - Following outcry from PETA, a judge in North Carolina has put the brakes on a bizarre holiday tradition, reports Fox News . For the past 21 years, the residents of Brasstown have rung in the new year by placing a live possum in a glass box and lowering it for 10...

Boy Blows Parents&#39; Life Savings on Candy



 Boy Blows Parents'  
 Life Savings on Candy 
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Nov 11, 2012 6:00 PM CST

Boy Blows Parents' Life Savings on Candy

Sticky-fingered thief spent nearly $4K

(Newser) - A 9-year-old Ukrainian boy caused a big headache for his parents (and maybe a stomachache for himself) by spending their entire life savings on sweets, reports Russia's Ria Novosti . During a school vacation, the boy took nearly $4,000 from his parents' stash of euros and dollars, which was...

Doctors Also Biased Against Fat People
Doctors Also Biased 
Against Fat People 
study says
Nov 11, 2012 4:43 PM CST

Doctors Also Biased Against Fat People

But does that result in worse health care?

(Newser) - Think a clipboard and smock makes someone any less prejudiced? Turns out doctors are about as biased as the general public against overweight people, according to a new study . There's no proof that obese patients get treated differently, but the study of 360,000 people—including 2,284 doctors—...

USPS Worker Ignores Body on Porch, Delivers Mail
USPS Worker Ignores Body on Porch, Delivers Mail
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Nov 11, 2012 7:39 AM CST

USPS Worker Ignores Body on Porch, Delivers Mail

Says he thought it was leftover Halloween decor

(Newser) - Neither snow nor rain ... nor a lifeless body? A family in Denver is outraged after they say their mailman walked past a body to deliver the mail without stopping to help, reports ABC 7 News . Dale Porch was returning from a late-night shift last week when he collapsed on the...

Ear Bitten Off as Priests Fight for Parking Space

Father Thomas Byrne, 80, charged with grievous bodily harm

(Newser) - What a scene to behold: Two retired Catholic priests fought so viciously over a parking spot that one allegedly bit off the other's ear, reports Australia's News Network . Father Thomas Byrne, 80, battled 81-year-old Father Thomas Joseph Smith in their building complex yesterday in Perth, Australia, police say....

Scientists Spot Earth&#39;s Rarest Whale for 1st Time
 Scientists Spot 
 Earth's Rarest Whale 
 for 1st Time 
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Nov 10, 2012 12:50 PM CST

Scientists Spot Earth's Rarest Whale for 1st Time

2 spade-toothed beaked whales beach selves in New Zealand

(Newser) - Scientists have come face-to-face with the rarest whale on the planet. Two spade-toothed beaked whales beached themselves in New Zealand in 2010, and a new paper describes researchers' identification and analysis of the creatures. "Up until now, all we have known about the spade-toothed beaked whale was from three...

Astrophysicist &#39;Finds&#39; Superman&#39;s Planet Krypton
 Astrophysicist 
 'Finds' Superman's 
 Planet Krypton 
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Nov 10, 2012 7:22 AM CST

Astrophysicist 'Finds' Superman's Planet Krypton

Neil deGrasse Tyson gives DC Comics a hand

(Newser) - OK, the planet Krypton still isn't real—but now we know where it would be if it existed. Using data from DC Comics, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has found a spot in space for Superman's home planet, the New York Post reports. "One of our staffers reached...

Gee Whiz: Mom Gets Big Fine After Toddler Pees in Yard

'He's 3 years old,' she protests

(Newser) - An Oklahoma woman got a $2,500 ticket for public urination Sunday, on behalf of her not-yet-potty-trained son. A police officer happened to be sitting in his cruiser near Ashley Warden's home when her toddler son Dillan pulled down his pants and peed in the front yard, the Oklahoman...

New Dinosaur Named After Tolkien's 'Eye of Sauron'

Beast IDed from eye-socket-containing fossil fragment

(Newser) - Paleontologists have identified a new 40-foot, flesh-eating dinosaur from a single fossil fragment containing a single eye-socket—and named the beast after an evil character from the Lord of the Rings, National Geographic reports. The Sauroniops pachytholus (or "Eye of Sauron" in Greek) apparently rivaled the Tyrannosaurus Rex in...

Woman Who Drove on Sidewalk Ordered to Wear 'Idiot' Sign

Shena Hardin was trying to pass a school bus

(Newser) - A woman caught on camera driving on a sidewalk to avoid a Cleveland school bus that was unloading children has been handed a very embarrassing punishment. Yesterday, a judge ordered 32-year-old Shena Hardin to stand at an intersection for two days next week wearing a sign reading: "Only an...

Canada Chuckles as US Voters Swear They'll Storm Border

Switching countries is no easy task

(Newser) - We've all heard the refrain: "I'm moving to Canada if Barack Obama/Mitt Romney doesn't win the election." Writing in the Washington Post , Max Fisher finds that many Canadians would be happy to welcome Americans—particularly the Democrats who tend to make the claim. Asked how...

Parents Kill Daughter for Looking at a Boy

Pakistani parents admit to horrifying acid attack

(Newser) - A Pakistani couple accused of killing their 15-year-old daughter by pouring acid on her carried out the attack because she sullied the family's honor by looking at a boy, the couple said in an interview broadcast today by the BBC . The girl's death underlines the problem of so-called...

UFO Buffs: Maybe We Were Wrong

British UFO group to address the decline in sightings

(Newser) - Maybe the truth isn't out there after all? A British UFO organization has planned a meeting to discuss whether the issue has faded with the lack of proven sightings, the Telegraph reports. "It is certainly a possibility that in ten years time, it will be a dead subject,...

Look Out, World: Brits Have Invaded 90% of Nations

Only 22 countries have been exempt: book

(Newser) - If you're part of planet Earth, there's a really great chance that British forces have invaded your homeland at one time or another: Some nine out of 10 countries have suffered such a fate throughout history, a new book finds. Indeed, just 22 countries haven't seen a...

Canada's Yukon Has a Dare: Drink Garnished With ... Toe

The 'Sourtoe Cocktail' has been served for nearly 40 years

(Newser) - Olives, limes, maraschino cherries, and pickled toes? That's right: In the Yukon Territory, one Dawson City saloon serves a drink garnished with a human toe. The tradition began in 1973, after a riverboat captain found a toe preserved in a pickle jar and decided it would be a good...

Only Tip on $138 Meal: &#39;Single Mom, Sorry&#39;
 Only Tip on $138 Meal:
 'Single Mom, Sorry'
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Nov 4, 2012 7:00 PM CST

Only Tip on $138 Meal: 'Single Mom, Sorry'

Incident, real or not, sparks a firestorm on Reddit

(Newser) - Here's a tip for bad tippers: Don't make lame excuses. That's a lesson one woman may be learning after allegedly leaving no tip on a $138 bill at a restaurant, and instead writing on the bill, "Sorry, single mom." As if that weren't bad...

Cop Tasers 10-Year-Old on Playground
Cop Tasers 10-Year-Old
on Playground
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Nov 4, 2012 12:23 PM CST

Cop Tasers 10-Year-Old on Playground

Boy refused to help clean his car, says lawsuit

(Newser) - A police officer in New Mexico faces a lawsuit after using his Taser on a 10-year-old boy in a school playground, reports Courthouse News Service . The officer was at school for a career day, and he reportedly asked a group of boys to clean his police car. According to the...

Wild Leopard Ate 15 Women, Children: Officials

Officials in Nepal offer $300 for death of man-eating creature

(Newser) - A horrific story from western Nepal: Authorities are hunting for a man-eating leopard that may have killed 15 people, including a 4-year-old boy whose head was found in a forest, CNN reports. At most two leopards are behind the attacks, officials say, because man-eating leopards are so rare—and this...

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