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After School Bans ‘Slaughterhouse-Five,’ Vonnegut Library Gives Copies for Free

Even after death, Kurt Vonnegut is circumventing the rules.

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Mysterious Orange Goo Washes Up on Alaska Shore

An unidentified orange substance is washing up on the shores of an isolated village in northwestern Alaska, and the only thing that investigators can say for sure is that it is not manmade.

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Travel to Mars, Cheap: Efforts Underway to Make The Red Planet Budget-Friendly

An American rocket company is partnering with NASA to make missions to Mars an easy-on-the-wallet endeavor, a public sign of the enterprising private sector that was used to justify the termination of the government-backed space program.

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Study: Pink Ads Prove Counterproductive for Breast-Cancer Awareness

Despite years of a coordinated advertising and branding campaign, a new study shows that use of the color pink doesn’t work so well for awareness of and fundraising for women’s issues like breast cancer.

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With Hollywood’s Powers Combined, a ‘Captain Planet’ Movie Will Hit Theaters

Fans of 1990′s television will be excited to hear that the Ted Turner-created Captain Planet and the Planeteers could soon be jumping from the small, not-high-definition screens in your memories to a big screen near you.

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Meet the Only Resident of America’s Smallest Town

Think your hometown is tiny? Welcome to Buford, Wyoming — the smallest town in America, and at least tied for the smallest town in the world.

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Because of Constitution Error, North Dakota is Not a State (and Never Has Been)

A constitutional error recently discovered shows that North Dakota has never technically fit the requirements for statehood.

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Bolivian Snowstorm Imperils More Than 40,000 Llamas and Alpacas

As Bolivia suffered its worst snowstorms in 20 years, thousands of people were left stranded and commerce was slowed to a grinding halt in the usually-dry region of Potosi.

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Politician Campaigns to Make ‘South California’ Into Our 51st State

A California politician is proposing that his state split in half as a way to address political and logistical issues – marking yet another instance someone has proposed this idea in the Golden State.

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Wiener Wars: Takeru Kobayashi Reportedly Breaks Hot-Dog Eating Record, Away from Nathan’s

Although Joey “Jaws” Chestnut walked away from the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest with his fifth straight win, his mustard champion’s belt may be a little less prestigious this year.