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85-Year-Old Woman Takes On Moose, Saves Husband

Weighing in at a mere 97 lb., Dorothea Taylor rescued her husband from an angry moose with nothing but a shovel

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Where in the World Is Kim Jong Nam?

Reports say Kim Jong Il’s eldest son is now under “Chinese protection” after leaving the island of Macau. But like most things in the Hermit Kingdom, it’s hard to know for sure.

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Celebrating Festivus: A Guide to the Holiday Created ‘For the Rest of Us’

Springing from a sitcom writer’s actual family tradition, Festivus is now immortalized after appearing in a Seinfeld episode in 1997. So how do you celebrate this alternative holiday?

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Woman Reportedly Burns Down House After Facebook Un-Friending

First a friendship, and then a garage, went up in flames in Des Moines, Iowa this week.

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Reading While Eating for November 1: Danger Zone

Tuesday’s links flirt with danger — whether the threat is real or just dressed that way.

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Reading While Eating for October 31: Spooky, Scary

Monday’s ghoulish links are dedicated to All Hallows’ Eve.

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‘Dentally Defective Rat’: Canadian Lawmaker Rails Against Beaver as National Symbol

A Canadian senator has called for the beaver to lose its status as the country’s national emblem – branding the semi-aquatic dam builders “a dentally defective rat,” reports Reuters.

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Mysterious Giant Lego Man Held in Police Custody

It doesn’t matter that it’s an eight-foot-tall Lego man that washed up a beach one day. All lost-and-found property is treated equally in Sarasota, Fla.

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Obscure Scottish Whisky Named Best in the World

It took whisky expert Jim Murray four months of nonstop tasting to try the 1,200 whiskies for his 2012 Whisky Bible. But hard work pays off.

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Reading While Eating for October 28: I Feel Pretty

Get all dolled up with Friday’s links.