Baby Toad Migration Floods Roads in Canadian City
Tiny, cute and oh so vulnerable. As thousands of baby Western Toads attempt to navigate life in Chilliwack, British Columbia, they only hope they don’t get squished by passing motorists.
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A Lockout Wouldn’t Hurt Too Much: Top 10 Richest Owners of U.S. Sports Teams
While the NFL’s lockout has turned to a frenzy of off-season signings, the NBA’s owner-imposed lockout has just started to take shape. But it isn’t all “poor-me” for the owners of U.S.-based sports teams. And that …
High-Powered Research: The Device Behind Those Mysterious Crop Circles
You mean all those crop circles aren’t from aliens after all?
Alaska Hair Salon Made Famous By Sarah Palin Gets a TLC Reality Show
Does everything Sarah Palin touch turn famous? It does if the cable network TLC has its way.
QUOTE: Kevin Durant Drops 66 at Rucker Park
“No lie, just had one of the best times of my life at Rucker park..wow! I love NY…Harlem waddup.”
— KEVIN DURANT, forward for the Oklahoma City thunder, via Twitter after scoring 66 points at the famed playground hoop …
Message In a Bottle Makes It From Oregon to Hawaii
For pollution’s sake, don’t go rushing to your nearest ocean shore and start tossing note-filled bottles into the seas in search of someone on the other side. But then again, it just might work.
QUOTE: The Race to Pinpoint Tainted Turkey
“We are looking everywhere, and we are doing our best to work with the CDC. When it comes to illness, there’s a lot of work and it’s very complicated. We’re trying to pinpoint the product and get it out of the market as
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A Stage of His Own: Homeless Man’s Music Takes Off on iTunes
David “Dred” Scott has talent, but until Denver musician Tyler Ward teamed up with the ministry His Love Street, the homeless Scott had no stage.
Watch Your Back This Shark Week: Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Sharks
Created so us average folk can appreciate the power—and violence—of sharks, Discovery Channel’s annual Shark Week celebration starts August 12.
QUOTE: Rosario Dawson Speaks Against Cultural Body Images
“I remember everyone asking, ‘What did you do to get so thin? You looked great.’ I looked emaciated.”
— ROSARIO DAWSON, who lost weight to portray a drug addict in Rent, and is now speaking out on body image in American …
QUOTE: NFL Teaches Washington How It’s Done
“I hope we gave a little lesson to the people in Washington because the debt ceiling is a lot easier to fix than this was.”
— ROBERT KRAFT, New England Patriots owner, speaking about the end of the NFL lockout (via CNN)
NASCAR Pastor’s Head-Turning Prayer: ‘Thank You For My Smokin’ Hot Wife’
As a pastor, hopefully Joe Nelms doesn’t channel his inner Talladega Nights too often in his Tennessee church. But he sure did pull a Will Ferrell during the invocation at a Nashville Superspeedway NASCAR race on Saturday.