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Stephen Colbert mocks male birth control
Late night conservative satirist Stephen Colbert gave U. Kansas the finger last Wednesday evening, the wag of the finger that is.
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Rick Santorum landlord for several Penn State students
Penn State U. student Shannon Kane said she was "shocked" to find out who really owned her apartment. Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is the landlord of several apartments located in Beaver Plaza, 222 W. Beaver Ave., State College, Penn.
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Study links urge to pee with impairment
"They made it to the bathroom, but it was a pretty ugly scene," said Peter Snyder, Brown U. professor of neurology. "There was a bit of some pushing to get into the stalls.
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Maxim names LSU ‘sexiest’ college
Louisiana State U. students are sexy and they know it, according to Maxim magazine. Maxim named LSU the "sexiest college" in America in a list composed by the magazine's staff.
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More college students becoming ordained ministers
Dressed in jeans and a Legend-of-Zelda-emblemed cowboy hat, ordained minister Cyrus Karimian presided over his family member’s wedding. The cowboy-themed wedding was the second wedding he has officiated. Karimian, a graduate student working on his dissertation, is just one of 83 U.
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Cities using bird recordings to reduce crime
An experiment in Lancaster, Calif. has found some unexpected results when it comes to the sound of chirping birds and crime prevention. After purchasing sound bytes of various songbirds from a sound consultant in London and combing them with soothing music, Lancaster Mayor R.
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Boston, New York mayors place ‘friendly wager’ on Super Bowl
The New England Patriots may take down the New York Giants in this year’s Super Bowl, according to ESPN predictions, and New England fans are already placing their bets. Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is betting on the Patriots this year as well.
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New Yorkers ranked as rudest
Travel + Leisure magazine released the results of its annual online survey last week, and New York City won the title of rudest city in America.
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Researchers to use zebra dung in biofuel project
Most people wouldn't want to step in a pile of smelly zebra dung, but researchers at Tulane U. are jumping right into it. Scientists have found a bacterium called TU-103 in the waste of African zebras, which might be the solution to a cheaper enzyme for biofuel, according to The New York Times.
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