There’s one obvious takeaway from this story: Never listen to your girlfriend. A guy from a suburb of Detroit was at a gas station with his girlfriend last week, and wanted to pop inside to buy a few lottery tickets. She told him not to, and gave him the standard talk about how he’d just…… MORE
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Family is selling home for a bizarre reason
I don’t think this news coverage is going to be good for this family’s real estate prospects. The Shafer family in Kalamazoo, Michigan owns a home that’s right at the corner of two busy streets — and drivers keep crashing into it. It’s been hit eight times since they moved in back in 2005, and…… MORE
Bus driver saves a kidnapping victim
A bus driver in San Jose, California named Tim Watson got an Amber Alert from dispatch on Friday. It said a three-year-old boy had just been abducted from a library. Tim looks to be in his early 40’s, and he has two kids of his own. So when he first saw the alert, he thought…… MORE
Meet the Hot Dog crust
Three long years ago, Pizza Hut introduced a crust stuffed with hot dogs. They introduced it in the U.K. then sold it in Australia, South Korea, and even Canada. They never sold it in America. That is, until now. Pizza Hut will officially bring their hot dog stuffed crust pizza to the U.S. a week…… MORE
The 6 new flavors of Starbucks
Earlier this year, Starbucks created a birthday cake-flavored Frappuccino to celebrate their 44th birthday. It was only available for a weekend, but it was a huge success. So they followed it up with a limited-edition S’mores flavor. That must have sold well too, because they just went Frappuccino crazy. Starbucks introduced six new flavors yesterday.…… MORE
The new deep-fried treat
America’s fried food innovators have spent the past several decades trying to figure out how to make snacks even more unhealthy through deep frying. From Twinkies to Oreos to Snickers bars, they’ve succeeded. So what do you do when you run out of junk food to deep fry? Apparently, this. Forty six-year-old “Chicken” Charlie Boghosian…… MORE
Being single will cost you less
Next time you’re home alone on a Saturday night lamenting the fact that you’re single and lonely, maybe this will cheer you up? A new survey found people in relationships spend an average of $3,600 more per year each than single people. The main things couples spend money on that single people don’t are meals…… MORE
Good news: A swim coach saves a life
Mike Clark is a swimming coach at Marymount University in Virginia. He’s also spent 30 years working as a lifeguard and is trained in CPR. Above all else, apparently he has an amazing tolerance for cold. This happened a few months ago, but the story just came out. Back in April, Mike was at a…… MORE
What’s your password style?
It’s a lot to ask people to change their passwords once every six months, even once a year. How about once a decade? No matter how lazy you are, that seems reasonable, right? A new survey found one in flve people are still using passwords they haven’t changed in at least 10 years. Just under…… MORE
Wal-Mart is ditching Bieber to boost employee morale
Walmart announced some changes at a recent shareholders meeting, which are intended to help boost employee morale and customer service. And the one thing that got the biggest reception is: They’re ditching the old music that’s been playing on a loop in the stores and driving everyone insane. It’s unclear what all was on the…… MORE
