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News aggregators: Sure, they can bring you the singular stories, but who can't?

Okay. Two can play this game. Or two hundred. News aggregators such as Yahoo! News and AOL News are dining out on work done by the main — and the not-so-main — stream media.

But we know weird, fascinating, uncommon and outlandish stories when we see them. You do, too. The problem, of course, is finding them in the cacophony of the Web.

Now, in addition to up-to-the-minute news of the universe, analysis of everything from cradles to graves, cultural explorations around the globe and just about anything else you can think of, NPR presents Seven Singular News Stories of the Week.

See you later, aggregator.

1) Former KKK grand wizard and presidential candidate David Duke is now a bird photographer in Austria.

2) For the first time ever, women participate in a truck-tugging competition in Israel. (video)

3) In Saudi Arabia, men and women are not allowed to mingle in public, which can make shopping for lingerie a little strange (audio)

4) Two New York Times journalists investigate pot pies (video)

5) Forget speed dating. Air New Zealand launches an air-dating venture dubbed "love at first flight"

6) A green tree frog receives emergency life-saving surgery

7) The Top 10 Misquoted Movie Lines