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Strange News
Courtesy of Royal CaribbeanGigantic Cruise Ship Buoys Company's Hopes
()We're headed into the year's biggest travel week, and there's not much bigger than what's sitting in the port of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., right now. It's called the Oasis of the Seas, and it's the largest cruise ship ever built — five times the size of the Titanic, with a price tag of $1.5 billion.
Jackson Moonwalk Glove Sells For $350K In NYC
The shimmering, white glove Michael Jackson wore was auctioned off for $350,000 on Saturday.
()Museum: Galileo's Fingers, Tooth Found
Two fingers and a tooth from his corpse that were given up for lost apparently have been relocated.
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Woman Says She Left $40K At Shrine For Safekeeping()
November 18, 2009 A groundskeeper at the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes near Emmitsburg, Md., found two plastic freezer bags filled with gold and silver coins while he was raking leaves. A woman said she wanted the Virgin Mary to watch over the money while she was out of town.
U.S.
Bernie Madoff Auction Puts A Price On Irony()
November 15, 2009 There's something a little tawdry about tables and cases filled with old jewelry purses, watches, duck decoys and golf clubs, even if they once belonged to a wealthy crook. The man who orchestrated the greatest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history is behind bars with a 150-year prison term, and now many of his belongings also have new homes.
Scared Of Planet Nibiru? NASA Would Like To Help()
November 15, 2009 According to numerous sources on the Internet, three years from now a planet called Nibiru will collide with Earth, resulting in the extinction of the human race. This and other apocalyptic myths have NASA stepping up to soothe our fears.
Animals
Oklahoma Driver Sideswipes Escaped Elephant()
November 5, 2009 An Oklahoma couple driving home after church nearly slammed full on into a 4,500-pound pachyderm that had escaped from a nearby circus late Wednesday. "Didn't have time to hit the brakes," driver Bill Carpenter said. "At the very last second I said 'elephant!"'
All Tech Considered
Steering Wheel Laptop Desk Causes A Stir()
November 4, 2009 One reviewer uses it for e-mail; another for sushi. It's being called a timesaver — even "the greatest thing ever invented." It's the Laptop Steering Wheel Desk. Drivers certainly don't need another distraction — but people surfing around on Amazon certainly do.
