The Terrorist’s Housework

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has been passing his time in jail by designing a new vacuum cleaner. And no, this is not a story from The Onion.

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Buying Back Wounded Knee

Johnny Depp wants to purchase an historic piece of land and give it back to the Sioux tribe.

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Clean Your House

It could save you from an atomic bomb. At least according to this 1954 film.

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Pop A Password Pill

Do you forget your account passwords a lot? Then why not just take a daily pill that replaces all of your passwords by turning your body into a big password signal? That could happen.

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D’oh-O-G

This poodle is groomed and dyed to look just like the Simpson family. You have to see it to believe it.

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Great American Stories

Make sure you listen to these 15 great episodes of This American Life. And, if I might add, our own Chris Higgins once did a great story on that program as well.

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But, Heck, It Was 99 Cents

What does a dollar get you these days? A lot apparently.