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08 Feb 2009 10:29

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Music, Offbeat: Vladimir Putin: Russian Prime Minister, tiger tamer, Abba fan

  • £20,000 to see an Abba tribute band source
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07 Feb 2009 10:15

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Offbeat: It’s like this guy had an endurance test for traffic violations

  • 50 traffic citations for one lucky Florida man – in one day! source
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06 Feb 2009 08:29

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Offbeat: How many people have applied for the Aussie dream job, anyway?

  • 10,000+ applications have been submitted for the job, which would be fun in the sun in the Great Barrief Reef for six months source
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06 Feb 2009 08:24

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Offbeat: A dream job applicant who has no shot at the job

  • I enjoy the outdoors and sandy areas. I’ve got experience with videos, delegating tasks and experience with large scale event coordination. My interests include arts and craft and renovating. I’m outgoing and fun-loving.
  • “Osama Bin Laden” • in a parody YouTube clip in which he applies for the dream job that the state of Queensland, Australia offered last month • source
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05 Feb 2009 21:06

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Offbeat, Tech: Bill Gates + mosquitoes + malaria presentation = WTF?

The ex-Microsoft CEO unleashed a swarm of skeets on a crowd. It went over like a BSOD. source
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05 Feb 2009 11:33

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Music, Offbeat: Meet the polka superstar with an absurd number of Grammys

  • 17 Grammys for Jimmy Sturr, which is kind of a lot – but it’s all in minor categories source
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05 Feb 2009 08:01

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Offbeat, U.S.: Animal rights group: We’ll give you the 411 on Sarah Palin

  • Sarah Palin isn’t fading into the background, so neither are we. Given her known political aspirations, the American public deserves to know what she’s doing in Alaska, and about her extreme anti-conservation policies.
  • Rodger Schlickeisen • Defenders Action Fund President, regarding her support of a predator-control program in Alaska that allows for aerial hunting, which involves – we’re not making this up – shooting wolves from helicopters. Defenders recently launched a site attacking and giving updates on the former Veep candidate and current Alaska governor. Palin says their campaign “perverts” the issue. • source
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05 Feb 2009 07:46

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Offbeat, U.S.: Caught in ice: This Kentucky horse survived a scary fate

40 firefighters worked their butts off to make sure this horse got out safe. source
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03 Feb 2009 23:14

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Offbeat: You from Tuscon? You see porn during the Super Bowl? Get paid.

  • 30 seconds of pornography was shown on some Comcast systems in Tuscon, Ariz. with 3 minutes left in the Super Bowl – right when Arizona took the lead source
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02 Feb 2009 08:23

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Offbeat: And, oh yeah, it’s Groundhog Day

Will Phil see his shadow? Will Bill Murray manage to get out of an infinite loop? Wait and find out! source
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