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"Obama, Jackson and Lady Gaga". This year items related to the "King of Pop," Jackson, who died in June, are top sellers. Here’s a way to scare the neighbors on Allhallows Eve: wear a mask looking like convicted multi-billion-dollar swindler Bernard Madoff, a vampire-president "Barakula," or the late Michael Jackson. Rubber masks of the trio [...]

reported by a new book. 　　They’re faithful, affable and furred – but under their innocuous, flossy exteriors, dogs and cats, the world’s most pop household pets, consume more energy resources in a year than driving a car, according to a new book. 　　In their book Time to Eat the Dog: The Real Guide to Sustainable [...]

nothing special, but some funny pictures, wish u like   

A flock of starlings fly in the sky above Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, Oct. 16, 2009. Tens of thousands of starlings fly over Wuhan on Friday dusk. According to bird expert, the starlings fly to Wuhan from northern China and continue their journey to the south after staying in Wuhan for a [...]

"i dont want to be scanned by such a terrible machine" An X-ray machine which produces "naked" images of passengers has been introduced at Manchester Airport, enabling staff to instantly spot any hidden weapons or explosives. The full body scanner, which is being trialed, will also show up any breast enlargements, false limbs, piercings, and [...]

Despite the popularity of school spelling bee competitions, adults in the US fared poorly in a survey comparing how English speakers on both sides of the Atlantic deal with commonly misspelt words。 Americans are worse at spelling than Britons, with more than half unable to spell "embarrassed", "liaison" and "millennium"。 Sixty-two per cent of Americans [...]

      For all his flourish, President Barack Obama sure falls back on a few familiar phrases. Make no mistake. Change isn’t easy. It won’t happen overnight. There will be setbacks and false starts. Those who routinely listen to the president have come to expect some of those expressions to pop up in almost every [...]

      A man who cracked the knuckles of one hand — but not the other — for six decades, scientists who figured out why pregnant women don’t topple over and chemists who made diamonds from tequila were honored on October 1 at the annual Ig Nobel prize ceremony — a tongue-in-cheek parody of the [...]

British people have the worst quality of life in Europe, according to a report which highlights the long hours, bad weather, low life expectancy and high price of many consumer goods. The study comes less than a week after the United Nations moved Britain out of the top 20 list of most desirable countries to [...]

9)How could you make up so fast today? 8) Here honey, you use the remote. 7) You know, I’d like to see her again, but her breasts are just too big. 6) Ooh, Antonio Banderas AND Brad Pitt? That’s one movie I gotta see! 5) While I’m up, can I get you anything? 4) Sex [...]

         A Japanese airline is taking its weight-saving efforts to new heights, asking passengers on some of its flights to visit the restroom before flying. The measures are being trialled on 38 domestic flights and four international flights — on the Tokyo-Singapore route — during October. The unusual request is one of a number of [...]