Jeremy Taylor
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Rapper Who Promised Million Dollar Reward Has to Pay Up
Ryan Leslie is a record producer, songwriter and occasional rapper. He composes his songs on his laptop. So when he lost the computer in Cologne, Germany back in 2010 he had a big problem, since there were several unreleased tracks on the hard drive.
Leslie offered a $20,000 reward for the laptop's return. When that didn't work, he made a YouTube video in which he upped the reward to one million dollars.
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Russian Kids Find Lion Cub, Naturally Bring It to School
Here in the United States, a kid might spot a turtle during their walk to school. And if he or she is the curious sort, they might pick it up and bring it in for show-and-tell.
Things are little different in Russia, where apparently lions roam free. School children in a Southern Russian village ran into one of these beasts -- a cub -- and brought the furball in to their teacher.
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Women Prefer Slim, Fit Men to Meatheads
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Kindly Cop Larry DePrimo Explains Why He Bought Homeless Man Shoes
New York City Police Officer Lawrence "Larry" DePrimo has charmed the internet, thanks to a photo of him buying an elderly homeless man a pair of warm boots on a cold night.
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Cops Make Teen Troublemakers Do Push-Ups
Last Friday police in North Providence, Rhode Island were called by a woman who had spotted a group of teenagers damaging her mailbox. The cops quickly located the yellow sports car which had been at the crime scene and apprehended the suspects.
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Photo of Police Officer Giving Homeless Man a New Pair of Boots Inspires the Web
When an image of a police officer goes viral, it's often for something the police department isn't going to be very proud of. But that's certainly not the case with the above photo of New York City police officer Lawrence DePrimo that has been circulating the internet.
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Women Who Work in Porn Have Higher Self-Esteem and Better Life Quality
There's an old stereotype that women enter into pornography because they have deep-seated issues relating to childhood abuse or addiction. However, nobody had ever actually tested the emotional well-being of female porn stars. Until now—and the results may be surprising.
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Chinese Newspaper Falls for The Onion Naming Kim Jung-Un ‘Sexiest Man Alive’
Some humor -- like, say, a guy slipping on a banana peel -- is universal. But when more sophisticated jokes cross into other cultures they can get lost in translation.
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‘The 12 Days Of Christmas’ Would Cost Over 100 Grand
If you've ever had the urge to bring the lyrics of the seminal holiday song 'The 12 Days of Christmas' to life, this may not be the best year to do it.
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Your Facebook Copyright Notice Status Update Is Bogus
If you've been on Facebook over the last few days, you've probably seen that some of your friends have posted a copyright notice as their status update.
The message suggests that the poster has copyrighted all the material on their Facebook page thanks to the authority of something called the Berner Convention. Here is the full text of the update:
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Thieves Make Off With 18 Tons of Chocolate
Call it the great chocolate caper...
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Non-Existent Island Pops Up On Google Maps
There are hundreds of thousands of uninhabited islands on our planet. The South Pacific island of Sandy isn't one of them...