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99-Year-Old Woman Denied Credit Card Because of Her Age
Being denied credit is never fun, and for one 99-year-old woman, it was especially disheartening. She was turned down for a store credit card because of her age — but as it turns out, it was all a big misunderstanding.
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This Day in History for August 15 – Woodstock Opens and More
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Taylor Swift Purchases Home in Cape Cod, Near the Kennedy Residence
UPDATE: Being neighbors with Conor Kennedy was too good to be true. Turns out Taylor Swift did NOT buy this mansion. Sigh.
Looks like the romance between Taylor Swift and Conor Kennedy is heating up. Not only has she introduced him to her parents, she’s reportedly purchased a house in Cape Cod, Mass. — near Conor’s grandmother, Ethel Kennedy.
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Did Scientists Discover a New Human Species?
The cast of ‘Jersey Shore’ aside, there’s pretty much only one kind of human being these days — but according to a new scientific discovery, it may not have always been that way.
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New Movie Releases — ‘Hope Springs,’ ‘Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D,’ ‘The Bourne Legacy’ and ‘The Campaign’
Of the four movies that open this week, one features two Oscar-winners, another highlights crazy stunts, the third continues a popular film franchise, and the last is just in time for a spoof-worthy political season.
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This Day in History for August 9 – Sistine Chapel Opens and More
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FBI Says Wade Michael Page, Shooter in Sikh Temple Killings, Took His Own Life
Wade Michael Page, the shooter in Sunday’s massacre at a Wisconsin Sikh temple, was originally thought to have been gunned down by police — but new evidence is emerging that indicates he, like many other spree killers before him, actually took his own life.
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Beer Prices Will Heat Up As the Weather Cools Down
Beer-lovers, better stock up now. Anheuser-Busch, maker of beloved suds like Budweiser and Bud Light, has announced a price hike that’ll take effect in the weeks to come.
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Olympic Swimmers Are Just Like You — They Pee in the Pool, Too
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Granny Uses Sex Doll to Make Drivers Slow Down
Working on the theory that traffic always slows to a crawl when drivers want to get a good look at something, a Chinese grandmother who was fed up with people speeding through the crosswalk near her home came up with a rather unorthodox solution: She tied a blow-up doll to a tree on the corner.
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Would You Get a Root Canal Before You’d Give Up Facebook?
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People Are Buying Fewer Cigarettes — But More Pipes and Cigars
While statistics seem to show the number of cigarette smokers has been shrinking in recent years, don’t celebrate just yet — because while people may be smoking fewer cigarettes, a growing number have become pipe and cigar aficionados.