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Motorist Fined $110,000 for Tailgating on Motorway [ [link removed] ]
We need more of this. $20,000 for failing to use your turn signal. What else should have a fine slapped on it?
Playing with dogs relieves stress in humans and canines alike, study shows [ [link removed] ]
The only thing more effective than therapy is a game of fetch—just don’t expect your dog to cover the copay!
Remembering John Feinstein [ [link removed] ]
THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL & RICK TELANDER
The world of sports journalism lost a giant with the passing of John Feinstein. A prolific writer with 48 books to his name—including A Season on the Brink, one of the best-selling basketball books of all time
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BELEAGUERED STAFFERS W/ KEITH CONRAD, LAURA FINCH & SEAN MAGERS
Working in Congress may sound like a glamorous job—policy debates, historic votes, and rubbing elbows with power players. But the reality is often far less glamorous, most of the time you’re taking calls from crazy constituents, or worse, people like Keith Conrad
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SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD
In a historic battle for the middleweight championship, Alix 1340—more than just a machine—must decide if he is a symbol of revolution or something far greater when the fate of both man and machine hangs on a single word.
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Scalded by Starbucks Tea, Man Wins $50M [ [link removed] ] - The ultimate inflation gauge: Back in 1994 getting scalded by a hot beverage only landed someone $2.7 million
The government wants to understand the health effects of ultraprocessed foods so it paid people $5,000 to eat chicken nuggets for science [ [link removed] ] - WHERE DO I SIGN UP??
USA asks Denmark for help in the egg crisis [ [link removed] ] - Isn’t the President also threatening to seize their territory?
Human Intelligence Sharply Declining [ [link removed] ] - I don’t think anyone would doubt that
Tesla Autopilot drives into Wile E Coyote fake road wall in camera vs lidar test [ [link removed] ] - That’s less than ideal
Bus With Bagpipers Runs Into Tractor-Trailer [ [link removed] ] - The driver was probably distracted from all the high-pitched screeching
Man Wearing "I Never Argue" T-Shirt Busted For Violent Argument With Woman [ [link removed] ] - He probably argued with the police too
Cops: Gunman Arrested For Karaoke Rage [ [link removed] ] - Maybe it’s not that the machine is broken, maybe you’re just a terrible singer
Pi Day: British boy lists 280 digits of pi from memory in one minute [ [link removed] ] - I could do that. I just choose not to
Merely Watching Scenes of Nature Can Reduce Pain, Says New Study [ [link removed] ] - Unless you’re watching a lion take down a wildebeest and you have some empathy for the wildebeest
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