The saga of Tammy the Turnpike Turkey may have a romantic epilogue. Finally captured at Exit 14B on the New Jersey Turnpike, Tammy may be pleased with her new home at the Popcorn Park Zoo in Lacy Township, New Jersey. That happy ending is a long way from the place Tammy had called home since [...]
November 26, 2009
Eating turkey might make you sleepy, but most Americans are not napping on Thanksgiving, according to a recent survey. Instead, they are sleeping in the next morning and eluding Black Friday discounts. The telephone poll of 1,001 Americans found that 71 percent stay awake on the holiday despite turkey’s legendary soporific power while, curiously, more [...]
November 22, 2009
He wiggled, jiggled and even dropped his trousers, but a thief trying to break into a supermarket in Portugal stayed stuck fast in a tiny window until he was rescued by police and the fire brigade. “Apparently he dropped his trousers as he was trying to free himself by wiggling,” Capt. Santos, local police chief [...]
November 20, 2009
NEW YORK — Benjamin Scherler was walking home on Sunday night when he spotted a sign at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens that seemed to scream out for help. The letters E and S on marquee at Elmhurst Hospital on Broadway in Queens seemed to have fizzled out, leaving a distinctive message. The resulting effect is [...]
November 15, 2009
LONDON — A British heritage charity is encouraging employees to help the environment by eschewing indoor toilets and relieving themselves outdoors. The experiment applies to male gardening staff at Wimpole Hall, a stately home about 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of London. The National Trust, which runs the property, says the staff are being encouraged [...]
November 8, 2009
NEW YORK — A T-shirt a day has kept unemployment at bay for an American man who is making about $85,000 a year by selling advertising space on his torso. Jason Sadler, 26, a former marketing professional from Florida, founded his own company, iwearyourshirt.com, in 2008 with the idea to wear a T-shirt supplied by [...]
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