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Punk rock star dies at 63

Pete Shelley, the singer-songwriter and co-founder of the punk band the Buzzcocks, has died at age 63. On Thursday, the band confirmed “with great sadness” his death and called him “one of the U.K.’s most influential and prolific songwriters.” The Buzzcocks announced in a tweet on its website. It did… Read More

Must see! Town has Elvis-themed traffic lights

Keep your blue suede shoes behind the curb: the central German town where Elvis Presley was stationed as a U.S. soldier in the 1950s has installed three pedestrian lights with images of the American rock icon. The red shows an image of the singer striking a pose at a microphone… Read More

Is THIS the worst cemetery in America? (Absolutely DISGUSTING)

Since the 1990s, Cheryl Jansen had noticed junk and tree limbs piling up at the once oasis-like Park Cemetery, just north of downtown Bridgeport, Connecticut, and wondered where the money families had paid for perpetual upkeep was going. What she learned after finally taking her case to a judge shocked… Read More

New Yorkers are going absolutely CRAZY… for a DUCK!

It took just days for the brightly colored Mandarin duck that appeared suddenly in a Central Park pond to turn both New Yorkers and visitors into a new gaggle: the quackarazzi. A horde of photographers has been gathering daily in the park off Fifth Avenue for well over a month,… Read More

SHOCKING VIDEO: Pregnant woman choked in NFL stands

Sunday night’s NFL game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Los Angeles Chargers was a battle on the field — and in the stands. Video has emerged of a shocking incident that has many of the last remaining NFL fans saying, “Enough is enough.” URGENT: Get this memory-booster before Big… Read More

Weird! Mystery of Brazilian dirt mounds finally solved?

Roy Funch, an American botanist who has lived and worked in Brazil’s hardscrabble northeast for decades, long looked at huge cone-shaped mounds of mud in the distance and wondered. What built them? How many were there? How long had they been there? After years of failing to generate interest in… Read More

Naughty list! Teacher canned after spilling the beans on Santa

School officials say a substitute teacher who told first-grade students in New Jersey that Santa Claus isn’t real will not be returning to the school. NJ.com reports Montville Schools Superintendent Rene Rovtar confirmed Tuesday the teacher will no longer work in the district after the incident Thursday at Cedar Hill School. Officials… Read More

Hog wild! State parks have a MASSIVE pig problem

Hawaii officials are trying to come up with solutions for feral pig problems at some Big Island state parks. Officials have been working with surrounding land owners and other agencies on finding solutions, said Dean Takabayashi, the Hawaii island superintendent for the state Department of Land and Natural Resources Division… Read More

Feds finally confirm how country star died

Pilot error following engine maintenance problems caused the helicopter crash that killed Montgomery Gentry singer Troy Gentry and the pilot at a small airport where he was to perform that night, federal investigators said. The pilot cut the engine too soon as he tried an emergency landing, leading to an… Read More