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Australians, who are being urged to combat a swarming infestation of moths by eating them. The "Munch a Moth" campaign is the brainchild of chef Jean-Paul Bruneteau, who says that when roasted, the insects have a "lovely popcorn flavor, like buttered hazelnut."

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Myths, after The Washington Post debunked the claim by Democratic presidential canidates that there are more young black men in jail than in college. As of the 2005 census ,there were actually 530,000 black males ages 18-24 in college,and 193,000 in jail.

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Fish,who not only sleep,according to new research, but occasionally even suffer from imsomia.

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The holistic approach, when a dentist accused of fondling the breats of 27 female patients told the judge that he was merely manipulating the women's pectoral muscles to relieve jaw pain caused by temporo-mandibular joint disorder.

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Philanthropy,with the news that Paris Hilton is headed for the blighted African nation of Rwanda to film a reality TV show about celebrities doing good works. The hotel heiress admits she is "really scared" about the five days she will spend saving Rwanda.

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The mile high club, after Singapore Airlines announced that passengers would not be allowed to have sex in the luxury double-bed suites aboard its new fleet of Airbus A380jets. 'There are things that are acceptable on an aircraft," said spokesman,'and things that aren't"

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The credibility of the Italian government, after an official investigation concluded that "aliens testing secret weapons" are probably behind the recent strange events in the Sicilian village of Canneto di Caronia. Villagers said that refrigerators and other appliances have been spontaneously bursting into flames.

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Hillary Clinton, whose campaign was forced to admit it had fed softball question to audience members at a public event in Iowa. College student Muriel Gallo-Chasanoff said a Clinton staffer had showed her a binder of questions that the campaign was planting in the audience. A Clinton spokewoman said "this was something that just happened on this one occasion," promising more spontaneity in the future.

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Beer Drinking, after a couple weeks ago the University of Georgia advised fans attending a home game not to flush "if it's yellow," due to the servere drought afflicting the Southeast. Bathroom attendants were given the job of deciding when it was absolutely necessary to pull the toilets' handles.

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Perspective, after actress Sienna Miller complained that designers are always sending her and other celebrities free cloths. Miller said her home is now filled with unwanted shoes, dresses, and unopened bags. "It gets too much sometimes," Miller said.

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Hubris,after a Manhatten restaurant that introduced a gold-laced, $25,000 dessert as a publicity stunt last week was shut down when health inspector found the kitchen infested with live mice, flies, and dozens of cockroaches. A red-faced Steven Bruce, owner of Serendipity 3, said, We're rectifying it as quickly as we can.

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Shoplifters with poor depth perception,after police in Derbyshire,England, installed 10 life-size, cardboard cutouts of policewomen in shops to deter thieves.

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Squirrels, after two of them crawled into separate municipal power transformers in Wisconsin and Michigan, got zapped, and knocked out electric service to two communities. Power was quickly restored by crews, which found two extremely crispy critters inside the transformers.

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Judicial activism, after Niagara Falls, N.Y. City Court Judge Robert Restaino had all 46 people in his courtroom thrown into jail because no one would confess to owning the cell phone that rang during proceedings. Restaino, who admits he "snapped" has been removed from his post.

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Visual aids, after a German policeman demonstrated how he made arrests to a second-grade class by handcuffing the teacher. When the cop went to remove the cuffs, he realized he had lost the key. The teacher remained cuffed until a backup key arrived.

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Moms who's fooled around, after Rite Aid began selling home DNA paternity test for $29.99.

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David Leggat, of Scotland, who spent four days trapped inside a men's bathroom. The bathroom, at a private club that had closed for the winter, was freezing cold,so Leggat,55. kept himself alive by plunging his feet into a sink he filled with hot water. "The only things I regret," Leggat said after he was found, "is not getting trapped behind the bar."

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Santa Claus, after the Canadian post office revealed that one of the 11,000 volunteers who respond to letters addressed to Santa Claus at the North Pole had written obscene replies to at least 10 children."We firmly believe there is just one rogue elf out there,: said a spokeswoman.

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Pedro Carreno, the interior minister of Venezuela's socialist government, after a journalist interrupted his speech to ask if it wasn't hypocritical of him to denounce capitalism while wearing Gucci shoes and a Louis Vuitton tie. "I don't, uh...I...of course," stammered Carreno.

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Cabin Fever,with the news that the holiday festivities among U.S. scientists and staff at isolated research stations in America got a little out of hand. A Santa Claus groped female scientists, a drunken staffer went on a wild joy ride on a four-wheel-drive vehicle, and two workers filled with holiday cheer had a punch-out resulting in a broken jaw.