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Congratulations! It’s a wildfire!

The U.S. Forest Service has released this video of one gone awry. A couple actually thought putting an explosive -- Tannerite -- in the middle of a tinder-dry wildland in Arizona was a good idea.
by Bob Collins

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Man who spent the year living in an airport finds a home in Canada

Man who spent the year living in an airport finds a home in Canada

Stop me if you've heard this before. A man from another country flies to an airport, but then is stranded there because the country won't let him in and he can't get back. So he lives in the airport -- for seven months -- until he finally catches a break.
by Bob Collins

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Mission control reactions, then and now

Mission control reactions, then and now

One supposes that when it takes six months for your spacecraft to travel to a far-away planet, a team of scientists has plenty of time to practice the handshake-celebration for when it all goes according to plan.
by Bob Collins

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Baseball, politics collide in Mississippi Senate race

Social media has made it too uncomfortable for Major League Baseball to support a candidate with racist views. Over the weekend, Judd Legum, who writes a political newsletter, reported that the commissioner’s office had donated $5,000 to Cindy Hyde-Smith, who is in a runoff election for U.S. Senate from Mississippi. But please MLB, do continue…
by Bob Collins

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Court of Appeals upholds ‘lenient’ sentence for man who raped 15 year old

Ramsey County prosecutors have struck out with the Minnesota Court of Appeals in their attempt to get a rapist sentenced to something other than the 10 years of probation handed down by a judge.
by Bob Collins

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