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94-Year-Old Woman Wows in Dance Contest
When 94-year-old Mathilda Klein is introduced to the crowd during a ballroom dance competition, the announcer talks about how she was 26-years-old during World War II and not as “vibrant” as she used to be. That and the fact Klein uses a walker to get around leads one to believe the competition is just paying tribute to Klein because of her age. Then when she reaches the center of the dance floor, the music changes. And something pretty amazing happens.
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Jack Black Turns 10-Year-Old Street Performers Into Tenacious D’s Opening Act
Jack Black was walking around Cathedral Square in Christchurch, NZ the day before his band Tenacious D was set to play. That’s when he noticed a pair of 10-year-old buskers playing a rocking version of Bob Dylan’s ‘All Along The Watchtower.’ But he didn’t just give them money– Black offered them the opening slot in his show.
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Have Gas Prices Caused You to Cut Back on Other Things?
While gas prices may be coming down a little bit after a four-month surge, they still stand at almost four dollars a gallon. According to a new survey from Harris Interactive of 2,451 adults, these unprecedentedly high prices are causing Americans to change their overall spending habits.
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Chicago White Sox Player Catches Unruly Kid [VIDEO]
When you run on the field during a baseball game, you should expect rough treatment from the security guards or the players, if they happen to get to you first.
However, Chicago White Sox left fielder Dayan Viciedo couldn’t have been more gentle when he apprehended a field invader during the sixth inning of his team’s game against the Baltimore Orioles earlier this week.
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Fifth Avenue Frogger Uses Real Time Traffic In Game Play
On an episode of ‘Seinfeld,’ George played “real life” Frogger by pushing the arcade classic across a busy New York City street. ‘Fifth Avenue Frogger’ isn’t quite that hardcore, but it definitely draws from the same inspiration as that famous scene.
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Are You Happy with Your Weight? — Survey
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10-Year-Old Boy Designs Video Game for His Blind Grandmother
10-year-old Dylan Viale has a very close relationship with his grandmother Sherry, who is blind. The two walk dogs and go to the movies together, and recently went to a Lego event where they helped build a giant Lego Yoda.
But because of her vision impairment, Dylan wasn’t able to share with his grandmother his love of video games. So the fifth-grader at Hidden Valley Elementary in Martinez, CA, did something about that — he developed a video game which blind and sighted people can play together.
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Are Older Adults the New Face of Addiction?
One generally associates the onset of drug and alcohol addiction with the recklessness of youth.
However, two new studies are challenging those assumptions, with findings suggesting that older folks are also quite susceptible to addiction’s trap.
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The Dragon Dog Is Officially the World’s Most Expensive Hot Dog
When we were first introduced to the Dragon Dog it was just a really expensive item on the menu at DougieDog Hot Dogs in Vancouver, Canada.
But now the $100 Frankfurter, a foot-long bratwurst topped with kobe beef, truffle oil, fresh lobster and hundred-year-old Louis XIII cognac, has been officially recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the most expensive hot dog in world.
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Jose Canseco’s Tweets About the Titanic Are Kinda Nutty
Twitter is the greatest thing to happen to Jose Canseco since steroids. The former Bash Brother has over 440,000 followers on the micro blogging site and is known for his off-beat quasi-coherent Tweeting style.
His most recent newsworthy barrage of Tweets relate to the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.