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Australian politician attacked by kangaroo in Canberra

Shane Rattenbury says the kangaroo attack happened while he was on a morning jog.
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This photo taken on May 31, 2012 shows two kangaroos grazing near a house in Canberra. (AFP/Getty Images)
"I'm not sure who got the bigger shock, me or the kangaroo," Shane Rattenbury said.
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford crack cocaine video surfaces

Gawker broke the news that the video existed and the website's editor John Cook made the trip to Toronto to see it firsthand.
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Toronto mayor Rob Ford is no stranger to controversy but a video surfacing of him hitting a crack pipe might just be enough to make his career go up in smoke. (Dennis Grombkowski/AFP/Getty Images)
A video has allegedly surfaced of the wacky mayor smoking crack cocaine and talking smack about other politicians.
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Man finds winning $4.85 million lottery ticket in cookie jar

Ricardo Cerezo, of Illinois, said he accumulated 11 lottery tickets in the cookie jar for a rainy day.
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Ricardo Cerezo, of Geneva, Illinois, got an extremely sweet surprise after looking in his cookie jar recently and finding a winning lottery ticket. (Justin Sullivan/AFP/Getty Images)
Winning lottery ticket in cookie jar.
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Craigslist adoption attempt gets woman arrested

Stephanie Redus, a Texas mom, faces criminal charges for placing a Craigslist ad asking strangers to adopt her three-year-old son.
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Mothers holding their newly-born babies pose for a photo at Fabella hospital, a government-run maternity hospital during World Population Day in Manila on July 11, 2009. (Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images)
“Hi, I’m trying to adopt out my three year old son. I’m not in a good place in my life and don’t feel like I can care for him properly, but I don’t know where to start."
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Pot smokers are skinnier, study says

Marijuana users had smaller waists and were better able to regulate insulin in the body.
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A new study has shown that pot smokers are skinnier than those who do not inhale marijuana. (Pablo Porciuncula/AFP/Getty Images)
Researchers at the University of Nebraska, the Harvard School of Public Health and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center tested insulin, blood sugar levels, cholesterol and waist size in 4,600 adults.
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Move over, ultrasounds: Fetus holograms are the next big trend (VIDEO)

Japanese company Pioneer has developed technology that prints 3D holograms of unborn babies.
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Perfect gift for mom: a fetus-hologram-lined jewelry box. (Screengrab/YouTube)
Ultrasounds just scream "twentieth century baby," don't they? Thank goodness Japanese company Pioneer has developed technology worthy of the twenty-first century fetus.
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Life-size Barbie Dreamhouse opens in Berlin (PHOTOS)

The first life-size Barbie Dreamhouse opened in Berlin on Thursday and is being guarded by police after feminist groups and left-wing activists said they would picket the plastic villa.
While at the iconic doll's dreamhouse, fans can also try on her clothes in her "endless" closet, bake cupcakes in her kitchen, walk her runway and hang out in her living room.
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Malaria mosquitoes attracted to human scent, British study shows

Mosquitoes carrying malaria are somehow manipulated by parasites carrying the disease to make a bee line for the smell of humans, researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine say.
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An Indian labourer takes a nap under a mosquito net on the pavement in Kolkata on August 10, 2012. (DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/Wikimedia commons)
Mosquitoes carrying malaria are more attracted to human scent than non-malarial ones are, according to a new study.
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US, Russia inmates play chess tournament via Skype (VIDEO)

Russian inmates have teamed up with their counterparts in the biggest prison in the US, Chicago's Cook County Jail, to play a chess tournament via Skype.
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Alena Kats and Emanuel Grunfeld face off in the HBO Bryant Park Chess Challenge in New York City’s Bryant Park on May 24, 2011. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
"The participation of Russian convicts in the chess event testifies to their desire to follow the path of correction," said Russia's federal prison service.
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Whites-only scholarship still offered at Columbia University

Columbia University is struggling to get rid of its whites-only scholarship that has been around since 1920.
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Columbia University campus. (Alexander Besant/GlobalPost)
None of the rules governing the fund can be changed without a court's permission.
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