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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Beat Stadium Booze Prices With Fake Beer Belly]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ig/Strange-New-Products.-0F7/Hide-Booze-in-Fake-Beer-Belly.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Tired of paying ballpark prices for beer? The &quot;Beer Belly&quot; lets you hide your suds inside a false beer belly. See it in action here. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Accused Cat Killer]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ig/Weird-Crime-Mug-Shots.-5Hz/Accused-Cat-Killer.-5IL.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Police say Matthew Selk of Largo, Fla., punched his girlfriend's Siamese cat, put it in a bag, and stabbed the animal. Police say they found two bloody knives.&#10;&#10;]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bulldog Bash]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ss/Bulldog_Bash_3.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[50,000 Hells Angels: More than 50,000 people -- including Hells Angels from all over the world -- for what has become Europe's No. 1 motorcycle festival. At the Shakespeare County Raceway in England, you'll find drag racing, &quot;Wall of Death&quot; stunt riding, Wet T-shirt contests and a topless bike wash.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[man vs beast]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/manvsbeast/tp/man-vs-beast.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Our animal friends are always reminding us that it's their planet, too. Here's the latest on humanity's ongoing struggle with its beastly friends.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Boobs on Bikes Parade]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/suggestedreading/ig/Weird-News-Photo-Extravaganza/Boobs-on-Bikes.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Boobs: Once a year, New Zealand gives new meaning to &quot;drag queen&quot; as topless porn stars cruise through the country's busiest city in the annual Boobs on Bikes Parade.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Art]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/artisticendeavors/tp/Art.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[One man's trash is another man's treasure. Here's proof.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Hell&#039;s Angels Bulldog Bash]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/suggestedreading/ig/Weird-News-Photo-Extravaganza/Hell-s-Angels-Bulldog-Bash.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Hell's Angel's Bulldog Bash: Would you buy this skull souvenir? It was one of the goodies at this year's Bulldog Bash, a Hell's Angels festival in England that raised thousands of dollars for ailing war veterans. The motorcycle club's annual celebration features outrageous 'Wall of Death' stunts, topless bike washes, and a lot of partying. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Nobody Gets the Message]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ig/Weird-Fashion/Nobody-Gets-the-Message.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Just who came up with the phrase, &quot;Cute as a button?&quot; Buck Wolf, longtime contributor to Us Weekly's Fashion Police, takes on crazy button looks at London Fashion Week. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Weird Crime News]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/dumbcrimedujour/tp/Weird-Crime-News.03.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Want a rundown of the week's strangest, most outrageous crimes of the day? Keep up with the antics of the world's least competent crooks.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ The Traumatic Stress Discipline Suspension Club]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ig/Extreme-Body-Modification.-2kG/Ripley-s-Traumatic-Stress-2.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Traumatic Stress Discipline Suspension Club performs at The Ripley's Believe It Or Not! celebration of the Grand Opening of the all new San Antonio Odditorium on May 1, 2008 in San Antonio, TX. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ World&#039;s Largest Serving of Meatballs]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/suggestedreading/ig/Weird-News-Photo-Extravaganza/Meatballs---Guinness.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[World's Largest Meatball: The Greek town of Serres cooked up the largest serving of meatballs -- more than 688 lbs. of buffalo meat -- setting a Guinness World Record, thanks to the Serres Chamber f Commerce and industry.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Six Inch Dog]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ig/New-World-Records/Six-Inch-Pup-.-2oO.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Six Inch Pup: At six inches long, Tom Thumb is not much bigger  than a hamster. But this chihuahua-Jack Russell mix may set the record as the smallest pup on the planet. Guinness World Records intends to measure this mutt, to see if he qualifies as the world's smallest dog.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[New World Records]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/newworldrecords/tp/New_World_Records.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[New World Records: Keep up with the latest achievements from Guinness and Ripley's.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Naked Vandal]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ig/Weird-Crime-Mug-Shots/Naked-Vandal-.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Mug Shots and Police Photos: John Chapman allegedly crashed through the gate of a private community, where he was reportedly &quot;running around naked.&quot;  And we've got the mug shot.  ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[World Series Mug Shots]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/othersports/ss/Baseball-World-Series-Mug-Shots_9.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Brett Myers is the only Phillies pitcher to lose a game in the 2008 World Series. He's also the only 2009 Philadelphia ballplayer in our World Series Mug Shot Hall of Shame. See him and other baseball bad boys in our special gallery.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Candy Wrapper Purse]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ig/Strange-New-Products.-0F7/Candy-Wrapper-Purse.htm</link>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ohara Hadaka (naked) Festival]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ss/Naked-Japanese.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Ohara Hadaka (Naked) Festival: Thousands of naked Japanese men carry ten portable shrines into the sea as part of the Ohara Hadaka Festival. It is all part of an ancient Shinto ritual that is meant to bring an abundant crop and prosperity to the townfolk.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nude News]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/suggestedreading/tp/Nude-News.06.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Hardly a day passes without someone being caught with their pants down. Here's a look at the strange, the kinky, the reckless and the outlandish nudes in the news, including a look at how Elliot Spitzer's call girl wants to cash in on her fame. Recent headlines include &quot;Spitzer Hooker Looses $1 Million Nudie Offer&quot; and &quot;Nude Man Caught Stealing Alligator&quot;.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ugliest Dog Contest]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ss/UgliestDog_7.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[It was a tail-wagging good time at the Sonoma-Marin county fair, where 12 pooches proudly competed in the World's Ugliest Dog Contest. Gus -- a three-legged, one-eyed Chinese Crested, won the $1000 prize.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Wheelie Doggone Cute]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ig/Weird-Animal-Photos.-0F8/Chihuahua-Wheelie-Dogs.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Three Chihuahuas came to New York's North Shore Animal League in April so badly deformed they resembled pint-sized kangaroos. The animal shelter gave these pooches what they needed most -- a set of wheels.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Please Don&#039;t Eat the Daisies]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ig/Weird-Fashion/Please-Don-t-Eat-the-Daisies.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Fashion Police: Buck Wolf, longtime contributor to Us Weekly's Fashion Police back page, weighs in on some of the worst and most laughable trends in modern couture. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Sex for World Series Tickets]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ig/Weird-Crime-Mug-Shots/Sex-for-World-Series-Tickets.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Some people will do anything -- and I mean anything -- to get to see the World Series. Police say 43-year-old Susan Finkelstein even offered sex for tix. See her mug shot and more in the Weird Crime Mug Shot Hall of Shame. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Wax Hitler Beheaded]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ig/Weird-Art/Wax-Hitler-Beheaded.--S-.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The wax model of Adolf Hitler during the final days in the Fuehrer-Bunker is displayed at the Berlin Branch of Madame Tussauds on July 3, in Berlin, Germany. The famous Madame Tussauds wax figure cabinett is due to open its location in Berlin on July 9th.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ World&#039;s Smallest Car]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/suggestedreading/ig/Weird-News-Photo-Extravaganza/World-s-Smallest-Car.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Peel 50 - the Smallest Car ever approved for street use - weighs only 130 lbs., and can hold only the driver and a small shopping bag. It doesn't go very fast, but, at 52-inches long, it's a snap to park. ]]></description>
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