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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Things You Should Never Do In a Public Library]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ig/Weird-Crime-Mug-Shots/Masturbating-in-the-Library.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[There are things you should just never do at the library. Masturbating is definitely one of them. See the man police say was caught doing just that at a library computer... and he wasn't even watching porn. We'll tell you what really caught his attention in the Weird Crime Mug Shot Hall of Shame. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ A Look Inside Jack Ruby&#039;s Hat]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/artisticendeavors/ig/eBay-Frosted-Flake/Inside-the-Hat.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A photo of Jack Ruby's hat. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Hitler: Der Fuhrer&#039;s Face]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ig/Super--Staches---Boffo-Beards/The-Hitler-Mustache.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[When you're talking about iconic mustaches, you can't ignore the genocidal strip of hair that occupied the upper lip of this madman. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ World&#039;s Fattest Man]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ig/New-World-Records/World-s-Fattest-Man.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[World's Fattest Man: After reaching a peak weight of around 1,235 lbs. Manuel Uribe of Mexico has been trying to control his weight, and, by some accounts, has lost more than 500 lbs.&#10;]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Woman With Gun at Body Gras]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ig/Body-Gras/Woman-With-Gun.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Woman With Gun at Body Gras: Humans have been painting their bodies since they've been cave dwellers, and this Canadian festival takes this ancient art to a whole new sexy level. The two-day championship in Naniamo, B.C. features hundreds of artists and nude models.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Boryeong Mud Festival]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/eccentricalmanac/ss/BoryeongMudFest.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Boryeong Mud Festival is good, clean fun. An estimated 2 million people from around the world converge on this small South Korean coastal city -- just to play in the dirt. You'll find mud slides, mud wrestling, mud sculpture, mud photo contests, among other activities. The other part of the festival is pitching the beauty and skincare products made from Boryoeng City's famous dirt.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Horny Devil at Body Gras]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ig/Body-Gras/Horny-Devil.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Horny Devil: Humans have been painting their bodies since they've been cave dwellers, and this Canadian festival takes this ancient art to a whole new sexy level. The two-day championship in Nanimo, B.C. features hundreds of artists and nude models.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ The Ashes in Your Head]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/suggestedreading/ig/Weird-News-Photo-Extravaganza/Personal-Urn.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Forget the vase-style urn that sits forgotten on the mantle. The personal urn looks just like your head, so you can stare at your ancestors for generations. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Wax Hitler Beheaded]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/suggestedreading/ig/Weird-News-Photo-Extravaganza/Wax-Hitler-Beheaded.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A wax figure of Adolf Hitler on Display at Madam Tussauds in Berlin was beheaded, just days after it went on display. &#10;]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Weird Holiday Gift Guide]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/suggestedreading/tp/Weird-Holiday-Gift-Guide.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Ready for the Holidays? If you've got a strange family, here are some strange gifts, including gourmet bacon, fish tank furniture, ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Longest Line of Pizzas]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ig/New-World-Records/Longest-Line-of-Pizzas.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Guinness World Record: London's Chicago Town pizzeria lined up 1,300 pies. Crust-to-crust, this 820-foot high-calorie chain measured three times the height of Niagara Falls. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bulldog Bash]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ss/Bulldog_Bash_7.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Wall of Death: 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[ Bubbling Up]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ig/Weeki-Wachee-Mermaids.-2kR/Bubbling-Up.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Weeki Wachee Mermaids: The world famous mermaids of Weeki Wachee Springs State Park in Florida,  known for their grace and beauty for the past 62 years, will be appearing at both Ripley&amp;#8217;s aquariums.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ugliest Dog Contest]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jeanenne Teed of St. Petersburg, Florida holds her one-eyed, three legged Chinese Crested dog named Gus before the start of the 20th Annual Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair June 20, 2008 in Petaluma, California. Owners of ugly dogs travel to Petaluma from all over the country to participate in the annual competition.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Six Inch Dog]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ig/World-s-Smallest-Dog/Six-Inch-Pup-.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[ 22 Scorpions in Mouth]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ig/New-World-Records/22-Scorpions-in-Mouth.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Majed al Malki of Syria set a record in 2009 for putting 22 live scorpions in his mouth. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Coney Island Mermaid Strike]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ss/Mermaid_Parade.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Coney Island's annual Mermaid Parade once again brought a colorful assortment of free-thinking -- and free-freaking -- New Yorkers. But 2008's parade was a bit different. With the city mulling radical redevelopment plans, the King and Queen of this years parade -- performance artists &quot;Rev. Billy&quot; Tallen and Savitri D. -- led protests to the project. They say the proposed shopping center, high-rise apartment building and condos would forever change this seaside resort.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Very Kinky]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/suggestedreading/tp/Very-Kinky.04.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Weird Sex: Looking for strange news regarding human sexuality? You'll find it here.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Happy Days Sweater on Display]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/artisticendeavors/ig/eBay-Frosted-Flake/Richie-Cunningham-s-Sweater.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A photo of Richie Cunningham's Letterman Sweater]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Nude Candadian Man With Maple Leaf]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ig/Body-Gras/Nude-Canadian-With-Maple-Leaf.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Nude Canadian With Maple Leaf: Humans have been painting their bodies since they've been cave dwellers, and this Canadian festival takes this ancient art to a whole new sexy level. The two-day championship in Nanimo, B.C. features hundreds of artists and nude models.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Underwater Fashion Show]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ss/UnderwaterFash_8.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Sexy Underwater Models at Underwater Fashion Show: Australian fashion plummeted to new depths at the Cosmopolitan Neutrogena Underwater Fashion Show. Forget SCUBA gear, models wore the fancy couture. But instead of strutting down a catwalk, they plunged into a nine-foot deep tank. Australian stars Kristian Schmid of &quot;Sea Patrol,&quot; Jamie Wright, and &quot;Biggest Loser&quot; Trainer Shannan Ponton, took part in the show.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Political Sideshow]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/suggestedreading/tp/Political-Follies.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Weird Political News: With Democrats and Republicans snapping at each other like vicious hamsters, no wonder the political process is so bizarre. Here's a rundown of our favorite political sideshows. From Barack Obama, McCain, the Clintons, and President Bush . . . we make fun of 'em all.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Fireworks at the Bird&#039;s Nest]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ig/Bizarre-Olympic-Photos/Bird-s-Nest-Fireworks.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Fireworks explode over the National Stadium during the Opening Ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Stadium on August 8 in Beijing, China.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[You Must Be Wasted]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/courtastrophies/tp/You-Must-Be-Wasted.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[When you're high on drugs, anything can happen. Here's proof. Check out strange drug busts, hilarious stoner activity in this recurring feature on Buck Wolf's Weird News Central at About.com.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Covered in Ink]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ig/Extreme-Body-Modification.-2kG/TattooSamon.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Samon shows a full body's worth of ink. See this and other images from the London Tattoo Convention.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Sex Toy for Dogs Hits the Market]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/suggestedreading/ig/Weird-News-Photo-Extravaganza/DoggieSexDoll.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Is your pooch lonely? A Brazilian company is introducing a sex toy for frustrated canines. The DoggieLoveDoll might be the answer to every pup who can't find the perfect bitch to love him. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Icebar Tokyo]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[At Japan's Icebar Tokyo, everything is made of ice, from the cup you drink from, to the stool you sit on. For 3500 Yen, you can enter. They'll give you a coat, and the rest is really, really cool. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Traffic Cone Chic]]></title>
            <link>http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ig/Weird-Fashion/Traffic-Cone-Couture.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Fashion Police: The Agatha Ruiz De La Prada show at Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2009. Buck Wolf of Us Weekly Fashion Police fame weighs in on the worst of couture. ]]></description>
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