• Alaskan locals fear looting at real-life 'Into the Wild' film site

  October 5, 2007
  Residents of Healy, c, are worried that Sean Penn's new movie "Into the Wild" might bring thrill-seekers and looters to the area.
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  Bravo confirms 'Project Runway 4' to debut November 14, reveals cast

  September 27, 2007
  Apparently Heidi Klum was right all along.  A month after Klum first announced it and Bravo denied it, the network has formally confirmed that Project Runway's fourth season will premiere on Wednesday, November 14 at 10PM ET/PT and revealed the identities of the season's 15 contestants.

• 'Pigassos' make art for farm charity

  June 5, 2007
  Some little piggies on an English farm have been making a splash in the art world.

• Paramedics accused of sex in ambulance

  April 16, 2007
  Two paramedics in South Africa are under investigation for allegedly having a sexual romp in their ambulance.
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  Report: Randy Jackson to join Simon Cowell as 'The X Factor' judge

  March 27, 2007
  First it was reported that The X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne was being imported from Britain for the upcoming second season of America's Got Talent.  Now it looks like American Idol judge Randy Jackson might get exported to the U.K. to serve as a critic on The X Factor.

• Smokers told to stop smoking at home

  March 11, 2007
  An Australian court said a Sydney couple should stop smoking in their apartment if the smell upsets the neighbors.

• Internet novel follows Wikipedia format

  February 4, 2007
  Students at De Montfort University in Leicester, England, have teamed up with Penguin Books to create the very first "wiki" novel.

• Eight-foot snake found frozen in Ohio

  January 30, 2007
  Residents of Middletown, Ohio, are baffled as to the origin of an 8-foot red tail boa constrictor found frozen solid near the Great Miami River.

• Matt Damon says maybe George W. Bush's twins should go to Iraq

  December 15, 2006
  In an interview in Washington, actor Matt Damon suggested that President George W. Bush's daughters "maybe" should join the military.

• Anti-U.S. message found in word search

  November 22, 2006
  A Johnson County, N.C., high school teacher resigned after his students found anti-American messages hidden in a Spanish word search.

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