Jeremy Taylor
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Dad to Buy Daughters Puppy After They Get One Million Facebook Likes In A Day
It's a scenario which has played out in countless homes over the years. The kids want a puppy, but the dad isn't so sure it's a good idea.
But when the Cordell girls, Cadence, 12, and Emerson, 9, went to their father Ryan with their canine request, he added a social media clause -- he would get his daughters a dog if they could get one million likes on Facebook.
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Honest Cover Letter Charms Wall Street
Summer internships on Wall Street can be difficult to snag, especially if you aren't related to one of the firm's senior executives.
But as an unnamed college student has proved, the really honest approach to job seeking can also work. His cover letter, in which he admits he has "no unbelievably special skills or genius eccentricities" and says he "no qualms about fetching coffee, shining shoes or picking up laundry," was immediately passed around the boutique investment bank he had applied, where it was praised as an instant classic.
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Teacher With Fear of Children Fighting Forced Retirement
Language teacher Maria C. Waltherr-Willard suffers from pedophobia, which means she is afraid of young children. When the 61-year-old is in the presence of the little tykes she experiences symptoms which include anxiety, chest pains and vomiting.
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New Girl Scout Cookie Mango Creme Is ‘Vitamin Enhanced’
When those sugar peddlers in green sashes come to your door this Girl Scout cookie season there will be a new treat on the menu.
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Zoo Chimp Has Become Hopelessly Addicted to Adult Films
If you're on the wrong side of 30 like some of us, you'll remember that there was a time when it was relatively hard to get your hands on adult material. These days? It's so easy a monkey could do it. Er, a chimp.
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Man Crashes Car Into Pizzeria, Orders Pizza
When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. And when life steers your car straight into a pizzeria, you order a large pie.
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White House Rejects Petition to Build Death Star
The White House's 'We The People' website, which allows citizens to petition the Obama administration to take action on issues facing the nation, has been in the news a lot lately.
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Trail Of Cheetos Leads Police To Robber
It was 2:30 AM Sunday morning and Austin Lee Westfall Presler wanted to keep the party going, but the South Carolina man had run out of supplies. What's a party animal to do? Bust down the front door of the local convenience store, which was closed, and take what you need, that's what. Apparently.
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Dad Hires Virtual Hitmen to ‘Kill’ Video Game Addicted Son
Feng's son Xiao had been a good student with a promising future. But according to Feng, who lives with his son in China, Xiao got really into video games in high school and his obsession was such that he hadn't found a job or moved out of the house by 23.
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Brave Cat Saves Baby From Python
Not long ago, Tess Guthrie's cat was hissing so loud that the sound woke her from her slumber. And when the 22-year old Australian mom did open her eyes she saw a six foot python had wrapped itself around the arm of her six-month-old daughter, who was sleeping right next to her.
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Facebook Reunites Sisters After 72 Years
Back when Facebook was just about college students and the recently graduated it was great for getting back in touch with high school friends that you had lost contact with for a few years. But now that everybody and their grandmother is on the social network, the reunions Facebook enables have started to become really impressive.
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Watch the Doritos ‘Crash The Super Bowl’ 2013 Super Bowl Commercial Finalists
For the past seven years, Doritos has sponsored a 'Crash The Super Bowl' contest in which amateur ad-makers compete to have their 30 second spots for the tortilla chips played during the big game. For 2013's Super Bowl commercial, the competition is fierce.