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Oct 05, 2012

See massive Star Wars memorabilia collection

Stars Wars fans are some of the most passionate collector’s in the world. One Star Wars collector has amassed over 450 pieces of memorabilia from the successful franchise. Arnaud Grunberg, a long-time fanatic, is showing his collection in Paris’ Museum of Decorative Arts.

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Komen rejects donations from porn site

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The Susan G. Komen Foundation does not plan to accept donations from Pornhub.com, which had previously announced it would donate one cent to the breast cancer organization for every 30 views of breast-related videos, the Huffington Post reports.

Komen told the Post in an e-mail that “Susan G. Komen for the Cure is not a partner of pornhub.com. We will not accept donations from this organization and have asked them to stop using our name.”

Pornhub.com is now looking for other breast cancer organizations interested in accepting its donation.

Oct 04, 2012

Michigan Batman in trouble again

A man dressed as Batman has been arrested and charged with obstructing a police investigation. Police said Mark Wayne Williams of Petoskey, Michigan, who has been dubbed the Petoskey Batman, got in the way of their search for a man who allegedly fled the scene of an accident, and threw off the K-9 units.

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Oct 03, 2012

Police hunt woman after she rides manatee

The woman catches a ride on a manatee. (Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office/Courtesy)

By Soumya Karlamangla:

Swimming with the dolphins is OK, but riding a manatee? Not so much.

A Florida woman turned herself in Tuesday after police began investigating reports and photos they received of a woman illegally riding a manatee in Fort DeSoto Park in Pinellas County, Fla.

Manatees are mammals that are frequently a part of the lore of sea; sailors have been known to mistake these sea cows for mermaids. And in the state of Florida, it is a second-degree misdemeanor to intentionally “molest, harass, or disturb” a manatee because they’re an endangered species, according to Time.com. The woman, later identified as Ana Gloria Garcia Gutierrez, 52, apparently didn’t realize that what she was doing probably fell into that category.

After the Pinella’s County Sheriff’s Office put out wanted notices for the woman in the picture, Gutierrez turned herself in to the police and explained that she was new to the area, so didn’t know hitching a ride on a manatee wasn’t allowed. She has not been arrested or charged.

Giant pumpkin shatters world record

It’s the biggest fruit ever grown in the world, and Rhode Island resident Ron Wallace did it in one growing season. His pumpkin, which tips the scales at 2,009 pounds, earned him $15,500 at the Topsfield Fair in Topsfield, Mass.

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