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4-Year-Old Looks Like Obama

August 29, 2008

“A Palm Springs mother says her four-year-old son looks like Barack Obama. Patricia Smith says when she’s out in public, people comment that her son Rafael looks like Obama. “They call him the Obama kid because he looks like Obama, that’s what they say. When Obama started to run during the primaries, people started to comment and how I should send the pictures to the news.” w/ slideshow photos + video

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Dentist Removes Painful Tooth From Gorilla

August 29, 2008

“This is the amazing moment one of the world’s only specialist zoo dentists goes to work removing a 3-inch painful tooth from the mouth of a giant gorilla. Dr Peter Kertesz spent two hours removing a broken canine which was causing serious toothache to Petinax, a silverback Western gorilla. The hefty primate, who tops the scales at 28 stone (179 kg), was heavily sedated by his keepers before a team of them lifted him into the dentist’s chair for the work.” w/ photos

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Rare Panda Birth Caught On Film

August 28, 2008

“This is the very same video 8th grade pandas are forced to watch in health class.”

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World’s Longest Soccer Goal

August 28, 2008

A goalkeeper scores a rare and entertaining soccer goal during a friendly match between Korea and the Republic of CĂ´te d’Ivoire.

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Rare Albino Whale Shark Photographed

August 27, 2008

“Whale sharks are unusual and mysterious creatures but this rare albino specimen makes it even more so. The 10-metre long shark was pictured swimming off the coast of Darwin, the northern-most island of the Galapagos. The marine giant is almost pure white making even its eyes almost undetectable.” w/ photos

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Eye Cancer Clue Seen In Photograph

August 27, 2008

“A mother diagnosed cancer in a baby girl she had never met - after a chatroom friend from America emailed her a photograph of her daughter. Madeleine Robb, from Stretford, spotted an unusual white shadow on the eye of one-year-old Rowan Santos. The 32-year-old business analyst has no medical training but discovered it could be a symptom of an eye cancer called Retinoblastoma after searching on the web.” w/ photos

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The Cat With Wings

August 27, 2008

“While most cats are renowned for having nine lives, these moggies are clearly living on a wing and a prayer. The cute little devils began sprouting bumps on their backs, which later turned into wing-like growths, during a recent spell of hot weather in China’s Sichuan province.” w/ photos

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Toaster Enthusiast Puts His Collection Online

August 26, 2008

“A German whose “love affair” with toasters led him to having one of the largest collections in the world has created an online museum.” w/ slideshow photos

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Little Boy Told He’s Too Good To Pitch

August 26, 2008

“Nine-year-old Jericho Scott is a good baseball player — too good, it turns out. The right-hander has a fastball that tops out at about 40 mph. He throws so hard that the Youth Baseball League of New Haven told his coach that the boy could not pitch any more. When Jericho took the mound anyway last week, the opposing team forfeited the game.” w/ photo

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Solar Powered Plane Breaks Flight Record

August 25, 2008

“A solar powered spy plane developed by British scientists has broken the record for the longest time spent in flight after remaining in the air for three and a half days.” w/ video

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