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		<title>13 Awesome Ways to Carve Your Watermelon</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 20:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emerald Catron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, were you just planning on slicing your watermelon into wedges this Memorial Day weekend? We regret to inform you that plain old wedges are now kind of lame. It turns out there are so many awesome ways to carve a watermelon that we are probably just not going to buy one ever again, because [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, were you just planning on slicing your watermelon into wedges this Memorial Day weekend? We regret to inform you that plain old wedges are now kind of lame.
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		<title>Nightclub in Trouble for Putting Two-Way Mirror in Women&#039;s Bathroom</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew Weisholtz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are two sides to every story. And sometimes there are two sides to every mirror. In a story that, ahem, reflects poorly on the establishment, a new Scottish hot spot called the Shimmy Cub has found itself in hot water for installing two-way mirrors in the women’s room, without telling anyone. As you can [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are two sides to every story.</p>
<p>And sometimes there are two sides to every mirror.</p>
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		<title>Mom Forces Stepdaughter to Wear Thrift Store Clothes for Being a Bully</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 14:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donald Deane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve seen parents use unique methods to punish kids in the past &#8212; through Facebook and by making them carry signs on busy streets, for example. But a Utah woman punished her stepdaughter in the most creative way yet by forcing her to wear ill-fitting thrift store clothing for being a bully. Turns out the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We've seen parents use unique methods to punish kids in the past -- through <a href="http://thefw.com/mom-uses-facebook-to-punish-disrespectful-daughter/">Facebook</a> and <a href="http://thefw.com/teen-forced-to-hold-sign/">by making them carry signs on busy streets</a>, for example. But a Utah woman punished her stepdaughter in the most creative way yet <a href="http://blog.sfgate.com/sfmoms/2013/05/21/mom-forces-daughter-to-wear-dowdy-thrift-store-clothes-as-punishment-for-bullying/" target="_blank">by forcing her to wear ill-fitting thrift store clothing for being a bully</a>.
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		<title>Father Arrested After Letting 9-Year-Old Daughter Drive Car</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donald Deane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our experience, parents generally let their small children drive when they&#8217;re too drunk to drive themselves. But a father in Ohio was apparently stone cold sober when he let his 9-year-old daughter drive the family car. Can&#8217;t blame alcohol for this one, dude. That dumb decision was all yours. According to the Lake County [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In our experience, parents generally <a href="http://thefw.com/drunk-dad-made-nine-year-old-daughter-drive-video/">let their small children drive</a> when they're <a href="http://thefw.com/drunk-dad-lets-10-year-old-son-drive/">too drunk to drive themselves</a>. But a father in Ohio was apparently stone cold sober <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/20/jaron-mcgee-arrested-afte_n_3307571.html" target="_blank">when he let his 9-year-old daughter drive the family car</a>. Can't blame alcohol for this one, dude. That dumb decision was all yours.</p>
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		<title>College Student Fakes Own Kidnapping to Hide Failing Grade</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donald Deane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nobody likes sharing bad report cards with parents, but one college student in Atlanta gets high marks for creativity by faking his own kidnapping to hide a failing grade. According to officials, 19-year-old Aftab Aslam texted his parents about a kidnapping, then went camping for a week in an undeveloped area in Forsyth County. Aslam [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nobody likes sharing bad report cards with parents, but one college student in Atlanta gets high marks for creativity <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/17/aftab-aslam-accused-of-fa_n_3295365.html" target="_blank">by faking his own kidnapping to hide a failing grade</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Future Is Now &#8212; Star Trek Phasers Are Real</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emerald Catron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know how sometimes you&#8217;re walking through Times Square, and it reminds you a little too much of &#8216;Blade Runner,&#8217; then you get an email on your hand-sized computer/phone, and you have a massive panic attack because THE FUTURE IS NOW?!!!!! This video does not help that feeling. At all. According to Rusty Ward, host [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You know how sometimes you're walking through Times Square, and it reminds you a little too much of 'Blade Runner,' then you get an email on your hand-sized computer/phone, and you have a massive panic attack because THE FUTURE IS NOW?!!!!! This video does not help that feeling. At all.
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		<title>Unhappy Customer Destroys $430K Maserati Because of Poor Service at the Dealership</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew Weisholtz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People in China really need to work on how to behave in public. First, there was the woman who went dookie in a subway station elevator and now comes this wizard who decided to destroy a Maserati. That&#8217;s just dumb, but what&#8217;s even dumber is why he did it. The car&#8217;s owner decided to manhandle [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>People in China really need to work on how to behave in public.</p>
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		<title>Mom Puts Three-Year-Old Son Up for Adoption on Craigslist</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donald Deane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Craigslist is a great resource for meeting people and buying and selling almost anything. But when it comes to giving away children, there are probably better ways. That didn&#8217;t stop a Texas woman from offering her three-year-old for adoption on the service, however. Houston Police say that 29-year-old Stephanie Christine Redus posted an ad on [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Craigslist is a great resource for meeting people and buying and selling almost anything. But when it comes to giving away children, there are probably better ways. That didn't stop a Texas woman from <a href="http://www.kgw.com/news/national/Texas-mom-puts-son-3-up-for-Craigslist-adoption-207548331.html" target="_blank">offering her three-year-old for adoption on the service, however.</a>
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		<title>What American City Was Just Named the &#039;Laziest&#039;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 12:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew Weisholtz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[America is known for its obesity crisis and penchant for lounging on the couch instead of getting up and doing anything physical. As it turns out, some cities perpetuate that stereotype more than others. Men&#8217;s Health magazine has finally answered the age old question &#8220;What are the laziest cities in the country?&#8221; For the sake [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>America is known for its obesity crisis and penchant for lounging on the couch instead of getting up and doing anything physical. As it turns out, some cities perpetuate that stereotype more than others.</p>
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		<title>Cleveland Man Gets a Charles Ramsey Tattoo [PHOTO]</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 21:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kaleb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charles Ramsey took the world by storm and became a viral sensation after he rescued three missing women who were held captive in Cleveland for over a decade. One tattoo artist decided to capitalize on the popularity of the hometown hero Charles Ramsey. Cleveland tattoo artist Rodney Rose decided to offer a free Ramsey tattoo at his [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Charles Ramsey took the world by storm and became a viral sensation after he rescued three missing women who were held captive in Cleveland for over a decade. One tattoo artist decided to capitalize on the popularity of the hometown hero Charles Ramsey. Cleveland tattoo artist Rodney Rose decided to offer a free Ramsey tattoo at his shop, 252 Tattoo in Cleveland. It didn't take long for Rodney's friend Stephen Munhollon to call and ask if the offer was still on the table.
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