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Waitress fired for posting pastor's receipt online

An Applebee's waitress who posted a receipt with a note from a pastor complaining about the automatic gratuity added to the bill on the Internet was fired on Wednesday after the pastor complained to her manager. Chelsea Welch, the waitress, wrote in an email to Yahoo News that the pastor (who has since been identified [...]

Mind, blown: Man takes beatboxing to new level

Beatboxing, or using your own voice to simulate a variety of musical instruments, is no easy feat. But an amazing French beatboxer has taken the art to a whole new level: Call it speed beatboxing. In his most recent video uploaded to YouTube, Alem, as he is known, sets a metronome to various lightning-quick beats-per-minute [...]

Icelandic teen wins court battle to use given name

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - A 15-year-old Icelandic girl has been granted the right to legally use the name given to her by her mother, despite the opposition of authorities and Iceland's strict law on names.

Pelosi guest starring on ’30 Rock’ series finale

Nancy Pelosi has gotten plenty of television airtime as leader of the House Democrats. But on Thursday she’ll score perhaps her biggest on-air cameo yet, guest-starring in the final episode of NBC’s critically acclaimed comedy series, “30 Rock.” The congresswoman is set to play herself as Tiny Fey’s show has its official swan song. According [...]

Photos: NASA rocket launch lights up night sky

The United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket carrying NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-K, TDRS-K, streaks past the Vehicle Assembly Building and Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida after launching from Space Launch Com

NRA predicts gun debate victory after Senate hearing

Despite facing a campaign to impose new gun restrictions—one backed by President Barack Obama after a string of deadly mass shootings across the country—the National Rifle Association says it has no intention of backing away from its stalwart defense of gun ownership. Indeed, the organization's leaders think it's a battle they'll win. NRA President David [...]

Gross, but valuable: Man finds whale vomit on beach

Just because something's gross doesn't mean it isn't valuable. Case in point: Whale barf. A man taking his dog for a walk on the beach came across a pile of (maybe! hopefully!) whale vomit. Now he could stand to make more than $50,000 from the find. Who would pay tens of thousands of dollars for [...]

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