Professor is dumpster-diving urban Robin Hood (Reuters)

Reuters – University professor Jeff Ferrell is something of a U.S. urban Robin Hood, although what he gives away is not stolen but the result of dumpster diving.

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Mayans never predicted world to end in 2012? (Reuters)

Reuters – If you are worried the world will end next year based on the Mayan calendar, relax: the end of time is still far off.

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"Whatever" voted most irritating word in poll (Reuters)

Reuters – Whatever you think about using grating words, at the end of the day it’s actually better not to say whatever, if you know what I mean.

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Oregon boy takes family pickup on 100-mile joyride (AP)

AP – A 12-year-old Oregon boy had permission to drive the family pickup truck to the end of the driveway to unload trash, but he kept going until he was stopped nearly 100 miles away in Lewis County, Wash.

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Odds are, BP to get new CEO this year (AP)

AP – Odds are, BP’s embattled chief executive Tony Hayward will be out of a job before the end of the year, an Irish bookmaker says.

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