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Missouri citizens demand new name for U. Kansas mascot
Citizens of Osceola, Mo., demand the renaming of the Jayhawk, claiming the name of the loveable KU mascot has ties to a domestic terrorist group.
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Angry Birds obsession reaches new heights
As if addiction to the popular game Angry Birds is not enough, players can now take their obsession to life-size proportions with the new Angry Birds “theme park” that opened this month.
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Naked bike riders take to Philly streets
Every Labor Day weekend for the past three years, thousands of Philadelphians have taken off their clothes and hopped on their bikes to take part in the Philly Naked Bike Ride.
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Ohio State alumnus builds street-legal Batmobile
An Ohio State graduate has brought the Batmobile from the streets of Gotham City to the streets of Columbus.
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Google trike maps Mānoa
Beginning with U. Hawai‘i at Mānoa, the Google Street View trike – a 250-pound, nine-foot, human-powered machine – has been mapping Hawai‘i's colleges and state parks.
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Notre Dame students plunge into lakes
"I have a new-found empathy for polar bears," freshman Brendan Coyne said after participating in the second annual Badin-Dillon Polar Bear Plunge Saturday in St. Joseph's Lake.
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David vs. Goliath: Web upstart battles corporate giant Facebook
Sometimes things are posted on Facebook that make you wonder, “Who thought it would be a good idea to say this?” Matt Genitempo and Jonathan Standefer, Baylor U. alumni, saw the potential to profit from, and have a good laugh at, the most ridiculous Facebook content.
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Ohio State professor builds Lego replica of Ohio State
Lego is abbreviated from the Danish words "leg godt," which mean to "play well," according to Lego's website. Paul Janssen has taken his play with Legos to the next level. In fact, he has taken it to about every level of Ohio Stadium.
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Conway the Mastodon takes a weekend spin
After 17 years at the Ohio Historical Society, Conway the Mastodon moved. As in, a team of workers rotated the 10-foot-tall remains of the fossilized pachyderm. Conway is on display in the main room of the OHS.