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Canadian Football Team Planks After Touchdown [VIDEO]
When the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, a Canadian Football League team, scored against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, they eschewed typical touchdown celebrations like chicken dances and got their plank on instead. The offensive team drop into the rigid plank pose that's been sweeping the globe (and more recently, fellow athletes like Dwight Howard and Gilbert Arenas).
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Corgi Frees Fellow Dog From Cage [VIDEO]
Cutest rescue ever! Like a scene from a Pixar adventure, Ferris the Corgi embarked on a mission to free his sister, Dot Matrix, from a cage. After assessing her enclosure, Ferris neatly unhooked the clasp on the cage's door and Dot scrambled (well, ambled) out. See the great escape below:
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Kim Kardashian Tweets Disgust at Casey Anthony Verdict, Internet Points Out Irony
Today's not guilty verdict in the Casey Anthony murder trial shocked many, including a slew of celebs. But when reality star Kim Kardashian tweeted that she was "speechless" over the verdict, the Twitterverse couldn't help but point out that Kim's father was a prominent part of another surprising murder acquittal: OJ Simpson's.
The late Robert Kardashian was a member of the infamous "dream team" of lawyers assembled to defend Simpson against charges that he murdered wife Nicole Brown Simpson in a much-publicized 1995 trial.
See Kim's tweet and some of the responses below:
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Beyonce Surprises Dancing Target Shoppers in Harlem [VIDEO]
Beyoncé's choreographed flash mobs are the hottest ticket in music right now. First, B surprised a group of kids mastering her 'Move Your Body' moves in their school's auditorium and on Thursday, she snuck up on a group of shoppers at a Harlem, New York Target taking a dance lesson from her choreographer.
The crowd was dancing to her latest single, 'Countdown,' when Beyoncé emerged (to hysterical screams, naturally) and joined in, too.
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Orlando Magic’s Dwight Howard and Gilbert Arenas Go on Planking Spree [PHOTOS]
Orlando Magic teammates Dwight Howard and Gilbert Arenas tried their hands at planking -- a bizarre, imported Australian fad wherein people lie face-down and absolutely rigid on strange surfaces. Howard and Arenas documented their best planks, with surfaces including a vending machine and luxury cars, on Twitter. And, yes, planking is better when done by super-tall basketball players. Check out some of their best shots below:
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The Barack Obama Guide to Charming Our Nation’s Children [VIDEOS]
Barack Obama must be gunning for the grammar school vote with all the kids he's been charming lately. After calming a crying infant earlier this week, the official White House YouTube channel shows him visiting with lots of other young constituents, teaching us some valuable lessons in how to win over these future voters:
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Barack Obama Calms Crying Baby With Presidential Magic [VIDEO]
First he found Bin Laden and now he's quieting the cries of our nation's babies. In an official White House video that's circulating today, Barack and Michelle Obama are greeting a crowd of visitors when the first lady picks up a fan's baby. The infant is wailing, but when she's handed over to the president, her cries instantly stop. Watch the clip below:
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Aww! Man Finds Mister Rogers Letter From His Childhood
Just when we thought we were over the 2003 passing of Mister Rogers, a man named Christopher Barranco dug up a letter from the children's show star that he received at age six and posted it to Reddit. In it, the late Fred Rogers expresses his condolences that Christopher cannot visit his neighborhood in real life, but they can still have "television visits and a letter visit like this one." Even more sniffle-inducing is Rogers' suggestion that he create a pretend visit between the two, noting that, "When you pretend, things can be any way you want them to be." Read the full letter below:
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Kissing Vancouver Riot Couple Appear on ‘Today’ Show [VIDEO]
Alex Thomas and Scott Jones, the couple who made headlines after being caught in a kiss at the Vancouver riots last week, appeared on 'Today' this morning to tell the story behind the makeout session seen 'round the internet. Jones explained that Thomas had been knocked to the ground by police trying to tame the crowd (which a video that emerged over the weekend supports) and he was only trying to soothe her:
