Weird but true
She can blame social media if she doesn’t like her name.
A Crystal Lake, Ill., couple who can’t agree on a name for their second daughter have turned to Facebook to solve the problem.
Lindsey and Dave Meske are stuck between four names — McKenna, Madelyn, Emily and Addilyne — for the little girl who’ll be born early next year.
So they’ve created a Facebook poll allowing strangers to weigh in. At last count, McKenna and Madelyn were tied. Voting continues until the new baby is born.
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But is it scary?
A California pumpkin patch offers families far more than the ordinary big, fat orange option.
At Live Oak Canyon in Redlands, pumpkin pickers can snag a black Japanese pumpkin or a pink Jaune Gros de Paris.
“People are shocked at all the different varieties,” said Mia Mercado-Bennett, an event coordinator at the business.
“Some of them are ugly, which is perfect for Halloween,” she said.
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Here’s the naked truth.
It was barely a few hours after Mark Twain’s “Eve’s Diary” was placed back on the shelves at a Massachusetts public library — lifting a century-old ban — that it was checked out by a curious modern reader.
The book was Twain’s satire of the Adam and Eve story, replete with nude illustrations, and two paperback copies were made available at the library in central Massachusetts.
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No stone went unturned to earn this pug a prize.
Harley the pug ate, and subsequently passed, more than 100 rocks to win the dubious honor of being given the annual dumb pet award.
Each year, bosses of a pet-insurance firm like to celebrate their most unusual claim of the year by short-listing unfortunate pets for a pubic vote.
Harley won paws-down.

