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Talking Points: Fatherless anteater, delaying Alzheimer's and dementia, man on speeding truck's hood

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Published: Mon, May 20, 2013

What is the story on the fatherless anteater? One can only assume that Armani, the mother of Archie, the newborn baby anteater at the LEO Zoological Conservation Center in Greenwich, Conn., got pregnant in the usual way -- but it is hard to see how. There were no male anteaters around....

Talking Points: Honeybees, Eurovision song contest, car museum

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Sun, May 19, 2013

What unlikely activity are honeybees being trained to do in Croatia? The insects are being taught by Croatian researchers to find unexploded land mines. The bees have a good sense of smell, and they are being trained to connect the food that they eat with the scent of TNT. During the Balkan...

Talking points: Student kidnapper, delivering drugs, potty mouth states

Kate Jacobson

Updated: Sat, May 18, 2013

A student did what to avoid telling his parents he failed? Instead of coming clean about failing an English class, college student Aftab Aslam staged his own kidnapping. The Georgia Gwinnett College student purchased a mobile phone from Target, then texted his parents saying he'd been...

Talking Points: Venezuelan toilet paper shortage, wearing life jackets to work, coin toss elects mayor

Talking Points

Published: Thu, May 16, 2013

What critical necessity does Venezuela have to import? Toilet paper. Venezuela's socialist government said it will import 50 million rolls to boost supplies, following shortages of milk, butter, coffee and cornmeal. Shoppers in the country are having trouble finding toilet paper, with one...