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  • Talking Points: Bowling shoes, free fries, Alabama illnesses

    Bob Kemper

    Published: Thu, May 23, 2013

    Can you wear bowling shoes anywhere? Not in New York, if state lawmakers have their way. The state assembly is considering legislation that would require bowling alley owners to post signs warning patrons to take off their shoes before going outside. "Bowling shoes are specialized footwear for...

  • Talking Points: Six-legged livestock, sick sea turtles, space mice

    Talking Points

    Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

    What new solution is being proposed to end world hunger? Eat bugs. Not only eat bugs but farm bugs -- farm them like chicken or salmon. Researchers in Thailand say that raising "six-legged livestock" would help the world meet global demand for food that is expected to grow 60 percent by 2050....

  • 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: Space music, cop rescue, munchie-mad

    Talking Points

    Published: Tue, May 14, 2013

    What astronaut has gone "platinum?" Guitar-playing Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield recorded a personalized rendition of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" during his mission on the International Space Station. The performance, the first music video shot in space, was first posted Sunday and has...

  • Talking Points: Posting graffiti, Gmail down and pieces of outer space

    Talking Points

    Published: Mon, May 13, 2013

    Why was a Utah man arrested for posting his art on Facebook? The man, 20-year-old Matthew Todakonzie, of North Salt Lake City, Utah, is a graffiti artist. He was so proud of his work that he posted photos of it on a private Facebook page. He agreed to share them -- and then got arrested --...

  • Talking points: Burying alleged bomber, worthwhile colleges, carbon cutback

    Steve Contorno

    Updated: Sun, May 12, 2013

    Why is Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev being buried in Virginia? Authorities had a hard time finding a cemetery that would accept the remains of Tsarnaev, who was killed in a shooting with police days after he helped plant the bombs that killed three people and injured countless...


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