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A couple weeks ago, we showed you the fake Apple store uncovered by a blogger in Kunming, China. But it seems Apple isn’t the only one with an intellectual property headache on its hands. In the exact same Chinese city, a pseudo IKEA has been spotted.

I want them dead. All of them. Don't give me that crap about how killing them off would be messing up the ecosystem. Screw'em. What have sharks ever done for you, except make you afraid to swim in the ocean? And perhaps provide a little entertainment for a week every summer on the Discovery Channel. Let me answer that question for you...Nothing. That's what.

Pole dancing-as-exercise is no longer strictly for women. Recently, the fitness trend has begun popping up in gyms across Beijing, ‘Today‘ reports. Gym owners say pole dancing is a great way to stay fit, and some Chinese men are embracing it as a way to build up abs, arms and upper-body strength.

A leading member of the LulzSec hacking group, famous for high-profile invasions of the computer databases of companies such as Citibank, has been arrested in the UK. The 16-year-old boy, who goes by the name Tflow online, was taken into custody by the London Metropolitan Police’s E-Crime Unit.

Fans of Brutus, the monstrous saltwater crocodile, take heart: He’s real! Ever since a photograph of the 18-foot-long, 2000-lb. crocodile surfaced earlier this week, some have alleged that it may have been a hoax. So, an intrepid crew from ‘Today’ embarked on a tour of the Adelaide River in Australia in search of the massive reptile. Lo and behold, the crew managed to film footage of the approxima

It's a long while since we've had a story like this. Lorena Bobbit, this nation turns it's lonely eyes to you. Where have ya gone? Well now it doesn't matter. There is a new Lorena Bobbit. Let the jokes come later. Let the observations and comments come later. For now, just read. Read and cringe.

Gonorrhea, a bacterial sexually transmitted infection, used to be easily treated with antibiotics. But now, a "superbug" strain of the STD has been found in Japan and scientists fear it could become a global public health threat. "Since antibiotics became the standard treatment for gonorrhea in the 1940s, this bacterium has shown a remarkable capacity to develop resistance mechanism

I guess even porn companies have a few standards. A suspected child murderer was just too much. Good for them.

Amid allegations of widespread phone hacking, the Rupert Murdoch-owned News of the World is shutting down after 168 years of operation. The weekly British tabloid, called the largest English-language newspaper in the world, is accused of illegally accessing the cell phone messages of up to 4,000 victims -- all to gain salacious headlines.

The sexual assault case against former International Monetary Fund Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn faced possible collapse Friday after credibility issues arose with the woman who alleged assault against him. The issues resulted in the French politician being released from house arrest.

Wherever there is a legitimate sport, where women are fighting hard to be recognized as competitors, there are hotter women, who are willing to exploit themselves, and overshadow the actual athletes. But This particular "bikini sporting event" isn't exactly like that. This is an actual Women's pro soccer team in Russia that is just cash strapped enough to pull such a stunt, to put butts in the seats. They've promised to play their next match, wearing only bikinis.

The technologically-savvy Pope Benedict XVI has already encouraged priests to blog and helmed the launch of the Vatican’s YouTube channel and Pope2You mobile and Facebook apps. So it’s really no surprise that as part of his newly-launched news portal, the pontiff sent his first tweet recently — from the papal iPad. You can follow the Vatican on Twitter at @news_va_en.