5:26 PM
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2009/09/give-a-day-of-volunteer-service-in-2010-get-a-day-of-disney-theme-park-fun-%E2%80%93-free/
Man returned a library book that was *99* years overdue!
http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/12/book_overdue_fo.html
North Carolina legislator may face a lawsuit because it is against their state constitution for an atheist to hold public office:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2009-12-14-atheist-politician_N.htm
23-year-old man is a registered sex offender because when he was 17 he had consensual sex with his 15-year-old girlfriend. He could go to jail for a year because he lives within 1,000 feet of a school:
http://www.annarbor.com/news/a-young-man-struggles-with-the-sex-offender-label/
T-Mobile is constructing a 100-foot-tall cross for a Florida church that will serve as a cell tower:
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/God-Can-You-Hear-Me-Now-78969277.html
Golf Digest had HORRIBLE timing with their January 2010 issue that features a photoshopped photo of Pres. Obama and Tiger Woods on the cover with a feature article on "10 tips Obama can take from Tiger":
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-talk-tiger-obama-golf-digestdec08,0,754616.story
British supermarket worker was surprised when his paycheck was $1.3 million more than it was supposed to be. He immediately reported that to his employer and received a case of beer and a bottle of champagne as a reward:
http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2009/12/15/million-direct-deposit-mistake/
Famous German animal trainer stumbled during a celebrity circus event and was mauled by his tigers right in front of the 200 audience members that had paid about $200 each for the show. This was much more serious than the Siegfried & Roy incident, with Walliser's hand amputated right away and other serious injuries to his head and chest:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/09/tigers-maul-keeper-hamburg-show
I think that it is pretty cool to see how this lion, tiger, and bear have formed a close friendship and live together in harmony:
http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/12/21/friendship-between-lion-tiger-and-bear-video/
Hugh Grant had received praise for his judgment of art when he bought an Andy Warhol painting of Elizabeth Taylor for $3.3 million and sold it six years later for $21.5 million...until he mentioned in a recent interview that he was *drunk* when he ordered his assistant to bid on the painting and was horrified to find out that he won the auction!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1235452/Hugh-Grant-I-drunk-I-bought-Elizabeth-Taylor-painting-11m-profit.html
39-year-old Kung Fu Master Fu Bingli has spent his life strengthening his right index finger, saying that his finger has as much strength in it as most people's entire body. He set the Guinness Record by doing 12 consecutive pushups with just that finger! He can also do a one-fingered handstand!
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/12/14/mighty-finger-doom/
Interesting article about the unpredictable reactions among people involved with kidney donations:
http://www.theweek.com/article/index/104040/The_last_word_A_gift_from_the_gut