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US home price growth slowed in October
WASHINGTON - U.S. home price growth slowed in October, a likely consequence of higher mortgage rates having worsened affordability and causing sales to fall. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city...
Dec 26, 2018
Habs prospect Nick Suzuki brings flexibility to Canadian junior team roster
VANCOUVER - He has yet to play an NHL game, but Canadian national junior team forward Nick Suzuki already has experienced quite a journey in the pro ranks. The 19-year-old from London, Ont., was selec...
Dec 26, 2018
Making Adorably Small Origami Paper Cranes
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! David Kawai, of Ottwa, Ontario, Canada, uses just his fingers to make teeny tiny origami cranes. After a friend taught him how to make full-sized paper cra...
Dec 26, 2018
Some Animals That Are Much Blinder Than Bats
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Or Not In today's world many misconceptions have been perpetuated-becoming modern day "facts"-when, in reality, myths and hearsay have taken over. Sorry to...
Dec 26, 2018
Deer Poacher Sentenced To Watch Bambi While In Prison
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [December 16-22nd, 2018] Nunchucks for everyone, some really smelly socks, and a prison sentence that fits the crime. Smelly Socks Send Man To Ho...
Dec 26, 2018
The First Odditorium And Ripley’s Legacy Of Wonder
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! While Ripley's Believe It or Not! operates 30 odditoriums today, it all started with a temporary show at the 1933 Century of Progress World's Fair in Chica...
Dec 26, 2018
The First Radio Broadcast From Underground
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Of the many daring and dangerous radio shows produced by Robert Ripley, his foray into subterranean broadcasting is one of his more famous. It may not soun...
Dec 26, 2018
Did Ripley Have A Heart Attack On TV’s First Reality Show?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! First Reality Show Premiering in the spring of 1949, a TV deal was just icing on the cake for Ripley-he had already earned well over half-a-million dollars...
Dec 26, 2018
The Real Hoverboard From Back To The Future
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Mattel Hoverboard An almanac may have been far too powerful to bring to the past, but a hoverboard? The tool instrumental to the exploits of Michael J....
Dec 26, 2018
Afghanistan postpones presidential election
KABUL - Afghanistan’s presidential election, initially scheduled for April, will be postponed for several months to allow time to fix technical problems that surfaced during October’s parl...
Dec 26, 2018