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• OFFBEAT NEWS
Last Update on May 17, 2012 09:06 GMT
GIANT MARILYN
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) -- It's a supersized Marilyn. A massive statue of Marilyn Monroe has arrived in the desert resort city of Palm Springs, California. It's depicts Monroe in the famous skirt-blowing scene from the "Seven Year Itch." The Los Angeles Times reports the huge Marilyn is 26 feet tall and weighs 17 tons. The artwork had been in Chicago. The official Palm Springs ribbon cutting will be a week from today.
MET MUSEUM-CLOUD CITY
NEW YORK (AP) -- Some New Yorkers are on cloud nine -- or make that cloud 16. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is featuring a rooftop exhibit, composed of 16 stainless steel-framed clouds. Visitors get to those bubbles via transparent staircases. "Cloud City" offers spectacular views of the Manhattan skyline and Central Park. It's the creation of an Argentinean artist (Tomas Saraceno). He says it's like a walk in the sky.
MYSTERY FLYING OBJECT
DENVER (AP) -- Federal aviation authorities are investigating a UFO report in the Denver area. The pilot of a small jet radioed that he had a close call with an unidentified object Monday. In an audio recording from LiveATC.net, the pilot tells air traffic controllers he saw something "like a large remote-controlled aircraft." KUSA-TV reports the twin-jet Cessna Citation was about 2,800 feet above the ground when the incident occurred. No damage or injuries have been reported.
FIREFIGHTERS-KEGGERS
WRAY, Colo. (AP) -- There won't be anymore cold ones -- after a hot one. At least not for some volunteer firefighters in eastern Colorado. Beer kegs are being taken out of the firehouse in Wray. Some people had complained the beer-on-tap at the fire station was unprofessional. Though the kegs are going, Chief Jeff Gallegos says he didn't have a problem with it. He tells a local TV station (KCNC) the firefighters were drinking beer after the fires, not before.
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Business News
Stocks fall in Wednesday trading
NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks faded again in Wednesday trading amid gloom about the prospects for Greece's continued participation in the euro.
Consumer Info
Honda shows robotics for easy and hands-free ride
TOKYO (AP) -- Look, no hands. Scooting about on what looks like a floating car seat is no sweat for anyone with Honda's new hands-free robotics technology. ...
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IN THE NEWS: EFFECT OF FACEBOOK ADS QUESTIONED
NEW YORK (AP) -- They're almost as much of the Facebook experience as hitting the "like" button or getting "poked" -- ads.
