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Club lets you peek into ladies room for $1,200

Club operators defend themselves by saying they have signs up that warn about the unique offer. Patrons say maybe so, but they’re so small you can’t read them. Operators at the Shimmy Club got the idea and then carried it out by putting in a two way mirror. Just shell ...

This photo provided by BluePearl Veterinary Partners shows a 4-pound hairball that was surgically extracted from a 400-pound tiger named Ty on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Clearwater, Fla. Ty is cared for by Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation in Seminole. The non-profit animal rescue group mainly serves by assisting Florida law enforcement with animals that have been seized. (AP Photo/Courtesy BluePearl Veterinary Partners, James Judge)

Surgeons remove tiger's basketball-sized hairball

It's not unusual for a cat to get a hairball, but a 400-pound tiger needed help from veterinary surgeons in Florida when he couldn't hack up a basketball-size hairball by himself. The 17-year-old tiger named Ty underwent the procedure Wednesday at a veterinary center in the Tampa Bay area community ...

EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT -In this picture provided by the Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology in Gliwice, Poland, a 33-year-old Polish man whose face was torn off by stone-cutting machinery is shown after undergoing a total face transplant. Doctors performed the surgery on May 15 in a 27-hour operation. In a news conference on Wednesday they said it was the first time a life-saving face transplant was carried out soon after a recipient suffered damage. There have been several other transplants in recent years but in those cases doctors had months or years to prepare. The Polish patient suffered his accident on April 23, 2013.(AP Photo/Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology in Gliwice)

Polish man gets quick face transplant after injury

A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation. It was Poland's first face transplant. Face transplants are extraordinarily complicated and relatively rare procedures ...

Mini Han of South Korea reacts with first runner-up Ami Takeuchi of Japan, right after winning the Miss International Queen 2010 beauty pageant.

Research says we aren't as good looking as we think we are

The research comes from a report in Scientific American and the findings are fascinating. Those who agreed to take part were shown three pictures of themselves. One was stock, one was retouched to look better and the third altered to look worse. You guessed it. Nearly EVERY person picked the ...

Kaiba Gionfriddo plays with the family's dog, Bandit, outside his Youngstown, Ohio home Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Born with a birth defect that caused the boy to stop breathing every day, he can now breathe normally, with a first-of-a-kind biodegradable airway made by Michigan doctors using plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer. (AP Photo/Mark Stahl)

Doctors save Ohio boy by 'printing' an airway tube

In a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day. It's the latest advance from the booming field of regenerative medicine, making body parts in the ...

Kevin Metz shows holds up a stopped clock he found in the rubble of his father's home in Moore, Okla., on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Monday's EF5 tornado destroyed Wayne Osmus' home and much of the Oklahoma City suburb. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)

One block: How neighbors saw twister's deadly path

Dan Garland could feel the latch on the shelter door begin to turn in his hand. It was as if the storm outside were a living, breathing thing — and it was trying desperately to get in. Huddled beside him in the darkened 5-foot-by-6-foot hole were not just his wife ...

U.S. Air Force Senior MSgt. Joe Baldwin, left, empties a five gallon bucket of debris into a pile as he works with others to clean up the area around the Veterans Memorial Park statues Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Moore, Oklahoma. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Service members clean smashed Okla. veterans park

With Memorial Day just around the corner and an Oklahoma veterans park in shambles after a tornado, airmen from a local base moved in to spruce things up for the holiday. Master Sgt. Kimberly Baldwin went to the Veterans Memorial Park where she and her husband Joseph do their daily ...

Paris 3A closer view of the Eiffel Tower under a mostly clear blue sky made for a breathtaking shot.

Mais non! French universities may teach in English

In France, there's a brewing debate over whether to speak anglais in universite. The National Assembly on Wednesday was taking up an education reform bill that would allow public universities to hold some courses — like science or economics classes — in English, a plan that has alarmed language purists ...

Jennifer Lopez arrives at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, May 19, 2013 in Las Vegas. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP)

Jennifer Lopez to open cellphone stores

"Jenny from the Block" wants the block to buy Verizon phones from her. Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez on Wednesday announced she's opening a chain of 15 cellphone stores and a website under the Viva Movil brand. The aim is to sell Verizon phones and services to Latinos. The first ...

Twitter rolls out two-step verification to curb hacking

Twitter rolls out two-step verification to curb hacking

Twitter is hoping their two-step verification system will protect users from the kind of cyber attacks they've seen in the past year.

In this Friday, May 17, 2013 photo distributed by Miura Dolphins, 80-year-old Japanese adventurer Yuichiro Miura, right, and his son, Gota, rest on their way to a camp at 6,500 meters (21,325 feet) from a camp at 6,050 meters (19,849 feet) during their attempt to scale the summit of Mount Everest. According to his management office, Miura plans to reach the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) peak on Thursday, May 23 to be the world's oldest person to reach the world's highest peak. (AP Photo/Miura Dolphins)  MANDATORY CREDIT

Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest

An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer on Thursday became the oldest man to reach the top of Mount Everest, a Nepali official and Miura's Tokyo-based support team said. Yuichiro Miura, who also conquered the 29,035-foot (8,850-meter) peak when he was 70 and 75, reached the summit at 9:05 a.m. local time Thursday, ...

Jose Canseco has admitted to experimenting with performance-enhancing drugs for years. In his first book, "Juiced," he claimed to have educated and personally injected players including Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro, Juan Gonzalez, Ivan Rodriguez and Jason Giambi. In his second book, "Vindicated," Canseco says he introduced Alex Rodriguez to a trainer/performance-enhancing drug  supplier after Rodriguez asked where he could get steroids.

Jose Canseco accused of sexual assault in Vegas

Former baseball slugger Jose Canseco Jr. has been accused of sexual assault in Las Vegas, in an investigation that the former baseball slugger made public with postings on a social media website claiming that a woman falsely accused him of rape. No arrest was made and police said no charges ...

This undated publicity film image released by Paramount Pictures shows, Zachary Quinto, left, as Spock and Chris Pine as Kirk in a scene in the movie, "Star Trek Into Darkness," from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions. Since premiering Wednesday, May 15, 2013 in huge-screen IMAX theaters and expanding Thursday to general cinemas, "Into Darkness" has pulled in $84.1 million, well below distributor Paramount's initial forecast of $100 million. (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Zade Rosenthal)

Star Trek writer apologizes for underwear scenes

Damon Lindelof is sorry, sort of.  The man who wrote Star Trek Into Darkness was talking about the scene where Dr. Carol Markus (actress Alice Eve) appears in her unmentionables before donning a space suit. "I copped to the fact that we should have done a better job of not ...

Deuce, a yellow Labrador retriever, swims with his fetching stick in the Saco River while his owner chats with fellow lobstermen, Friday, May 17, 2013, at Camp Ellis in Saco, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Around the world in 50 photos

Let your imagination tag along as you take a quick trip with 50 photos of everyday life in the United States and the world.

Ellie Goulding played an afternoon set on the final day of the Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores, Ala.

Hangout Music Festival 2013

Scenes from the Hangout Beach Music and Arts Festival, which was held May 16-19 in Gulf Shores, Ala.

Team Vargas’ healthy treats: banana slices on Ezekiel bread (Allen Eyestone/The Palm Beach Post)

55 cheap and healthy breakfast recipes

Doughnuts, and eggs, and quinoa  bakes, oh my! At breakfast time, it's essential to fuel up with nutrient-packed ingredients to give you energy throughout the day (and may even prevent overeating and help with weight regulation). A healthy dose of fiber (think whole-grains and fruits and veggies) and protein (eggs, greek yogurt, lean ...

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