The International House of Pancakes is suing another IHOP, the International House of Prayer, saying the church mission shouldn’t be allowed to take advantage of the restaurant chain’s famous name and acronym.
The Kansas City Star reports that the chain says it sued only after the church mission refused repeated requests to stop using the IHOP acronym.
You already have home insurance, car insurance, life insurance, and maybe even health insurance—why not insure your marriage, too? For around $16 per month, a North Carolina company called SafeGuard sells “units of protection” that could be worth $1,250 if your marriage implodes in divorce. The company claims that it wants to help defray the costs associated with legal fees and finding a new home, but the insurance, called WedLock, comes with plenty of catches.
Squirrels. Is there anything they can’t do? First, they amaze us with their abilities to leap from tree to tree. Then, they get to our birdseed no matter what type of heavy artillery we have guarding it. Seriously, they do some crazy maneuvers that they had to have picked up from watching Cirque du Soleil. Maybe that’s the secret – they don’t hibernate in the winter. They all fly to Florida and spend their winter studying Cirque du Soleil performances at Disney World.
Anyway, we busted some squirrels and found out that they’ve been stealing more than just birdseed. They’ve figured out how to put speakers into realistic looking wooden acorns. Not only that, the acorns work as FM radios, giving the squirrels instant access to news, music, and most importantly, the weather forecast.
No. 10: Lorena Ochoa (Golf) – Income: $5 million
No. 9: Paula Creamer (Golf) – Income: $5.2 million
No. 8: Jelena Jankovic (Tennis) – Income: $5.3 million
No. 7: Ana Ivanovic (Tennis) – Income: $7.2 million
No. 6: Annika Sorenstam (Golf) – Income: $8 million
No. 5: Kim Yu-Na (Figure skating) – Income: $9.7 million
No. 4: Danica Patrick (Racing) – Income: $12 million
No. 3: Venus Williams (Tennis) – Income: $15.4 million
No. 2: Serena Williams (Tennis) – Income: $20.2 million
No. 1: Maria Sharapova (Tennis) – Income: $24.5 million
It seems a bit strange to me that the media carefully warn about and label any content that involves sex, violence or strong language — but there’s no similar labelling system for, say, sloppy journalism and other questionable content.
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