Gamers: Heed the lessons of 'Sofa Boy'

Scott Langteau has this message for kids: Spend less time playing video games.

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German Finds Valuable Painting in Couch

A German student who bought a pullout couch for $215 at a Berlin flea market found a painting worth 100 times that amount hidden inside when she unfolded the sofa at home.

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Woman Finds Stranger Sleeping on Sofa

A man is facing burglary charges after allegedly breaking into a home, raiding the fridge and crashing on the couch. Hugo Acosta told authorities he drank too much tequila at a nearby nightclub.

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It's either the ultimate in couch comfort or a totally bizarre idea dreamed up by a pair of designers obsessed with neuroscience. Either way, the "Brainwave Sofa" is clearly a one-of-a-kind piece of furniture.

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You call This a Couch?

This treatise began its life as a response to a dear friends post on another article, but somewhat the same subject, furniture. But the farther I got with my reply, the more I began to realize this thing was rapidly gaining a life, and purpose, all its own.

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Pranksters took their revenge on couch potato Gerle Kittler when he nodded off on the sofa during a pal's party.

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WOW! is all I can say, very ingenious.

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An Amherst family was in shock after a lightning bolt hit their home Saturday. The flash was so strong that the house shook and windows broke, sending glass and debris through the air and injuring two boys, 11-year-old Steven and 6-year-old Matthew.

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On a map of Baghdad, the US Army's Forward Operating Base Falcon is clearly within city limits.

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Sand sofa sculpture attracts attention at Bristol's Harbourside Development.

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Where black people and white people buy furniture. This thing is hilarious.

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A judge is expected to order several retailers to pay millions of pounds to people who suffered burns and rashes from faulty leather sofas.

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The mysterious mewing in Vickie Mendenhall's home started about the time she bought a used couch for $27. After days of searching for the source of the noise, she found a very hungry calico cat living in her sofa.

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Take a sigh of relief – just don't look too closely.

The recent Status of Forces Agreement with Iraq may not be the glorious light at the end of the tunnel the American people have been waiting for, but you would never guess otherwise judging by mainstream media's sycophantic and superficial coverage of the settlement.

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On Dec. 23, GLS informed local interpreters that the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), due to go into effect on Jan. 1, required them to withhold 20 percent of the pay of local interpreters for taxes and social security.

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The Bush administration's infatuation with presidential power has finally pushed the country over a constitutional precipice. As of New Year's Day, ongoing combat in Iraq is illegal under US law.

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Earlier this month, the Department of Justice announced to great fanfare that it had indicted five guards employed by the private security firm Blackwater Worldwide for their role in a Baghdad shooting that left 17 Iraqis dead last year.  A sixth guard had pled guilty to manslau …

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An Agreement between the Republic of Iraq and the United States of America regarding the Withdrawal of the American Forces from Iraq and Regulating their Activities During their Temporary Presence in it

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We wouldn't presume to tell NBC's Tom Brokaw what he should ask of Barack Obama when the president-elect appears on Meet the Press for (almost) the full hour on Sunday.

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The pair - whose surname is Strange - fear to sit on the leather settee at their home in Bristol after hearing unexplained noises coming from inside. Even their fearless Yorkshire Terrier has been cowed by the mystery creaking sound.

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WASHINGTON — Although the Pentagon officially has welcomed the new accord on a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq, senior military officials are privately criticizing President Bush for giving Iraq more control over U.S. military operations for the next three years than the U.S.

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A session of Iraq's Parliament collapsed in chaos on Wednesday, as a discussion among lawmakers about a three-year security agreement with the Americans boiled over into shouting and physical confrontation.

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During the long presidential campaign that ended with a victory for Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) on November 4, few issues defined the candidates as much as the war in Iraq.

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FIRST PARAGRAPH: A lawmaker from the United Iraqi Alliance, Iraq's most powerful parliamentary bloc, made the announcement, adding that a "national consensus" is required before any move, the McClatchy Newspaper reported on Saturday.

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The United States has worn out its welcome with the Iraqi people who are upset about the occupation, Iran's Ambassador to Baghdad says.

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Washington has threatened to seize Iraqi assets and oil money if Baghdad rejects a controversial US-proposed security pact, Iraq says.

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Few Americans had ever heard of a SOFA until earlier this year, when the Internet lit up with a revelation many observers of US foreign policy had long predicted.

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This leaked draft is a treasure of information. It's the first time any document related to this topic is made public. It shows how weak the Iraqi negotiations team is (it is really pathetic to read their "suggestions" on how to fix the disaster of an agreement).

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