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Ever since his 2006 Tour de France victory was stripped because of blood doping allegations, things have gotten progressively worse for professional cyclist Floyd Landis. His marriage fell apart. He lost his savings. His reputation was destroyed. Now, after spending the past four years (and $2 million) fighting the charges… Read the rest

A study by two associate professors of economics at Dartmouth College may finally prove what you have always known in your heart-of-hearts to be true: ski resorts exaggerate weekend snowfall in order to drum up business. But why does the study sound so much like an iPhone commercial?
From 2004-2008,… Read the rest

Wherever you travel on this grand planet of ours one thing remains the same: there are those who have authority and those who don’t. And unfortunately, as a traveler, you typically fall into the category of those who don’t.
The spirit of state-sponsored authority can be read in the faces… Read the rest

Transporting a stolen Christmas tree with a bicycle isn’t easy, especially if you’re drunk.
Police in Portage, Indiana made what had to have been an amusing arrest yesterday after catching Phillip Menefee trying to ride his bicycle home with a stolen Christmas tree balanced on the handle bars.

Menefee, who… Read the rest