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Many news stories, even important ones, get lost in the shuffle due to dull headlines, but these ten examples are anything but boring. Starting off, we have a woman who called 911 because there were no more chicken mcnuggets at her local McDonalds. Continue reading to see more.

Kenichi Ito, also known as "Monkey Man", has spent the past 8-years walking across Japan on all fours. That's right, "for nearly a decade Kenichi has been perfecting a running style based on Africa's wiry Patas monkey, and that's helped the 29-year-old get into the record books for the fastest time running 100 metres on all fours." Continue reading to watch the news report.

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Located in the Maldives, the magnificent Shangri-La Villingili Resort and Spa is a 2-mile long island that "consists of 142 different villas surrounded by 30 acres of lush vegetation, several natural lagoons, nature trails, and thousands of palm trees." Continue reading for more pictures and a video.

So, you've seen Heaven-Linking Avenue, China's most dangerous road, now check out a few others from around the world. They include roads from Russia, Switzerland, China, Italy, and lots more. Continue reading to see them all.

This is a rare aerial look at "Heaven-Linking Avenue", or China's most dangerous road. It consists of 99 hairpin turns and starts from 656-feet below sea level, peaking at 4265-feet above sea level. Continue reading for one more picture and a video.

At $85-million, this "private island paradise" is a 38-acre isle located in the heart of the yachting paradise of the Exumas in the Central Bahamas. This "property includes a working lighthouse, staff village, mechanical support system buildings, heliport and deep draft docks plus extended dockage for smaller vessels and seaplane." Click here to view the gallery's first image. Continue reading for a stunning Exuma islands flyover video.

Five individual dwellings - Manor House, Beach Cottage, Harbourmaster House and the twin guest cottages of Buttonwood and Seagrape - grace the landscape of Private Island Paradise, comfortably accommodating up to 22 family members and guests in the perfect balance of luxury and charm. Charm has a way of strengthening when maintenance is minimal and time to enjoy is maximized.

According to Jesse Moore, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Dallas-Fort Worth, "as many as 13 tornadoes might have touched down in north Texas on Tuesday." American Airlines used Twitter to announce the cancellation of all its flights at Dallas Love Field. Click here for more pictures. Continue reading for the videos.

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It's that time again, time for daylight savings. This also means that you should turn your clocks forward 1-hour today. According to researchers from the University of Alabama, "the abrupt change to a person's daily schedule increased the risk of having a heart attack by 10 percent." Continue reading for a video explanation.

This impact isn't felt on the Sunday morning as most people adapt their weekend schedule and rise a little later. However, the risk peaks on Monday when workers have to get up at a set time to get to the office.

According to researchers, "there was a storm on the surface of the sun [and] those waves are traveling toward us at over 4 million miles an hour right now, which means it could arrive as early as between 1:00am - 5:00am EST; past storms like this have knocked out power grids here on earth, attacked communications and gps, and already some commercial airlines have recruit routed flights to avoid interference from hit." Continue reading for the news report and a video from NASA.

"It's hitting us right in the nose," said Joe Kunches, a scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder, Colorado. Astronomers say the sun has been relatively quiet for some time. And this storm, while strong, may seem fiercer because Earth has been lulled by several years of weak solar activity.

Believe it or not, a pair of size-10 Nike Foamposite One Galaxy sneakers fetched more than $70,000 at an auction -- "now you just have to choose if you want an apartment, a nice car or a pair of sneakers." Continue reading for a video review.

First the mess around the Jordan 11 Concord drop, with people getting hurt and this week a new frenzy around the Nike Foamposite One Galaxy. Lines in front of stores have started early in the week, with people camping out for days to get their hands on a pair.