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• And We’ve Checked The Instant Replay – Nobody Elected To the National Baseball Hall Of Fame This Year!

  By Not The Worst News on January 10, 2013 • ( 0 )

  The Baseball Writers’ Association of America selected nobody to the Hall Of Fame yesterday. Not even the nice man who wipes your seat clean when you arrive at the ball park and expects nothing in return. Tom Verducci, a Sports… Read More ›

• Dolphin Stampede!

  By Not The Worst News on January 9, 2013 • ( 0 )

  The LA Times reports in a video that can be seen here that 1,000 dolphins stampeded near a whale-watching boat near Dana’s Point, California. 3 Worse Things Than Seeing 1,000 Dolphins On Your Dream Whale-Watching Trip 1. Not seeing any… Read More ›

• Insurance Company May Complain Life Is Not Fair

  By Not The Worst News on January 8, 2013 • ( 1 )

  Yahoo Finance reports that AIG’s Board of Directors will consider whether joining a lawsuit tomorrow against the United States federal government in a claim alleging “the terms of the deal” bailing out AIG in 2008 were “unfair.” Under the suit,… Read More ›

• Treasury Can Mint Trillion Dollar Coin To Solve All Of America’s Problems… Except Trillion Dollar Coins Getting Stuck In Vending Machines, When All You Want Is A Bottle Of Filtered Water

  By Not The Worst News on January 7, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Fox News reports that although extremely unlikely, the U.S. Treasury Department could in theory, mint a one-trillion dollar coin to pay off U.S. debt if the debt ceiling issue is not resolved in a timely manner. 3 Worse Uses Of… Read More ›

• Cat Busted As Prison Break Accomplice!

  By Not The Worst News on January 6, 2013 • ( 0 )

  BBC reports that in Brazil, a cat was detained at a prison after attempting to enter the prison with contraband items taped to its body. From the article: “The confiscated items included drill bits, files, a mobile phone and charger, plus… Read More ›

• “Trending” Among Words People Don’t Want To See Trending In 2013

  By Not The Worst News on January 5, 2013 • ( 2 )

  CNBC reports that the phrase “fiscal cliff” and word “trending” have made the 2013 Lake Superior State University’s annual list of Banished Words. 3 Things We’d Like To See People Stop Saying In 2013 1. “Happy 1913!” Look, we get… Read More ›

• We Wonder If The “Plus” In Google+ Stands For “Plus Everyone Else On The Internet May See What You Just Wrote.”

  By Not The Worst News on January 4, 2013 • ( 0 )

  The Wall Street Journal reports that in an effort to get more people to use Facebook competitor Google+, that Google is automatically creating public Google+ accounts for people who sign up for Google services such as Gmail and YouTube. We… Read More ›

• Don’t Worry Kansas Cat Owners – We Have The Perfect Disguise For Your Cats!

  By Not The Worst News on January 3, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Further to our ongoing coverage throughout 2013 about the new law in Wellington, Kansas limiting the number of cats per household to four, we have potentially great news for all of you cat-owners who may have exceeded your cat limit!… Read More ›

• While A Kansas Town Limits Cat Capacity, A Woman In London Seeks To Fill A Cafe With Cats

  By Not The Worst News on January 2, 2013 • ( 3 )

  Yahoo reports that a woman in London is seeking £108,000 of online start-up funding for a cat cafe in London. What’s a cat cafe? Well you can watch an informative video outlining the business plan by clicking here, or you… Read More ›

• New Law In Effect Today Limits Cats, In Case You Wonder Why You Saw Cats With Hobo Bags Hitchhiking

  By Not The Worst News on January 1, 2013 • ( 6 )

  Yahoo reports that a new law in Wellington, Kansas limits the maximum number of cats per household to four. Naturally, this is a terrible way for NotTheWorstNews to start off the New Year after investing in the exclusive rights to… Read More ›