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March 24, 2006
A Florida father is using his head to help raise money for his son. Reuters reports that Jeff and Rhonda Froelich are the parents of an autistic boy. They decided to auction off the back of Jeff's bald head on Ebay to advertisers.
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March 24, 2006
A makeshift mannequin that was unsuccessful in fooling cops watching the carpool lane sells for $15,000 on eBay. The buyer has announced the proceeds will go to charity. Video Professor bought the Styrofoam head, coat hanger, and clothing stuffed with newspapers from Greg Pringle, 53.
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March 9, 2006
EBay decides to stop the auction of a 1982 BMW supposedly belonging to one of the gunmen in the Columbine High School killings. EBay spokesman Hani Durzy tells the Rocky Mountain News, "If the owner wanted to sell this car, there's nothing stopping them from doing so. They just can't market it as being owned by Dylan Klebold. "
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March 7, 2006
Jennifer Wilbanks' hometown is not done poking fun at the so-called Runaway Bride. Gwinnett's minor hockey league team gave away "Runaway Bride" bobblehead dolls at Sunday's game. The team says any similarity to an actual person is "purely coincidental. " Just like Wilbanks before her wedding last year, the dolls disappeared quickly -- after people lined up more than three hours before the gates opened. The first thousand people in line were given the dolls, which were handed out in ten minutes.
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February 26, 2006
A Connecticut hardware store employee claims to have seen the face of Jesus Christ on a piece of sheet metal. Now, he and his co-workers are auctioning it on eBay. In the past two weeks, Thomas Haley and co-worker Jonathan Jackson have shown the piece to a few other workers and customers. They say several people agreed with their assessment, although a few suggested the image looks more like legendary rock singer Jim Morrison of The Doors.
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