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Freshmen, after a new study found that the “freshman 15” is a myth. The average female, first-year college student gains 2.4 pounds, while males gain 3.4 pounds—only 0.5 pounds more than their noncollegiate peers.

Facing reality, after Christian radio broadcaster Harold Camping apologized for telling listeners the world would end in the Rapture on May 21st, and then on Oct. 21st. Camping said he was getting out of the prediction business and retiring.

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Multitasking, after British woman Emma French passed her driving test while she was in labor, and then drove herself to the hospital. “The nurses were very confused because I was getting congratulations cards for both my baby and my driving test,” said French.

Bad week for:

Greece’s tax revenues, after new research found that there were more Porsche Cayennes in Greece than taxpayers reporting an income of more than $68,000 a year.

Privacy, after 24-year-old Max Schrems of Austria used a European law to compel Facebook to send him a record of all the personal data it had on him. Schrems received a CD with 1,222 pages of information, including chats and “pokes” dating back to 2008.

Quick thinking, after 24-year-old Kevin Gaylor, of Colorado Springs, invited a woman he met online to his home. When his girlfriend showed up, too, Gaylor allegedly told her that the new woman was a burglar, and called the cops to report an intrusion. He was charged with false reporting to authorities.