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Dunkin’ Donuts believes it will sell.

The sandwich, which comes with fried eggs and bacon between a split glazed doughnut, will become a part of the permanent menu starting Friday, which the chain claims is “National Donut Day.” Dunkin’ Donuts had tested the sandwich in select stores in eastern Massachusetts in April, creating considerable buzz online.

Notably, Dunkin’ Donuts says the “Glazed Donut Breakfast Sandwich” clocks in at 360 calories, which is less than the 390 calories for the turkey sausage sandwich it recently introduced for people looking to eat better.

I'm willing to stake my reputation on the claim that this treehouse is the most amazing kids' treehouse. Ever.

Grandparents Steve and Jeri Wakefield hired an architect to build the structure for their grandchildren, and now even the neighborhood kids get to enjoy it. Read more about their labor of love after the jump!

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Photo: Michael Murphy

Got slugs in your garden? Betcha not like this giant pink slug in Australia! National Parks ranger Michael Murphy shares with us some photos of the giant, hot pink slug in Mount Kaputar, New South Wales:

''It's just one of those magical places, especially when you are up there on a cool, misty morning,'' said Michael Murphy, a national parks ranger for 20 years, whose beat covers the mountain top.

''It's a tiny island of alpine forest, hundreds of kilometres away from anything else like it. The slugs, for example, are buried in the leaf mould during the day, but sometimes at night they come out in their hundreds and feed off the mould and moss on the trees. They are amazing, unreal-looking creatures.''

Locals had long reported seeing bizarre pink slugs after rainfall in the area, but it was only very recently that taxonomists confirmed the slugs, Triboniophorus aff. graeffei, as well as several of the snail species - which prey on other vegetarian land snails - were unique to the mountaintop.

Ben Cubby of The Sydney Morning Herald has the story: Link

The Illinois House passed legislation Thursday evening that would regulate horizontal hydraulic fracturing in the state in a 108 to 9 vote.

On Thursday night, 30 year-old Autumn Erhard became the second contestant ever on "Wheel of Fortune" to win $1 million dollars.

Erhard, who had been leading the other two contestants the whole night, carried a "Wild Card" into the bonus round, granting her an extra consonant. With only a few clues, she correctly guessed the puzzle: "Tough Workout."

Erhard, participating in the show's "Celebrating 30" themed-week, was "in completed and utter shock." "I'm shaking. I came here today because I love the game, I wanted to have some fun and solve some puzzles – I feel like I'm in a dream!" she said.

She was joined on set by her fiancé and her parents.

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Memorial Day weekend is the official summer kick-off. Grab a pitcher and join me in turning summer's favorite staple — lemonade! — into the perfect cocktail for happy hour.

• Cocktail: Honey Bourbon Lemonade
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"I tell this story in the book of being at this park in Seattle many years ago, where a limo pulls up and a bride and a groom tumble out to get their portraits at this very famous park with a beautiful view of downtown Seattle. And as they're walking back to the limo everyone starts to applaud, and rightly so. Everyone takes delight when two people find each other and make that commitment. I was standing there clapping next to these two older gentlemen with two big dogs. It was clear that they were gay and I was gay. And as they get into their car, the one closest to me looks at me and says, `We are always happy for them. Would it kill them to be happy for us?' We've reached that tipping point, where they are happy for us. Now you see straight people looking at gay people and recognizing something about themselves in us." - Dan Savage, speaking to the Associated Press.

This sport is, like, real! Participants race downhill in Barbie-branded Power Wheels cars. The competitions are cutthroat and few drivers even reach the finish line. But the winners gain glory to last for generations.

At the link, you can watch four videos of these races.

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On Thursday, OWN creator Oprah Winfrey delivered the commencement speech for Harvard's graduating class, also accepting an honorary degree from the Ivy League institution. After dispensing advice on how to deal with personal and professional failure, the talk show host encouraged students to work for a greater purpose. Sharing her's, she said she worked to "eliminate the transcendent power of our better angels" in television. "We are better than the cynicism and the pessimism that is regurgitated throughout Washington and the 24-hour cable news cycle," said Winfrey.

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A collection of photographs by Ringo Starr will be published next month as an e-book, and in December as a physical (and expensive) one.

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Look sexy tonight in this dress featuring Seinfeld's Jason Alexander. Erin Peace's dress is made of organic cotton sateen and is perfect for both awkward, professional situations and awkward, romantic scenes.

Link -via Landa Calrissian

I've recently become color-dipping obsessed. I want to dip everything! From my kitchen table to my dog (I won't—don't worry). It spices up even the most boring furniture and adds a subtle pop of color. Here are a few of my favorite DIY color-dipping projects from around the web!

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We can add at least one more Illinois House rep to the list of "yes" votes on marriage equality.

It didn't come quickly, the decision to support the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act, but on Memorial Day when State Rep. LaShawn Ford said he would vote this week in favor of gay marriage in Illinois, the choice seemed clear to him. "This is a well-thought-out decision," he said in an exclusive interview with Wednesday Journal, a sister newspaper of Austin Weekly News. Ford, a one-time seminarian, said he had prayed over it. He said he has been swamped with strong opinions from constituents on both sides of the controversy. He acknowledged he has felt heavy lobbying from a politically active segment of the black clergy.

Ford adds that he was inspired by the comparison of the LGBT movement to the struggle for black civil rights. The vote must come by the end of this week.

Adults say the darnedest things!

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer was doing a pretty good job of channeling the late, great Art Linkletter while interviewing a very young boy (and his mom) in Moore, Oklahoma. But when Blitzer — who, if you weren’t aware, used to work as a “journalist” on the Christian Broadcasting Network — changed the subject, saying the mom and son were blessed and asking if she prayed and “thank[ed] the Lord,” things just went horribly — and hilariously — wrong.

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Among the many scenes of devastation caused by the vast tornado that swept through Oklahoma City and its surrounding suburbs on Monday, a small sliver of hope was captured on camera.

Barbara Garcia took shelter in her bathroom during the tornado; when she emerged, her home had been leveled and her beloved dog was missing. While recounting her ordeal to CBS News' Anna Werner, Garcia discovered her dog, alive and well, among the rubble.

Their happy reunion was captured live.

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Cute Pug watching a movie

Pugsley the cute Pug is watching the movie Homeward Bound very intently. Surprisingly, Pugsley gets really excited and does a little spin around each time a pet arrives home in film’s final scenes!

The post Cute Pug Watching Homeward Bound Movie | Video appeared first on A Place to Love Dogs.

An animal control officer in Anderson, South Carolina, responded to a call about a barking dog. When Michelle Smith went to investigate, she found a tiny Shih Tzu mix barking in a ravine. Smith climbed down the embankment, which she says the dog could have easily climbed out of herself, and found out why the dog was there. She was nursing a tiny kitten!

"I didn’t know what to think," she said. "I was shocked and surprised and then of course, awww."

The dog and kitten received the same reaction when Smith took them to the animal shelter. Volunteers marveled at the way the dog, which is at least 5 years old, looks out for the 5-week-old kitten.

Jessica Cwynar, director of the shelter, says such behavior is natural for mammals.

"It would be like one of us seeing a neglected or abandoned child and taking it under our wing," she said.

Neither the dog nor the kitten has a known name, so shelter volunteers call them "Girl."

Cwynar said the 5-year-old dog likely started producing milk because of a surge of hormones when she found the kitten. The dog is obviously a pet, and the shelter is hoping the owner will come forward and take the kitten, too. Link -via Arbroath, where you can see a video.  

President Obama addressed Moorehouse College's 2013 graduating class over the weekend and, in his speech on "what it means to be a man," told the all-male graduating class to be the "best husband to your wife, your boyfriend or your partner":

Keep setting an example for what it means to be a man. Be the best husband to your wife, or your boyfriend, or your partner.  Be the best father you can be to your children. Because nothing is more important.

He went on to urge the students to "care about justice for everybody":

As Morehouse Men, many of you know what it’s like to be an outsider; know what it’s like to be marginalized; know what it’s like to feel the sting of discrimination.  And that’s an experience that a lot of Americans share.  Hispanic Americans know that feeling when somebody asks them where they come from or tell them to go back.  Gay and lesbian Americans feel it when a stranger passes judgment on their parenting skills or the love that they share.  Muslim Americans feel it when they’re stared at with suspicion because of their faith.  Any woman who knows the injustice of earning less pay for doing the same work -- she knows what it’s like to be on the outside looking in.

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In spite of the robotic persona they've cultivated for years, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo elected to make their new album, Random Access Memories, in a real studio, with real musicians. Hear the elusive electronic duo in conversation with All Things Considered's Audie Cornish.

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Italian supercomposer Giorgio Moroder’s having quite a ball lately. In addition to being immortalized by Daft Punk on their latest album — in what’s arguably the best track off Random Access Memories — he’s back with his own new music. No, he’s not churning something out for director Brian De Palma; this time, he’s working alongside Google.

“Racer” is the title track to a new game on Google Chrome that’s either about racing or minimalistic ’70s artwork. (Really, we can’t tell.) According to the game’s website, users can line up their phones and/or tablets to create a race track across up to five screens. Sounds groovy, right? You have no idea.

Information about the game is here.

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The diet can wait until...well, let's not kid ourselves.

Sarah J. Gim used already made glazed donuts and slow churn ice cream to make the sandwiches. She froze them, then dipped them in melted chocolate and served them to undoubtedly thankful people. You can find process photos and her recipe at the link.

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Flaming Saddles, the popular Hell's Kitchen country gay bar, was shut down this week by the NYC Health Department.

The hot spot — which features shirtless bartenders who two-step on the bar, as well as serving dishes like "Frito Pie" — was letting hot food get cold, had improper plumbing, and had a food preparation counter that was "improperly constructed," the inspection report said.  Inspectors also found "filth flies" in the bar, food that was "contaminated" and "cross-contaminated," and that the kitchen's supervisor didn't have proper food protection certification. It racked up a total of 61 violation points, according to the inspection.