And the word of the year is…

The Oxford Dictionaries has named its Word of the Year for 2013: “selfie.” It’s an informal noun (plural: selfies) defined as “a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website.” The word was first used in 2002 in an Australian online forum and first appeared as a hasthtag, #selfie, on Flickr in 2004. Now, everyone from the Pope to Kim Kardashian to the Mars Rover has taken a selfie. And who could forget this gem from Geraldo Rivera in which he declared “70 is the new 50.”

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No joke: Cheeseburger in a can

Yes, folks, there is indeed a cheeseburger in a can being sold somewhere out there.

Voice of Mickey Mouse, Wayne Allwine, dies

Wayne Allwine and Russi Taylor with their Disney alter egos (Getty Images photo)
Wayne Allwine, who provided the voice of Mickey Mouse for the past 32 years, died May 18 at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles from complications due to diabetes. He was 62.

Allwine's wife, Russi Taylor, who provides the voice of Minnie Mouse, was at his side at the time of his passing.

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The Chipmunk Song

The Alvin Show originally aired on CBS in 1961. This classic features the hit song that made the Chipmunks number 1!

Betty James, toy company co-founder who led the Slinky to new heights, dies at 90

Betty James, who co-founded the company that made the Slinky and beat the odds as a single mother in the late 1950s to become a successful executive, has died. She was 90.

She died Thursday, said a spokeswoman for the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

In 1945, James and her husband at the time, Richard, founded the company that would later make Slinky, the toy for which she was inducted into the Toy Industry Hall of Fame in 2001.

She took over management of James Industries Inc. 14 years after the company was founded, after her husband left her to follow a religious cult in Bolivia. Richard James died in 1974.

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Man sells life on eBay

An Australian man is auctioning off his life on the Internet - complete with house in Perth, job, clothes and even friends.

Ian Usher, who was born in Britain, made the decision to sell-off everything on the online auction site eBay after his marriage broke up.

He says he wants to start a new life.

The auction will take place on June 22.

The U.S. Postal Services unveils the new design for the forever stamp on March 26. An image of the Liberty Bell, a symbol of American freedom and independence, will adorn the new stamp.