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    • Is this the secret recipe for Coca-Cola? (Cliff Kluge/eBay)Atlanta’s Cliff Kluge claims to have stumbled upon a 70-year-old copy of the official recipe for Coca-Cola, and he’s selling it on eBay for $5 million.

      "You don't stumble on things like this very often," Kluge told WXIA. "It's a letter, and a formula, and the processes to make it. I think it's a little deeper than having fun; I think it's the recipe for Coca-Cola."

      For its part, Coca-Cola maintains that the secret recipe for the world’s best-selling soft drink is still safely ensconced at the World of Coca-Cola in downtown Atlanta.

      "Through the years, many have tried to crack the secret formula, but no one has been able to reproduce the 'real thing,'" the company said in a statement. “The real formula is safely tucked away in a vault at the World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta."

      Kluge says that he and his wife discovered the recipe inside a box of letters and papers they recently purchased from an estate sale. The recipe is dated 1943. Coca-Cola says its recipe has been kept a secret since

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    • Part man, part machine, all statue. Behold RoboCop

      By Mike Krumboltz | The Sideshow – Mon, May 13, 2013

      A sculptor stands with RoboCop statue (photo: Across the Board Creations)A sculptor stands with RoboCop statue (Across the Board Creations)

      Remember the hubbub about the proposed RoboCop statue from a few years ago? Stay out of trouble, because it's happening.

      The artists at Across the Board Creations released a series of in-progress photos of its RoboCop statue. Though still not finished, the sculpture is coming together quite nicely.

      For those who slept through the '80s, "RoboCop" was a movie starring Peter Weller as an honest cop who is nearly killed in the line of duty. He gets a second chance at crime-busting when he becomes the indestructible and incorruptible RoboCop. The movie spawned lackluster sequels. A remake is scheduled for next year.

      Standing 10 feet tall and looking appropriately intimidating, the Fred Barton sculpture was made from foam, wax, clay and (of course) steel, according to a recent Kickstarter update. Next, the statue will go to Detroit's Venus Bronze Works for casting and manufacturing in bronze.

      The statue was funded via Kickstarter in 2011, when it raised $67,436 from folks around the world

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    • Bulldozer rampage allegedly due to fence

      By Claudine Zap | The Sideshow – Mon, May 13, 2013

      It’s said fences make good neighbors. This time, however, might be the exception.

      Barry Swegle is accused of demolishing three homes with a bulldozer and damaging a fourth in Port Angeles, Wash.—all because of a chain-link barricade. He allegedly tore that down, too.

      Brother Jeff Swegle told local King 5 news, “If you’re looking for a reason [as to] what set him off, that’s what set him off."

      Jeff Swegle said his brother had been feuding with his neighbors about the fence, which he said blocked him from moving his logging equipment in and out. Finally, Barry Swegle allegedly took matters into his own hands with the help of a bulldozer. Swegle is also accused of destroying a boat, a pickup truck and a power pole.

      “I knew he was capable of tearing the fence out,” said Jeff. But "not the homes and the power pole. I didn’t think he was that mad.”

      Swegle is in Clallam County Jail, charged with two counts of first-degree assault and six counts of first-degree malicious mischief, according

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