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A Saratoga Springs, New York, resort has begun accepting totally defeated husbands and wives for a relaxed weekend that includes divorce, bringing to America a concept already successful in six European cities. The Gideon Putnam Resort & Spa charges $5,000 for a couple to check in on a Friday, married, but leave Sunday officially single (complete with all legal niceties and various resort amenities, including, of course, separate rooms). Even though the couple must be fairly level-headed to accept this approach, the facility manager expressed concern that since the resort also books weddings, the 鈥渦ncouplers鈥� might inadvertently witness difficult scenes. (Gideon Putnam has hosted four divorces so far, but, said the European founder of the package service, 鈥渉undreds鈥� of couples have used the services in Europe.)

Scientists at the University of California, Irvine (with Australian partners) announced in January that they had figured out how to unboil a hen鈥檚 egg. (After boiling, the egg鈥檚 proteins become 鈥渢angled,鈥� but the scientists鈥� device can untangle them, allowing the egg white to return to its previous state.) Actually, the researchers鈥� paper promises dramatically reduced costs in several applications, from cancer treatments to food production, where similar, clean untanglings might take 鈥渢housands鈥� of times longer.

The Knoxville (Tennessee) Police Department reminded motorists (via its Facebook page) that all vehicles need working headlights for night driving. Included was a recent department photo of the car of a Sweetwater, Tennessee, motorist who was ticketed twice the same evening with no headlights but only flashlights tied to his bumper with bungee cords.

The Jeju Island Korean restaurant in Zhengzhou, China, staged a promotion last month to pick up lunch tabs for the 50 鈥渕ost handsome鈥� people to dine there every day. Judging was by a panel of cosmetic surgeons (who were partnering with the restaurant) and, as contestant-diners posed for photographs, they were evaluated on 鈥渜uality of鈥� eyes, noses, mouths and especially foreheads (better if 鈥減rotruding鈥�).

Among the participants at this year鈥檚 Davos, Switzerland, gathering of billionaires and important people was property developer Jeff Greene, 60, who owns mansions in New York, Malibu and Palm Springs, and whose Beverly Hills estate is on the market for around $195 million. Greene famously won big betting against overvalued sub-prime mortgages before the 2008 Great Recession, but, shortly after landing at Davos, he gave Bloomberg Business his take on the symptoms of current economic turmoil (that he had capitalized on for part of his wealth by exploiting people鈥檚 desire for expensive houses they ultimately could not afford). 鈥淎merica鈥檚 lifestyle expectations are far too high,鈥� Greene explained, 鈥渁nd need to be adjusted so we have less things and a smaller, better existence.鈥�

In yet another chilling episode of body modification, the otherwise handsome Henry Damon, 37, married father of two, appeared in January at the Caracas (Venezuela) International Tattoo Expo as Red Skull (archenemy of Captain America), who has somehow fascinated Damon for years. The exhibiting of his idolatry began with subdermal forehead implants (ultimately replacing his eyebrows with prominent ridges), followed by going all-in for Red Skull by allowing a medical school dropout to lop off what looks like half of his nose. (How his deep red color was achieved was not mentioned in news reports.) For the record, the 鈥渟urgeon鈥� called Damon 鈥渁 physically and intellectually healthy person.鈥�

Donald Harrison, 22, wanted for assault in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, made police aware of his whereabouts when he posted a 鈥渟elfie鈥� on Facebook from a Greyhound bus with the notation, 鈥淚t鈥檚 Time to Leave Pa.鈥� He was picked up at a stop in nearby Youngstown, Ohio.

Police in Houston arrested Dorian Walker-Gaines, 20, after he posted selfies on Facebook enjoying a handful of $100 bills -- photos they took on an iPad they had stolen on Jan. 8 and whose photos automatically uploaded to the victim鈥檚 iCloud account.