OMG, America: Happy Hour really is happy!

By John Kress

updated 9:58 AM EDT, Wed September 19, 2012

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OMG, America: Happy Hour really is happy!

Each week day, OMG, America! takes a look and the weird, wacky and sometimes downright wonderful things that happen in our great country of ours.

PITTSBURGH -- Study: Happy Hour comes by its name honestly (KDKA)

A University of Pittsburgh survey finds that (surprise!) alcohol really is a social lubricant.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Cops say man smashed market windows over "poison" cigarettes (WCCO)

Violent nic-fit allegedly follows claims that Newport 100s were "tainted."

SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS -- Hoff cutouts being Hasseled right out of stores (WHDH)

Proving once again that some people just don't know how to share, ads for iced coffee featuring David Hasselhoff are being pilfered from stores across New England.

ST. LOUIS -- CUTE CAT PIC ALERT!!! "Peanut" the kitty gets head stuck in jar (KTVI)

Rescuers say fearless feline was probably looking for water when she was trapped. She's now up for adoption.

MIAMI -- Stolen Matisse worth $3 million turns up in Miami Beach (WPLG)

FBI recovers painting that had been stolen from Venezuela gallery, missing for a decade.

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