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Dead Men Need Exercise Too Posted: 6 days ago by suebe
A Connecticut gym continued to withdraw membership dues for a man for two years after he was killed in a shooting.
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Emergency Alerts Over Your XBox System? Posted: 6 days ago by suebe
Online gamers, get ready for possible alerts on your consoles! New York State authorities are testing a plan that would see the Emergency Management Office issue alerts over online gaming networks in addition to regular channels.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 198 [+].
Meteor Lights Up the Night Skies Over Utah Posted: 6 days ago by cb__
"..this thing lit up the sky, literally. It was like daylight."
*Includes some great footage and photos*
Comments: 7 Score: [-] 393 [+].
Saudi Arabia puts Man on Death Row for Witchcraft Posted: 6 days ago by equinox
A man has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for witchcraft because he makes predictions on television. The case is causing outrage among human rights campaigners. The Lebanese citizen was only visiting Saudi Arabia on pilgrimage when he was arrested in Medina last year.
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Former teacher Heidemarie Schwermer has lived without money in Germany for 13 years Posted: 7 days ago by iamamaniac
Twenty-two years ago Heidemarie Schwermer, a middle-aged secondary school teacher just emerging from a difficult marriage, moved with her two children from the village of Lueneburg to the city of Dortmund, in the Ruhr area of Germany, whose homeless population, she immediately noticed, was above average and striking in its intransigent hopelessness.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 318 [+].
U.S. Refuses to Join Landmine Ban Posted: 7 days ago by Chamale
Washington (CNN) -- The United States won't join its NATO allies and many other countries in formally banning landmines, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said during his midday briefing Tuesday.
Russia and China also have not joined the 156 nations that have endorsed the ban, he said.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 200 [+].
Giant Cannibal Galaxy's Last Meal Posted: 7 days ago by AutumnLotus
New images show the "last meal" of a giant cannibal galaxy as it gobbles down a smaller spiral galaxy, which has been twisted and warped from being devoured.
The giant galaxy, Centaurus A (NGC 5128) is the nearest giant, elliptical galaxy, at a distance of about 11 million light-years.
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Universe peppered with 'blue fuzzies' Posted: 7 days ago by AutumnLotus
Australian astronomers have discovered that the universe is full of tiny blue dwarf galaxies.
Known as 'blue fuzzies', these tiny galaxies are made up mostly of young hot stars that shine brightly, dominating the light from the galaxies they're in.
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Under the microscope: Glowing alien-like flea takes top photography prize Posted: 7 days ago by AutumnLotus
This strange alien-like creature is not a character from a science-fiction blockbuster but actually from far closer to home. The eerily beautiful image is of a water flea with a radiant green 'crown of thorns' to protect it from predators.
It took top prize in the 2009 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition, the world's foremost forum for showcasing microscope photos and movies.
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Cassini Captures Ghostly Dance of Saturn's Northern Lights (w/ Video) Posted: 7 days ago by AutumnLotus
In the first video showing the auroras above the northern latitudes of Saturn, Cassini has spotted the tallest known "northern lights" in the solar system, flickering in shape and brightness high above the ringed planet.
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Japanese man weds anime game character Posted: 7 days ago by cecilberman
His parents must be so proud.
In attendance were a live audience, an MC, the bride's virtual video game girlfriend — who made a speech — and a real human priest.
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Police: Census worker staged death to conceal suicide Posted: 7 days ago by hoosker
Authorities are saying a Kentucky census worker found hanging from a tree with "fed" scrawled on his chest committed suicide and staged his death to look like a homicide.
Update to this
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No "Full-Frontal Hugging" until AFTER marriage! Posted: 1 week ago by icepigs
If we have a full-frontal hug, it could lead us into temptation. So, please just give me the Christian "Side-Hug" until we are married.
<---not going to hell
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Students of the University of North Texas say no to same sex homecoming court Posted: 1 week ago by icepigs
University of North Texas students, voting in an online referendum, have rejected the possibility of same-sex couples running for homecoming court in 2010.
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Boy with Asperger's Syndrome Rides Subway for 11 Days Posted: 1 week ago by suebe
A 13-year-old boy with Asperger's Syndrome—a form of autism that often causes difficulty with social interaction—spent 11 days in the NYC subway system last month.
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Anti-Obama billboard stirs controversy Posted: 1 week ago by hoosker
A billboard recently erected in Wheat Ridge compares President Barack Obama to a terrorist and questions his U.S. citizenship.
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Sex starved women rape a Man in church Posted: 1 week ago by hoosker
Three women kidnapped an 18-year-old man in Chitungwiza and forced him to be intimate with one of them at a cathedral in Harare’s city centre on Tuesday,
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Praying for Obama's death Posted: 1 week ago by lynxears
"You would like for the president of the United States to die?" Alan Colmes asked the Rev. Wiley Drake once more. "If he does not turn to God and does not turn his life around, I am asking God to enforce imprecatory prayers that are throughout the Scripture that would cause him death, that's correct."
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Noah Biorkman, 5-year old with cancer passed away Posted: 1 week ago by 2manyusernames
Monday, Noah lost his battle with cancer. Noah is the kid whose parents asked people to send him cards as he was dying.
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Darwin Drafts Go Digital Posted: 1 week ago by MandolinOrange
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species," the manuscripts detailing the theory of natural selection are being placed online. On Tuesday, Darwin Manuscripts Project will upload about 10,000 high-quality images of Darwin's scientific manuscripts and notes.
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Galileo's missing fingers found in jar Posted: 1 week ago by cecilberman
You have to scroll well into the article to answer some obvious questions:
"Removing body parts from the corpse was an echo of a practice common with saints, whose digits, tongues and organs were revered by Catholics as relics with sacred powers.
There is an irony in Galileo's having been subjected to the same treatment, since he was persecuted by the Catholic Church for advocating the theory that the earth circles the sun, rather than the other way around. The Inquisition forced him to recant and jailed him in 1634."
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 330 [+].
Koreans make plastics without fossil fuel chemicals Posted: 1 week ago by Jerry520
A team of South Korean scientists have produced the polymers used for everyday plastics through bioengineering, rather than through the use of fossil fuel-based chemicals.
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Would You Be Comfortable Locked On A Train With A Murderer? Posted: 1 week ago by suebe
Is there anything more horrifying than being locked on the subway with a knife-toting murder? About two dozen commuters found themselves in that hellish situation early on Saturday, when they were locked on in the first car of an uptown D train with suspect Gerardo Sanchez, who according to witnesses had just stabbed a passenger to death in an argument over a seat. Pictures taken by another passenger.
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 314 [+].
Pay What You Wish For Your Food Posted: 1 week ago by suebe
At A Better World Cafe you can pay what you think the meal is worth. Many pay more.
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Don't Smoke If You Have A Mac Posted: 1 week ago by suebe
Apple is voiding warranties of Mac laptops that need repair with traces of cigarette smoke.
*Another reason to quit*
Comments: 10 Score: [-] 426 [+].
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