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96 Year-Old Photographer Throws His Own Wake Posted: 2 weeks ago by DaftGretel
"Well, why not?" he said. "Why bother when (I'm) dead?"
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 458 [+].
Would-be Ninja Impales Self on Fence Posted: 2 weeks ago by DaftGretel
Seattle police say a man who thought he was ninja was impaled on a metal fence when he tried to leap over it.
Comments: 10 Score: [-] 636 [+].
Birth of a new species Posted: 2 weeks ago by lynxears
Scientists studying finches find that, within four generations, a distinct species evolved, though the future of the species is uncertain.
<--new finch
Comments: 21 Score: [-] 603 [+].
Can you name the 100 most common words? Posted: 2 weeks ago by cecilberman
Can you do it in under twelve minutes?
Comments: 13 Score: [-] 315 [+].
Scientists Create Bacteria that Lights Up Around Landmines Posted: 2 weeks ago by midnightbliss10
It seems like something straight out of a science fiction film, but this new bacteria is very real. According to the BBC, the "scientists produced the bacteria using a new technique called BioBricking, which manipulates packages of DNA.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 652 [+].
Copyright Timebomb Ready To Explode Posted: 2 weeks ago by 2manyusernames
A copyright law enacted in the 70's may greatly change the music industry. Main issue is that artists from the 50's, 60's, and 70's will soon be able to reclaim the copyrights to their work. Music from that era sells as well if not better than modern music. All this could add up to a huge loss in income for the record companies.
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 421 [+].
Why Is Iran Importing Gasoline? Posted: 2 weeks ago by ThirDeye
I mean besides the interest in jacking up gasoline price, why would an oil producing country purchase gasoline?
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 193 [+].
Ken Ober is not Canadian... Posted: 2 weeks ago by Moe
He has died. No word on the cause yet.
Comments: 6 Score: [-] 396 [+].
Labor Union Critical of Eagle Scout Who Did Good Deed Posted: 2 weeks ago by cecilberman
In pursuit of an Eagle Scout badge, Kevin Anderson, 17, has toiled for more than 200 hours hours over several weeks to clear a walking path in an east Allentown park.
Nick Balzano, president of the local Service Employees International Union, told Allentown City Council Tuesday that the union is considering filing a grievance against the city for allowing Anderson to clear a 1,000-foot walking and biking path at Kimmets Lock Park.
Comments: 17 Score: [-] 438 [+].
Meghan McCain: Republicans are hypocrites Posted: 2 weeks ago by JoshSF49
"I think if Republicans truly believe in keeping government out of our lives—that should include not dictating who one can marry."
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Conjoined Twins Operation Success Posted: 2 weeks ago by Ankabout
For 25 hours a team of 16 physicians operated on Bangladeshi twins Trishna and Krishna, who were joined at the head. The operation was apparently successful, even the delicate operation of separating the girls' brain tissue.
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Baby dies while doctor plays game online Posted: 2 weeks ago by aclister
A 5-month old baby died in hospital while the doctor was playing a game online, an investigation has found.
<-- Not the baby
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Pier Jumping Posted: 2 weeks ago by pocksucket
Either Worthing rocks so hard that people jump over piers as a matter of course or Worthing is so dull that people have to do stuff like this for thrills. Whichever it is, it's where I live and these people jumped over a pier with a kite.
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Jobs 'Saved or Created' in Congressional Districts That Don't Exist Posted: 2 weeks ago by hoosker
Recovery.gov lists hundreds of millions spent and hundreds of jobs created in Congressional districts that don't exist.
Comments: 7 Score: [-] 286 [+].
The Future of Evolution: What Will We Become? Posted: 2 weeks ago by Bornbad
An old cliché has the highly evolved humans of the future sporting large heads to hold their advanced enlarged brains, "but that's nonsense, whole nonsense," said paleontologist Peter Ward at the University of Washington at Seattle, author of "Future Evolution."
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Women need to watch their drinks -- and their drinking Posted: 2 weeks ago by midnightbliss10
The rumors were everywhere. On Facebook. On Craigslist. At the coffee shop. Young women were being drugged at downtown bars. Someone was slipping them "date rape drugs," like the sedative Rohypnol or party drug GHB. They weren't being sexually assaulted. But someone was making them sick. It seemed like the stuff of urban legend.
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Army Sends Infant to Protective Services, Mom to Afghanistan Posted: 2 weeks ago by tigertony
A single mother, is being threatened with a military court-martial if she does not agree to deploy to Afghanistan, despite having been told she would be granted extra time to find someone to care for her 11-month-old son while she is overseas.
<=== Not the mom in question
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Edward Woodward - 1 June 1930 to 16 November 2009 Posted: 2 weeks ago by pocksucket
Best known for his roles in The Equalizer and The Wicker Man, Edward Woodward has died in hospital, aged 79.
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Stolen cell phone calls 911 on drug dealers Posted: 2 weeks ago by equinox
Dispatchers in Yukon, OK listened in disbelief as two men spoke casually in the background after an accidental 911. "They were talking in detail about drug deals." Police decided to pay a visit and found Xanax, Hydrocondone, Oxycontin, Ecstasy and marijuana. Rough estimates put the value of the drugs at $20,000, but the story Yukon officers now have is priceless.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 341 [+].
Cannabis Cafe opens in Portland Posted: 2 weeks ago by ozero
Oregon opened another chapter in U.S. marijuana history when at 4:20 p.m. Friday, about three dozen people christened the nation's first cafe for licensed residents to sit down, sip coffee and smoke marijuana.
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Snail Named After Crocodile Hunter Posted: 2 weeks ago by Magoo
A tree snail found in the tropical forest near Cairns, Australia has been named after the late Steve Irwin. The Queensland Museum named it Crikey steveirwini.
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Catholic Archdiocese of DC Will Stop Social Service Programs if Gays are Allowed to Marry Posted: 2 weeks ago by bernardblack
Never afraid to let their bigotry and prejudice trump their boss rules to do good, turn the other cheek, and help people, the catholic charity plans on stopping charity work.
Comments: 67 Score: [-] 643 [+].
Sin City Nixes "Strippers on a Truck" Advertising Campaign Posted: 2 weeks ago by BrownTrout
"It's clearly a distraction, somebody's going to turn their head to look at some girl flipping upside-down and spinning on a pole, and take their eyes off the road and could swerve and pop up the sidewalk and plow into a bunch of tourists that are walking along."
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 281 [+].
Do it for the Pee Bale! Posted: 2 weeks ago by BrownTrout
If you are a guy, it's now OK to take a whiz in the backyard. If you're a woman - not so much. Come one... come all. Activate the composting process and have a little fun while you are at it.
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 315 [+].
Obama bows to Japanese Emperor Posted: 2 weeks ago by JoshSF49
The horror!
Comments: 22 Score: [-] 534 [+].
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