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When Geckos Get Constipated Posted: 1 day ago by suebe
"In explaining why I’d be late that day, I didn’t quite know what to tell my editor, so I told him the truth: I was taking my son’s gecko for what I presumed would be an enema."
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Cops: Suspect in officer killings may be dead Posted: 1 day ago by drogue
Update to detectivebag's post.
"A suspect in the slaying of four police officers gunned down in a suburban coffee shop was in a Seattle house early Monday, wounded and possibly dead," police said.
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Mysterious 'Saddam Channel' Hits Iraq TV Posted: 1 day ago by iamamaniac
Turning on their TVs during the long holiday weekend, Iraqis were greeted by a familiar if unexpected face from their brutal past: Saddam Hussein.
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Stacy Horton Abandons Son to Save Drowning Wife Posted: 1 day ago by iamamaniac
As his wife floundered screaming for help in murky river water, a frantic New Zealand man was forced to abandon a bid to rescue his teenage son to save his partner from drowning, he said Monday.
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Palin quits 5k charity run Posted: 2 days ago by cecilberman
She said "I accomplished what I set out to do, and would have been a lame duck for the last 1k."
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Is The Case Finally Closed on 1965 UFO Mystery? Posted: 2 days ago by suebe
In the chronicles of UFO oddness, there's been a long-standing oddity — some say folklore, others deem it reality. This saga, now over four decades old, centers on a reported out-of-the-sky incident involving the small town of Kecksburg, Pennsylvania.
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Cubicles Aren't Just For Working Posted: 2 days ago by suebe
At 81 Bowery, near NYC's Chinatown, dozens of immigrants live in ceiling-less cubicles. Some have been there for decades.
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The Wilderness Isn't Big Enough For Sheep and Recreation Posted: 2 days ago by suebe
A battle rages in Colorado over a sheepherder's guard dogs that attacked a cyclist.
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The Modern Meaning of "Pay Phone" Posted: 2 days ago by suebe
When a Los Angeles hairstylist accepted a collect call from a customer, she had no idea it would run more than $45. And no idea that's just what collect calls from pay phones cost in the mobile age.
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4 police officers killed in Wash. coffee shop Posted: 2 days ago by detectivebag
A gunman walked into a coffee shop and shot and killed four police officers Sunday morning in what sheriff's officials described as an "execution." Update:Suspect may have been killed
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Theft in South Africa - Watch the Baboons!!! Posted: 2 days ago by Ankabout
Cape Town in South Africa is having some serious problems with some very crafty baboons raiding cars by opening the doors and jumping through open windows.
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The weak public plan Posted: 2 days ago by zebulor
The public plan is estimated to be far weaker than expected; it would not be as cheap, or have as many customers, as political forces make it out to have. So would it still be worth having?
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Dubai: Just deserts Posted: 3 days ago by chinook
The country is paying the price for embarking on the world’s biggest spending spree – with other people’s money. Can it ever recover?
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15 Signs American Society Is Coming Apart at the Seams Posted: 3 days ago by Bornbad
The following is an edited excerpt from the Amped Status report, "The Critical Unraveling of U.S. Society."
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Here's to Beer Posted: 3 days ago by donteatpoop
Awesome beer site, lots of information, food pairings/suggestions, history, etc.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 417 [+].
Gibson Guitar plant in Nashville raided by feds Posted: 3 days ago by 2manyusernames
A crackdown on the use of endangered woods from the world's rain forests to make musical instruments resulted in a federal raid on Gibson Guitar 's manufacturing plant.
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One Vulgar Word Can Get You Fired Posted: 3 days ago by 2manyusernames
Kurt Greenbaum of the St Louis Dispatch moderates a forum on the newspaper's website. Comments often get a bit heated. When he saw one member made a 4-letter comment that starts with 'C' instead of just deleting it, he decided to look at the i.p address and contact the OP's place of business to complain. End result? The poster got fired.
Comments: 19 Score: [-] 546 [+].
Energizer Bunnies: Turning Rabbits into Green Fuel Posted: 3 days ago by TraumaMamma
I guess you can only make so much Hassenpheffer.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 172 [+].
Biology of B-Movie Monsters Posted: 3 days ago by 2manyusernames
A classic scientific essay on the problems facing movie monsters be they giant, tiny, or even aliens.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 438 [+].
How Good Are You In Bed? Ask Your iPhone Posted: 3 days ago by 2manyusernames
A $4.99 application uses the iPhone's timer, motion sensor and microphone (to measure orgasm intensity) to rank your sexual performance ranging from 'bad' to 'perfect'. You can upload your rating to the web to compare your skills to the rest of the world.
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He has double-crossed us! Posted: 3 days ago by KerOBeroS32
When Bullwinkle goes bad!
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Patrick Stewart Speaks On The Legacy Of Domestic Violence Posted: 3 days ago by 2manyusernames
Patrick Stewart was a witness to his father's repeated acts of violence on his mother. Being a child he felt incapable of stopping it. Here he discusses how such horrors has stayed with him his adult life.
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Man Shot For His Flat Screen TV Posted: 3 days ago by suebe
But the bumbling thieves couldn't fit the 47 inch tv into their getaway car.Minor Update
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The Dark Side of Facebook Posted: 3 days ago by KerOBeroS32
Hilarity ensues... Some NSFW
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Climate Czar Browner: What Conflict of Interest? Posted: 3 days ago by 2manyusernames
Carol Browner was appointed by Obama to be his Climate Czar - a position not subject to congressional approval. She is a co-founder of The Albright Group which often acts as an unofficial lobbying group. She was also on the board of a carbon credit company which should be a huge conflict of interest considering her duties including guiding Obama's administration's effort to force companies to purchase carbon credits.
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