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Warnings for parents of fat children Posted: 2 months ago by maxriter
Parents are to receive official letters telling them if their child has a weight problem under a Government crackdown on obesity
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I Declare You Mon Calamari and Wife Posted: 2 months ago by cactushair
There are Star Wars fan wedding, then there are hardcore Star Wars fan wedding! Photographer Justin Winokur has a very neat Flickr photoset of what is undoubtedly one of the BEST Star Wars wedding ever! Congrats to the couple!
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Victoria's secret: queen's underwear sells at British auction Posted: 2 months ago by lpoindexter
A giant pair of bloomers which belonged to Queen Victoria sold for nine times their estimate at an auction in Britain Wednesday.
"These pants, considering their provenance and pedigree, are very exciting," said auctioneer Charles Hanson.
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NY girl falls 14 stories, saved by sooty landing Posted: 2 months ago by lpoindexter
NEW YORK - A 12-year-old girl fell into a chimney on the roof of her apartment building, plummeted 14 stories down the flue and landed almost unscathed in a pile of furnace soot.
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Rathouse Posted: 2 months ago by jameseum
The more she peered, the more rats she saw. Standing in her own master bedroom, she found herself at eye level with a group of rats who clearly had a routine....
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Monkey Island found... and it's in South Carolina! Posted: 2 months ago by tigertony
Long thought to be an urban legend, 3500 Rhesus monkeys live under Federal protection in the SC low country. Even people that live nearby don't know they're there.
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From the Macro to the micro. (This is an edited... xcerpt from the IMAX film Cosmic Voyage. The music is by Kitaro.) Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
I'm stoned. Deal with it!
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'Rat people' forced to beg on Pakistan's streets Posted: 2 months ago by AfroMosHi
Officials say many of them have been sold off by their families to begging mafias, who exploit a tradition that the "rat children" are sacred offerings to Shah Daula, the shrine's 17th century Sufi saint.
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Double Arm Transplant Posted: 2 months ago by T1000
According to the doctor, "He vill have to deal vith havink somevone else hans".
Hopefully he doesn't decide he wants them removed later...BTW, first post!
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I refuse to let this thing die! Posted: 2 months ago by merzbabe
gawker.com has some great updates & comments on this thing.
Minute 1:25ish from this CNN video. Lifeguard's friend is wearing the fin/paw tying device around his neck.
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Mirror Symmetry Posted: 2 months ago by bunmaster
Make weird and strange pictures from animals, people, or any subject want with this kind of virtual mirror.
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The Trolls Among Us Posted: 2 months ago by DerAlt
One afternoon in the spring of 2006, for reasons unknown to those who knew him, Mitchell Henderson, a seventh grader from Rochester, Minn., took a .22-caliber rifle down from a shelf in his parents’ bedroom closet and shot himself in the head.
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Evangelist preaches while daughter sings... to the police Posted: 2 months ago by tigertony
He knew that, while he was preaching, his daughter was ratting him out for molesting her, murdering his wife, and stuffing her body in a freezer.
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SWAT team honored for raid on the WRONG HOUSE Posted: 2 months ago by tigertony
Their Chief recognized members of the SWAT team for their bravery and how they handled the raid. With the Mayor and other city officials looking on, the chief handed out medals and commendations.
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Airplane House Posted: 2 months ago by pvisi111
Joanne Ussery, a hairdresser, was looking for a new mobile home to put next to the lake when her brother-in-law, an air traffic controller, had an unorthodox suggestion...
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Al Gore Places Infant Son In Rocket To Escape Dying Planet Posted: 2 months ago by ybcool
"Former vice president Al Gore—who for the past three decades has unsuccessfully attempted to warn humanity of the coming destruction of our planet, only to be mocked and derided by the very people he has tried to save—launched his infant son into space..."
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Monkey from Mars: A Ga. crime lab's museum oddity Posted: 2 months ago by AutumnLotus
Other museums might have more or flashier items to display. But only the mini-museum of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation can boast of possessing such an other-world oddity as the monkey from Mars.
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Termites, bugs kept prospector Theo Rosmulder alive Posted: 2 months ago by Maxriter
A GOLD prospector from Victoria ate termites and other bugs before he was rescued by an Aborigine after a harrowing four-day ordeal in a remote part of Western Australia.
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Thief Disguised as the Joker Arrested for Stealing "The Dark Night" Posters Posted: 2 months ago by Maxriter
Police arrested the 20-year-old Spencer Taylor when he attempted to steal items related to new Batman movie from a cinema lobby being disguised as the Joker.
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Serial Rapist Who Saw Himself as Porn Star Could Face 1,000 Years' Jail Posted: 2 months ago by Maxriter
A court was heard that Australian Glen Iris chef John Xydias saw himself as a porn star when he raped his unconscious victims while filming the assault.
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Knut the bi-polar polar bear Posted: 2 months ago by mitzuzake
Knut was the perfect mascot for the Green movement, splashed on the cover of Vanity Fair. Now? He's a quivering, angry mess. A cautionary tale of animal celebrity.
Anyone else find this photo profoundly disturbing?
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23 people, including 6 children, buried under avalanche of garbage in Guatemala Posted: 2 months ago by tigertony
They were looking for recyclable metals... and jewelry from the bodies that were dumped in the landfill when their relatives could not afford to maintain their graves!
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UPS driver has UPS truck for his hearse Posted: 3 months ago by BernardBlack
A UPS driver loved his job so much that when he died this week, his body was transported from the funeral home to the cemetery in a UPS truck.
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Man Found Dead In Ticketed Car Posted: 3 months ago by pocksucket
A car parked illegally in Pico Rivera was ticketed at around 11am. At 7:50pm an elderly man was found dead in that car. It's not at present known if the man was in the car, dead or alive, when the ticket was issued
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Woman Gives Birth to 18th Child Posted: 3 months ago by Moogle
Alexandru Ionce and his wife never planned to have 18 children in 23 years but when they welcomed little Abigail Ionce into the world, that's just what happened.
(Boy does she look tired!)
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