Bird flu pandemic 'could kill 150m'
James Sturcke Friday September 30, 2005
David Nabarro, one of the
most senior public health experts at the World Health Organisat…
Fixing roofs on Gulf Coast proves costly for taxpayers
By Aaron C. Davis, Jay Root and Seth Borenstein
Knight Ridder Newspapers
NEW ORLEANS — Across the hurricane ravaged Gulf Co…
Waitresses wearing Khmer Rouge uniforms show a food platter in the
'Khmer Rouge Experience Cafe' in Phnom Penh September 30, 2005. Newly
opened across the road from Phnom Penh's notorious Tuol Sleng…
Bookmaker blasted over 'Last Supper' ad
By Kevin Smith
Fri Sep 30,11:13 AM ET
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish bookmaker Paddy Pow…
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FBI to get veto power over PC software?
The
Federal Communications Commission thinks you have the right to use
software on your computer only if the FBI approves.
According to a three-page doc…
Thinking beer mat invented
A beer mat that calls for a refill when the pint is almost empty has been invented by scientists in Germany.
Beneath
the cardboard su…
So, this woman...I'll call her Lucy....is a school teacher in
Orleans parish. She has a two story house and when the flood waters
began to rise, she went to her second floor. Her neighbors had
one-story ho…
Kids smoking cane toads
By GREG McLEAN
28sep05
Children as young as 12 are licking cane toads in an attempt to get high.
Researchers investigating what
substances petrol snif…
The deadly weapon
Police Assaulted With Fried Chicken, Coca-Cola
September 27,
2005
SMYRNA, Ga. -- A
suburban Atlanta police officer pelted with fried chicken, soda pop and
huma…
From liverlady
Troops Wait for Body Armor Reimbursements
By LOLITA C. BALDOR, AP
WASHINGTON (Sept. 29) - Nearly a year after
Congress demanded action, the Pentagon has still fa…
Amid Scrutiny, Liver Transplants Halted At L.A. Hospital
5:37 pm PDT September 27,
2005
LOS ANGELES -- One
of California's largest organ transplant centers has suspended its
liver…
Santa Claus compensated for lost reindeer
September 28 2005 at 11:58PM
Copenhagen
- The …
Explanation of Anime Smileys
THE SMILEY
WHAT IT MEANS
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My eyes have been carved out and replaced with divots.
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I'm a gluttonous fat fuck whose eyes have been carved ou…
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Australian crushed in rubbish lorry
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Beheading video man sent to jail
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Books banned between 1990-2000
Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Chocolate War by Robert Corm…
Surfer repels shark with punches
Saturday, September 24, 2005
SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) -- An
Australian surfer survived a shark attack by repeatedly punching a
smal…
Sweden's new funeral rite - bodies freeze-dried, powdered and made into tree mulch By Kate Connolly in Berlin (Filed: 28/09/2005)
A
town in Sweden plans to become the first place in the world where
corpses…
Woman Ticketed for Sitting on a Playground Bench with No Kids
(New York-AP, Sept. 27, 2005) - The Rivington Playground on Manhattan's East Side has a small sign at
the entrance that says adults are pr…
A
legless teen in Ohio who was told he cannot play during a game in
Cincinnati will be allowed to play in future games. Bobby Martin was told at halftime of a recent game at
Mount Healthy High School …
Americans' Dirty Secret Revealed
By Bjorn Carey LiveScience Staff Writer posted: 21 September 2005 05:27 pm ET
In a recent telephone survey, 9…
Beauty contest behind bars
Female prisoners at Colombia's biggest prison have been competing in a beauty pageant.
…
Witch wins right to declare cost of brooms
A Dutch witch has won her battle to make the cost of her brooms and spell-making lessons tax-deductable.
Tax officials fin…
DeLay Indicted in Campaign Finance Probe
By LARRY MARGASAK
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Texas grand jury on Wednesday …
Army Probes Complaints of Corpse Photos
WASHINGTON - The Army is investigating complaints that soldiers posted
photographs of Iraqi corpses …
Roderick Johnson
Inmate Was Considered 'Property' of Gang, Witness Tells Jury in Prison Rape Lawsuit
By ADAM LIPTAK
Published: September 25, 2005
WI…
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Sucking a Fishermen's Friend could get you into trouble
Police in Germany are warning motorists that sucking a Fishermen's Friend could get them into trouble.
It …
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Woman, 71, pulls car with teeth
A 71-year-old woman has pulled a car for 65ft - with her teeth.
Wang Xiaobei performed the stunt with a car weighing more than a to…
Nurses collect people's urine in plastic containers to test the f…
Officials warn of phone sex scam
By the Gazette-Times
Dozens
of people throughout the Portland area have received threatening phone
calls in the…
If a person was buried in space, would the body decompose?
Beverley Tampa, Florida
Dear Beverley:
Although plenty's been written on the effect a total vacuum would have on a live human body, t…
-The New Yorker
Societies worse off 'when they have God on their side'
By Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent
R…
A theft most fowl
Indian police have put a man who allegedly stole five chickens from a top magi…
Bill Would Permit DNA Collection From All Those Arrested
By Jonathan KrimWashington Post Staff Writer Saturday, September 24, 2005; Page A03
Suspects arrested or detained by federal authorities coul…
Ninth-grader punished for asking Army pilot sensitive question
Associated Press
FARGO - A
ninth-grader here has been banned from his school's assemblies after
asking a sensitive questi…
151 YEARS AGO TODAY
The Arctic
September 27, 1854
The wooden steamship Arctic sinks in foggy weather after colliding with the iron bow of the Vesta. It is the first major oce…
Photo: Courtesy of GMI Medical
New Shades Battle Boiling Brains
By John Hudson
2:00 AM Sep. 15, 2005 PT
Your next pair of sunglasses could do much more than shield your eyes
from ultraviolet ray…
Please Don't Tell Me That FEMA Pays $500 Per Hammer!
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Chief Executive Officer
Intercosmos Media Group, Inc.
300% of "Rack Rate" a Night for Hotel Rooms at the W
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Robert Hale, aka "Papa Pilgrim"
'Papa Pilgrim' charged with sex assault
By DAN JOLING The Associated Press
Published: September 26, 2005
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Brownie's got a heckuva new job
(Keith Olbermann)
SECAUCUS - At a
meeting with staff of the special House committee looking into Katrina
preparations today, Michael Brown, the disgraced and displa…
Admiral Horatio Nelson's undershirt set for auction
Sat Sep 24, 9:39 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Admiral Horatio Nelson's one…
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Guantánamo inmate says US told him to spy on al-Jazeera
Vikram Dodd Monday September 26, 2005 The Guardian
The
US military told an al-J…
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett take the top places
US wealthiest 'worth $1 trillion'
The US's richest tycoons increased their personal
wealth in the past year, with the top 400 worth $1.13 tri…
318 YEARS AGO TODAY September 26, 1687 Troopslaying siege to Athens raincannonfire down on the Acropolis and the Turkish soldiers garrisonedinside. One cannonball penetrates the Parthenon…
Armed and dangerous - Flipper the firing dolphin let loose by Katrina
by Mark Townsend Houston Sunday September 25, 2005 The Observer
Armed dolphins, trained by the …
Polish toddler runs over family members in car
Sat Sep 24, 1:46 PM ET
WARSAW (Reuters) - An 18-month-old child started the …
Scalia: America Must ‘Tolerate’ Porn
By Jayson Romaine
Saturday, September 24, 2005
NEW YORK — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Thursday
there is clea…
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We regret to inform you that PetitionOnline.com staff were secretly
visited by agents of the Homeland Security department and threatened
with arrest and indefinite secret detention - so ea…
Two Wives, One With Two Hubbies, Costs Cop
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Sumter County sheriff's deputy Jay Follin, 27, was separated but not divorced from his first wife
when he married Melissa M…
Shanghai Publishes Guide to Spot Beggars
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN
Associated Press Writer
SHANGHAI, China (AP) -- Find it hard telling needy beggars from the swindlers? Shang…
A
Philadelphia woman who fought hard to lose considerably more than 100
pounds found the last 20 pounds almost impossible. But Katie Broomall
finally got the body she wanted, reported WCAU-TV in Philadel…
Bird Plus Plane Equals Snarge
By Jeff Rice
02:00 AM Sep. 23, 2005 PT
Each day, the Smithsonian Institution's Feather Identification
Laboratory receives about a dozen pa…
Feces Cleanup Lands Teacher in Hot Water
Friday, September 23, 2005
(09-23) 15:15 PDT Wichita, Kan. (AP) -…
Composite sketch
Road-rage bullet hits tip of a raised finger
By Joseph M. Dougherty
Deseret Morning News
About 12:40 a.m., a 25-year-old man was waiting at 500 Sout…
Bush's Crisis Itinerary at Mercy of Weather, Even Nice Weather
By DAVID E. SANGER
Published: September 24, 2005
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 23 - President Bush was …
Dumping of Homeless Suspected Downtown
By Cara Mia DiMassa and Richard Winton, Times Staff Writers
For decades, it's been an enduring urban tale about downtown Los
Angel…
This photo shows the
13-inch serrated knife that somehow was swallowed by 'Elsie' a
6-month-old Saint Bernard puppy. The dog had the blade between her
esophagus and stomach for about four day…
Battle robots could join dogs on S. Korea border
Sep 23 1:12 PM US/Eastern SEOUL (Reuters) - Armed, six-legged robots may one day work
alongside man's best friend on the souther…
Sooty secures his place in the record books
September 22 2005 at 10:32AM
London - Sooty h…
Doctor sues over sex charges involving his twin
Fri Sep 23, 1:19 PM ET
SEATTLE (Reuters) - A U.S. doctor has sued a Seattle-ar…
US Govt. Disaster Preparedness & Response
Nurse arrested for beer festival porn movie
A nurse and two cameramen were arrested at the Munich beer festival for filming a porn movie on the city's famous big wheel.
…
Seventh Annual Midwest Alpaca Jamboree!
AOBA Certified Halter Show - Level II
AOBA Certified Fleece Show - Level I
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SMOKING NAZI'S POSTER - THE REAL NAZI'S!
MPs use umbrellas in parliament
Romanian MPs had to use umbrellas in parliament after rain started leaking through the ceiling.
Debate was disrupted as MPs wiped …
Down and very dirty
By STEPHEN F. HOLDER
Published September 21, 2005
TAMPA - There is a place in football where anything goes, where
players spit, punch, kick and inflict immense pain with litt…
School Expels Girl for Having Gay Parents
Sep 23 7:05 AM US/Eastern
ONTARIO, Calif.
A
14-year-old student was expelled from a Christian school because he…
Girl, eight, walks 80ft tightrope
An eight-year-old girl has been photographed walking an 80ft high tightrope in China.
Yin Feiyan, from Anhui province, has been t…
Man subdued with Taser doing well
…
The disused bank where human remains were stored in barrels. Photo: Peter Mathew
Cannibalism revelations made public
September 19, 2005 - 11:34AM
A lawyer for convicted serial kil…
Auhorities search for criminals among hurricane refugees
Thursday, September 22, 2005
MIDDLETOWN, Rhode Island (AP) -- After
Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, federal offi…
A 34-year-old man was ticketed Tuesday after he crashed his car.
Artist died 'handcuffed to tree'
…
Scotland tops list of world's most violent countries
By Katrina Tweedie
A
UNITED Nations repo…
House OKs faith as Head Start hiring issue
BEN FELLER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The Republican-led House approved a bill that lets churches and
other faith-based preschool centers h…
Red Cross disappointed many during hurricane crisis
By Stephanie Strom and Campbell Robertson The New York Times
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2005
In New Orleans and the coastal flood plains of …
Exotic dancer 'Alex' entertains patrons at Deja Vu Showgirls during the
strip club's second day of business in the French Quarter of New
Orleans, September 20, 2005. (J.P. Moczulski/Reuters)
Israeli Couple Fined for Kissing in India
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
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The beauty products from the skin of executed Chinese prisoners
Ian Cobain and Adam Luck Tuesday September 13, 2005 The Guardian
A
Chinese cosmetics…
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Nene Drame, 47, a Mauritanian writer working on a novel about
force-feeding, poses for a portrait on the street in the capital
Nouakchott
Force-fed women fight the fat
…
Speedy but spiritual
Wed Sep 21, 7:21 AM ET
LONDON (AFP) - Business folk are used to reading executive summaries of
import…
