Canada museum kills masturbation video after outcry
17.05.2012 0:05 0 views 0 comments
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's federal science museum has removed an animated video showing youth masturbating from an upcoming sex exhibit following a public outcry, a museum spokesman said on Wednesday. The Canada Science and Technology Museum will open the "Sex: A Tell-all Exhibition" on Thursday as planned despite strong criticism from Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore, who has called it an insult to taxpayers. ... Read more »
| Sniffer dog nabs smuggler hiding heroin in rectum
16.05.2012 20:38 0 views 0 comments
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A man who tried to smuggle heroin into the United States concealed in his rectum was caught by U.S. officials - with the help of a drug-sniffer dog named Malone - as he walked across the border from Mexico. Paulo Alfredo Macias, 35, was being held in the El Paso County Jail without bond after being caught on Monday at the Paso Del Norte pedestrian crossing with nearly 5 ounces of heroin, officials said. ... Read more »
| Sniffer dog nabs smuggler hiding heroin in rectum
16.05.2012 20:37 0 views 0 comments
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A man who tried to smuggle heroin into the United States concealed in his rectum was caught by U.S. officials - with the help of a drug-sniffer dog named Malone - as he walked across the border from Mexico. Paulo Alfredo Macias, 35, was being held in the El Paso County Jail without bond after being caught on Monday at the Paso Del Norte pedestrian crossing with nearly 5 ounces of heroin, officials said. ...
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| ‘Haunted’ L.A. hospital being converted into senior living home
16.05.2012 20:29 0 views 0 comments
Would you want your grandma living in an abandoned hospital so well known for its creepy atmosphere and alleged hauntings that it has been used in various Hollywood productions by folks like Rob Zombie and the makers of the horror film "Se7en"? The L.A. Times says the 107-year-old Linda Vista Community Hospital may soon earn [...] Read more »
| Nats pitcher Strasburg brings the heat, regrets it
16.05.2012 17:48 0 views 0 comments
(Reuters) - Washington pitcher Stephen Strasburg may read warning labels a little closer in future after some 'Hot Stuff' heat rub ointment got on "the wrong place" and made Tuesday's outing on the mound an uncomfortable one. Strasburg, one of the most promising young pitchers in Major League Baseball, allowed four runs in a 6-1 defeat to the San Diego Padres, the 23-year-old fidgeting his way through four irritating innings on the way to his first loss of the season. Nationals manager Davey Johnson told reporters the ointment had rubbed Strasburg the wrong way. ...
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| Universitario given 3-0 win over short-handed Bolivar
12.05.2012 20:23 0 views 0 comments
(Reuters) - Universitario have been awarded a 3-0 victory against Bolivar after Thursday's Bolivian league match was abandoned with the visitors down to six men. "The rules state that the result is 3-0 in favour of the team that is complete (in numbers)," Bolivian league (LNFP) official Felipe Rodriguez was quoted by the daily El Diario as telling reporters on Saturday. ... Read more »
| I’m 3-years-old, in Mensa and I need to poop
11.05.2012 23:00 0 views 0 comments
Remember last week, when we told you about the pair of two-year-olds inducted into Mensa, the high-IQ society? Well, one of them, Emmelyn Roettger, who recently turned three, made her debut appearance on the "Today" show on Friday morning. Despite having an IQ of 135, young Emmelyn proves she's still just a kid when host [...] Read more »
| Six $1 million Powerball tickets bought by one Arizona man
11.05.2012 18:16 0 views 0 comments
One man from a suburb of Phoenix has defied astounding odds by purchasing six $1 million winning Powerball tickets. The man, who has asked to remain anonymous, used the same numbers for each ticket, according to Arizona lottery spokeswoman Karen Bach. Bach says the man picked up his $6 million in winnings over the course [...] Read more »
| "Subversive" newspaper crossword stirs Venezuela
11.05.2012 18:04 0 views 0 comments
CARACAS (Reuters) - A veteran Venezuelan crossword-writer has been accused of hiding a coded message to assassinate President Hugo Chavez's brother in the latest surreal twist to election year politics in the South American nation. Neptali Segovia was interviewed by intelligence agents, his newspaper said on Friday, after a state TV pundit said he had disguised a message to gun down Chavez's brother, Adan, in the answers to various clues in a crossword this week. ... Read more »
| "Subversive" newspaper crossword stirs Venezuela
11.05.2012 18:03 0 views 0 comments
CARACAS (Reuters) - A veteran Venezuelan crossword-writer has been accused of hiding a coded message to assassinate President Hugo Chavez's brother in the latest surreal twist to election year politics in the South American nation. Neptali Segovia was interviewed by intelligence agents, his newspaper said on Friday, after a state TV pundit said he had disguised a message to gun down Chavez's brother, Adan, in the answers to various clues in a crossword this week. ...
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| Man implants magnets to keep iPod at the ready
11.05.2012 17:09 0 views 0 comments
If Magneto, the arch-nemesis of the X-Men, was a tattooed hipster, he might look a lot like this guy. Dave Hurban, a Dynasty Tattoo artist from Newfield, N.J., surgically implanted four magnets into his wrist. Why? Basically, it's a cool (or at least unique) way to hold his iPod Nano in place without a pesky [...] Read more »
| Stripper fired from newspaper alleges discrimination
11.05.2012 16:55 0 views 0 comments
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A newspaper reporter who was fired after another publication reported that she worked part-time as a stripper says she has filed a complaint against her former employer with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging sex discrimination. Sarah Tressler, 30, was working as a society and general assignment reporter for the Houston Chronicle and was writing an anonymous blog entitled "Diary of an Angry Stripper" when the weekly Houston Press revealed her part-time profession in an article entitled "Society Writer by Day, Stripper by Night. ... Read more »
| Afterlife comes at a discount for diehard Benfica fans
11.05.2012 15:30 0 views 0 comments
LISBON (Reuters) - Diehard fans of Portugal's Premier League soccer club Benfica can now rest in peace knowing they can be buried at a discount thanks to a deal signed between the club and the country's largest undertakers agency. In addition to a 12.5 percent rebate, the ultimate advantages for card-carrying Benfica fans also include having the club's anthem performed during the funeral ceremony, having the club's official logo chiselled on coffins or urns, as well as having the Benfica flag laid over the receptacle. ... Read more »
| Afterlife comes at a discount for diehard Benfica fans
11.05.2012 15:29 0 views 0 comments
LISBON (Reuters) - Diehard fans of Portugal's Premier League soccer club Benfica can now rest in peace knowing they can be buried at a discount thanks to a deal signed between the club and the country's largest undertakers agency. In addition to a 12.5 percent rebate, the ultimate advantages for card-carrying Benfica fans also include having the club's anthem performed during the funeral ceremony, having the club's official logo chiseled on coffins or urns, as well as having the Benfica flag laid over the receptacle. ... Read more »
| Gambling, drinking monks raise hell in South Korea
11.05.2012 13:33 0 views 0 comments
SEOUL (Reuters) - Six leaders from South Korea's biggest Buddhist order have quit after secret video footage showed some supposedly serene monks raising hell, playing high-stakes poker, drinking and smoking. The scandal erupted just days before Koreans observe a national holiday to celebrate the birth of Buddha, the holiest day of the religion's calendar. The head of the Jogye order, which has some 10 million followers, or about a fifth of the population, made a public apology on Friday, vowing "self-repentance". ... Read more »
| World's biggest boxes of pasta on sale in Turkey
11.05.2012 7:56 0 views 0 comments
ROME (Reuters) - Shoppers can buy a half-tonne box of pasta from Thursday at supermarkets in Turkey, but not in the world's spaghetti capital of Italy. Too heavy and too big for the shopping trolley, delivery is included in the price. Italy's Barilla, the world's biggest pasta maker, and Turkey's Migros Ticaret supermarket chain teamed up to produce the mega box of penne pasta, which sells for 999 Turkish lira ($560), for charity. ... Read more »
| Naked unicyclist arrested on Texas bridge
11.05.2012 1:01 0 views 0 comments
45-year-old Joseph Glynn Farley didn't reinvent the wheel, but he certainly came up with a unique way to get arrested while cruising around on one. Police detained the Southeast Texas man after he was discovered riding a unicycle naked across a local bridge. In an understatement, Farley was arrested for allegedly distracting drivers and creating [...] Read more »
| Little girl: ‘This is how you poop’
10.05.2012 23:46 0 views 0 comments
Most dogs have no trouble taking care of business. But sometimes a pooch needs a little pep talk. Gabriela, a toddler from New Jersey, was captured on video giving her new pet bulldog, Matilda, a lesson on the art of pooping. "So this is how you poop," Gabriela says to Matilda, who looks as though [...] Read more »
| Bear cubs form cuddly ‘conga line’ (VIDEO)
10.05.2012 22:21 0 views 0 comments
In this video, a seemingly ever-growing line of bear cubs line up to groom each other. The video features some accompanying music that lets the imaginative viewer pretend the cubs are forming the world's greatest ever conga line. Even if the bears are just keeping each other clean, it's certainly a positive shift from the [...] Read more »
| Divorce courts mirror society as more women pay alimony
10.05.2012 21:54 0 views 0 comments
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tables have turned in U.S. divorce courts with more women paying their former husbands alimony and child support than ever before, according to U.S. lawyers. As women climb higher up the career ladder and outpace their exes in salary, when love goes wrong and marriages break up they are being compelled to contribute to the livelihood of their former spouses. And some are not happy about it. ...
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