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Granny D, as she was widely known, trekked 3,200 miles (1,650km) in 1999 and 2000 to draw attention to the high cost of running for office in the US.Brain scans 'can distinguish memories', say scientistsScience - denspark - 3 CommentsTags: UK, Memory, memory loss, brain scan, distinguishable03/12/10 - - - (Link) Scientists say they have been able to tell which past event a person is recalling using a brain scan.
The University College London researchers showed people film clips and were able to predict which ones they were subsequently thinking about. Women refuse to go through airport body scannersGovernment Bureaucracy - Harry - 18 CommentsTags: UK, privacy, x-ray, virtual strip search, full body scanners03/12/10 - - - (Link) Two women were stopped from boarding a plane at Manchester Airport after refusing to undergo a full body scan.
The passengers were due to fly to Islamabad on 19 February when they were selected at random to go through the new scanning machine. Extra:"In US airports where scanners are installed passengers have the option of a undergoing a body search."Original Story: Airport security bares all, or does it?Mystery of 75 starlings falling from the skyLiving Nature - denspark - 7 CommentsTags: UK, birds, starlings, crash landing, mysterious death03/12/10 - - - (Link) The deaths of 75 starlings which appeared to fall from the sky and crash land on to a driveway in Somerset has mystified the RSPCA animal charity.
The birds were spotted falling onto the entrance of a house in Coxley in Somerset on Sunday 7 March. Internet nominated for 2010 Nobel Peace PrizeLiving - Aquillion - 30 CommentsTags: Internet, nomination, Nobel peace prize, non-human, "You"03/11/10 - - - (Link) If the Internet were to win, it would not be the first non-human winner
If some people have their way, you could be the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize. "You" in this case being used broadly to mean the billions of people who log online daily.
Corpse of Cypriot president foundFollowup - enki don't - 4 CommentsTags: corpse, grave robbing, Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos, Weekend at Tassos03/11/10 - - - (Link)  Cypriot police have discovered the missing body of former president Tassos Papadopoulos in another grave three months after it was stolen from its tomb in an apparent ransom bid.Original Story:Grave robbers steal body of former Cypriot presidentWhites in U.S. Edge Toward Minority StatusScience - Keefu - 67 CommentsTags: race, minorities, U.S. Census Bureau, white people, tipping point03/11/10 - - - (Link) Minorities make up nearly half the children born in the U.S., part of a historic trend in which minorities are expected to become the U.S. majority over the next 40 years.
In fact, demographers say this year could be the "tipping point" when the number of babies born to minorities outnumbers that of babies born to whites. Sleep, pray, love -- survey sheds light on U.S. bedtime routinePolls - enki don't - 5 CommentsTags: sleep, race, ethnicity, 1000 people surveyed, National Sleep Foundation03/11/10 - - - (Link) Your racial and ethnic background can shape many aspects of your life: the type of food you eat, where you live, and your political views.
Now a new survey suggests that how you sleep and what you do before you hit the hay -- whether it's watch TV, pray, or have sex -- varies by ethnic group as well.Proposed Set Of Academic Standards UnveiledLiving Education - Tameriaen - 16 CommentsTags: schools, education reform, national standardization, CCSSI, Alaska and Texas:The Lone Holdouts03/11/10 - - - (Link) A group of governors and school superintendents released a proposed set of academic standards Wednesday that lays out what students should be learning in math and English every year from kindergarten through high school.
The plan is part of a push to iron out the jumble of state standards and raise expectations for American schools. Forty-eight states and the District of Colombia joined in the effort to develop national standards, leaving Alaska and Texas as the lone holdouts.Extra:Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI)Lesbian teen in prom flap sues, returns to schoolLiving Education - MaulLove - 121 CommentsTags: Prom, high school, ACLU, discrimination, Mississippi03/11/10 - - - (Link) Constance McMillen didn't believe her Mississippi school district would really call off her senior prom rather than allow her to show up with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo. On Thursday, a day after the Itawamba County school board did just that, the 18-year-old lesbian high school senior reluctantly returned to campus to some unfriendly looks, she said.
"Somebody said, 'Thanks for ruining my senior year.'" McMillen said.Readers React To Photo Of Two Men KissingNews Opinion - Xiphias - 76 CommentsTags: Gay Marriage, Washington Post, homophobia, men kissing, Washington D.C.03/10/10 - - - (Link)  Powerful photographs can have lasting impact, and a Post photo of two men kissing is an image that many readers can neither forget nor accept.
The photo, which ran on the newspaper's front page and online last week, captured Jeremy Ames and Taka Ariga kissing outside D.C. Superior Court on the day that the District began accepting license applications for same-sex marriages.
Almost immediately, I began hearing from upset readers. Click Here For Extra Insight From The ForumsClick Here For Extra Insight From The ForumsAfter a Disruptive Airport Kiss, Facing the ConsequencesCrime Stupid - Lurchi - 4 CommentsTags: TSA, community service, Newark, airport evacuation, unauthorized kiss03/10/10 - - - (Link) Theirs was a whirlwind New York City Christmas, but while true love is timeless, vacations are not. Sadly, it came time for one of the lovebirds to fly home to California, and the other, Haisong Jiang — love-struck as if Cupid hit him not with an arrow, but with a two-by-four to the head — saw his beloved to the security line at Newark Liberty International Airport.
One thing led to another, and they kissed, and whatever else that kiss sealed, it certainly included his fate: to ladle out meals at some soup kitchen to be determined as a way toward working off 100 hours of community service for his crime that afternoon in January. Massa flirts with the right, but Beck isn't tickledGovernment Politics - digitalsanpedro - 28 CommentsTags: ethics, glen beck, Eric Massa, political extremists, tickle fights03/10/10 - - - (Link) Just seven minutes into Glenn Beck's hour-long interview of Eric Massa on Tuesday evening, things had already gone very wrong.
Conservatives had hopes that the now-former Democratic congressman from Upstate New York, who resigned abruptly under an ethics cloud, would deliver the goods about corruption and strong-arm tactics in the Obama White House and Congress. But instead, Massa served up an icky new confession. Catholic School Boots Student With Gay ParentsLiving Education - Sweater Undulations - 19 CommentsTags: Lesbians, Catholic Church, Colorado, preschooler, WWJD03/10/10 - - - (Link) A Catholic school in Colorado is kicking out a preschooler because the child's parents are lesbians.
The child will not be allowed to re-enroll next year at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School. The Denver Archdiocese posted a statement Friday that the parents are "living in open discord with Catholic teaching."Original Story:Vatican hit by gay sex scandal"Caulk" Butt Enhancements Hospitalize 6Living Health - enki don't - 30 CommentsTags: New Jersey, silicone, bathtub caulk, butt enhancement, DIY plastic surgery03/10/10 - - - (Link) Six women in New Jersey are recovering after they received buttocks-enhancement injections containing silicone used to caulk bathtubs. 80s Teen Idol Corey Haim is DeadDeath - Footslave - 16 CommentsTags: 1980s, celebrocalypse 2010, Corey Haim, The Lost Boys, Core Haim Not Corey Feldman03/10/10 - - - (Link)  Actor and former teen idol Corey Haim has died at the age of 38, the Los Angeles Police Department has confirmed to KTLA.Convicted serial killer won on 'Dating Game'Crime Violent - enki don't - 17 CommentsTags: Serial Killer, California, Rodney Alcala, The Dating Game, Bachelor No. 103/10/10 - - - (Link)  Before he was a convicted serial killer, Rodney Alcala was a winning bachelor on "The Dating Game.
Oh yeah, I remember it quite clearly," said Jed Mills, the game-show contestant who sat next to Alcala in 1978. "He was creepy. Definitely creepy."Extra:Story includes his "before" picture as a 1978 contestant on The Dating Game.Bar patron fired police gun left behind in bathroom by Grand Rapids officerCrime - Name Brand Aspirin - 6 CommentsTags: Bar, Bathroom, Cop, oops!, service weapon03/10/10 - - - (Link) It was employees at Brewstir's who alerted Grand Rapids Police Officer John Guerrero -- a regular at the Allendale Township bar -- that he'd forgotten his service weapon inside a bathroom stall, and that a woman who'd entered the men's room had shot the weapon, sources said.Man who clobbered Chisholm gunman with a chair is hailed as heroCrime - Name Brand Aspirin - 1 CommentTags: gunman, Hero, Minnesota, bar shooting, ex-wife03/10/10 - - - (Link) The man who stopped a bar shooting incident by hitting the suspected gunman with a chair was hailed as a hero on Monday.
The Saturday night shootings at Jim's Sports Club Bar and Grill left one man dead, another critically wounded and a third with a less serious wound. Authorities said the suspect, Jason Musburger, 47, a former Chisholm police officer, had gone to the bar to confront his ex-wife.FHP: Driver lacked razor-sharp focusLiving Weird - Temple - 2 CommentsTags: florida, Car Accident, bikini area, shaving, suspended license03/10/10 - - - (Link) As authorities nationwide warn motorists of the dangers of driving while texting, Florida Keys law enforcement officers add a new caution: Don't try to shave your privates, either.
Florida Highway Patrol troopers say a two-vehicle crash Tuesday at Mile Marker 21 on Cudjoe Key was caused by a 37-year-old woman driver who was shaving her bikini area while her ex-husband took the wheel from the passenger seat. Deputy Beats Man In Squad CarCrime Violent - Sweater Undulations - 10 CommentsTags: ptsd, deputy, Milwaukee, handcuffed, police violence03/10/10 - - - (Link) A former deputy will spend a year and a half behind bars, for beating a man in the back of a squad car.
Former Milwaukee County Sheriff's Deputy Scott Krause gave the handcuffed Ray Calderone a warning.Ohio inmate ODs on pills hours before executionDeath - Harry - 20 CommentsTags: Ohio, death row, drug overdose, humane killing, one-drug system03/09/10 - - - (Link)  Gov. Ted Strickland on Monday postponed the execution of a convicted killer who managed to take an overdose of pills in his death row cell and was found unconscious just hours before he was to be driven to his execution.Obama administration pushes broader version of 'Volcker Rule'Government Laws - Keefu - 1 CommentTags: treasury department, banks, Obama administration, financial reform, Volcker Rule03/09/10 - - - (Link) The Obama administration asked Congress on Wednesday to consider a broader version of the "Volcker Rule" that would impose limits not just on the investment activities of banks but also on the largest non-bank financial companies.Original Story:Obama's 'Volcker Rule' shifts power away from GeithnerCalif state senator says he's gay after DUI arrestFollowup - Harry - 31 CommentsTags: gay, DUI, Republican, tea party, Sen. Roy Ashburn03/09/10 - - - (Link) Republican state Sen. Roy Ashburn said Monday he is gay, ending days of speculation that began after his arrest last week for investigation of driving under the influence.
Ashburn, who consistently voted against gay rights measures during his 14 years in the state Legislature, came out in an interview with KERN radio in Bakersfield, the area he represents.Original Story:Anti-Gay Lawmaker Reportedly at Gay Club Before DUI Arrest Most 'tea party' followers are baby boomers reliving the 60'sPolls - pentheus - 7 CommentsTags: CNN, tea party, boomers, wealthy dorks with more time than sense, 60s protest paradigm03/09/10 - - - (Link) Oceans of ink, terabytes of blog space and an eternity of television time have been devoted to the latest object of media fascination, the "tea party" movement. Now (finally!), a poll conducted by CNN gives us some hard data on the Tea Party Nation.Terrorists, make sure you register with the stateGovernment Laws - WootFuxor - 2 CommentsTags: terrorism, South Carolina, stupidity, repeal, subversives03/09/10 - - - (Link) As usual, the bloggers have got it wrong. Some of them are saying South Carolina legislators passed a law last year requiring all subversive agents and terrorists to register with the Secretary of State.
That's not true.
They did that 50 years ago. Strong earthquake strikes off Sumatra coastLiving Nature - Charon - 1 CommentTags: Indonesia, Tsunami, Earthquake, Sumatra, Tectonipocalypse 201003/09/10 - - - (Link) A strong earthquake with magnitude 6.5 struck Friday night in the ocean southwest of Sumatra in Indonesia, the U.S. Geological Survey said.Machete attacks on Christian villages kill 500-plus in NigeriaCrime Violent - Harry - 26 CommentsTags: Nigeria, Christians, brutal attacks, Muslim Fulani, hacked to death03/08/10 - - - (Link)  UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Washington led calls for restraint on Monday after the slaughter of more than 500 Christians in Nigeria, as survivors told how the killers chopped down their victims.
Funerals took place for victims of the three-hour orgy of violence on Sunday in three Christian villages close to the northern city of Jos, blamed on members of the mainly Muslim Fulani ethnic group.Oscars snub as Farrah Fawcett left out of in memoriam tributeEntertainment - Harry - 14 CommentsTags: Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, celebrocalypse 2009, Logans Run, Oscar snub03/08/10 - - - (Link) Farrah Fawcett was left out of the'in memoriam' segment of the Oscars ceremony, prompting a flurry of complaints.
The former Charlie's Angels star died of cancer in June last year, aged 62 Utah women may face murder charges after miscarriagesGovernment Laws - iscutcheon - 12 CommentsTags: abortion, Utah, Miscarriage, womens rights, Murder charges03/08/10 - - - (Link) A proposed Utah law that would open women who suffer a miscarriage to possible criminal prosecution and life imprisonment has enraged feminists and civil rights activists across the United States.
Adopted overwhelmingly by both sides of the state legislature in Salt Lake City earlier this month, the draft bill is now awaiting the signature of the state's Republican Governor, Gary Herbert. It is not clear if the growing national controversy surrounding the proposed law will slow or even stay his pen.Woman charged in breast milk assault on jailerCrime - Sweater Undulations - 12 CommentsTags: Assault, Inmate, Police Officer, breast milk, intoxication03/08/10 - - - (Link) A woman in jail for public intoxication was accused of assaulting a jailer by squirting breast milk at her.Chupacabra legend lives on with new sightingLiving Nature - Sweater Undulations - 0 CommentsTags: Oklahoma, chupacabra, hairless creature, racoon, captured alive03/08/10 - - - (Link) Come on, admit it, you are at least a little bit curious about this sighting. There have been numerous mysterious sightings in South Texas. And, now, another bizarre, hairless creature spotted in Oklahoma.Extra:With Creepy Video:Leviathans may battle in remote depthsScience - Mobile Suit Goddamn - 27 CommentsTags: great white shark, giant squid, horrors of the deep, migration, marine smack-down03/07/10 - - - (Link)  In what could be the ultimate marine smack-down, great white sharks off the California coast may be migrating 1,600 miles west to do battle with creatures that rival their star power: giant squids.Click Here For Extra Insight From The ForumsEven the Spineless Feel PainScience - enki don't - 4 CommentsTags: pain, Memory, electric shock, invertebrates, hermit crabs03/07/10 - - - (Link) Can invertebrates feel pain?
"No" is the scientific consensus thus far on all but octopuses — but that may just reflect an ingrained human bias against "simple" animals.Iran's Ahmadinejad: Sept. 11 attacks a 'big lie'Government - Chet - 25 CommentsTags: iran, 9/11, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, fake as the holocaust, big lie03/07/10 - - - (Link) Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday called the official version of the Sept. 11 attacks a "big lie" used by the U.S. as an excuse for the war on terror, state media reported.
Ahmadinejad's comments, made during an address to Intelligence Ministry staff, come amid escalating tensions between the West and Tehran over its disputed nuclear program. They show that Iran has no intention of toning itself down even with tighter sanctions looming because of its refusal to halt uranium enrichment.Stranded U.S. sailor detained after rescue from B.C. coastLiving - Chet - 7 CommentsTags: canada, sailor, border crossing, Cement Boat, Fishy Story03/07/10 - - - (Link) An American who was shipwrecked on the coast of Vancouver Island and nearly died after sailing his boat from Anacortes has now been taken into custody by Canadian border officials.Sex with identical twin subject of assault caseCrime - vissarion - 254 CommentsTags: Twins, ontario, sexual assault, consent, he said-she said03/07/10 - - - (Link) The bedroom was dark and she thought it was her occasional lover who slipped into bed.
But the sex felt different. When she turned on the bedroom light, it wasn't her lover but his identical twin.Break-dancer charged with ruining hardwood floorsCrime - aka_mouse - 8 CommentsTags: felony, criminal mischief, break-dancing, diamond belt buckle, house party03/07/10 - - - (Link) A large diamond belt buckle worn by an 18-year-old Cheektowaga man while break-dancing at a party caused $3,000 worth of gouging damage on some hardwood floors -- and left him charged with felony criminal mischief.A Game of Tag Breaks Out Between London's Graffiti EliteLiving Art - Redlof - 68 CommentsTags: London, tag, Banksy, graffiti, Robbo03/07/10 - - - (Link)  In the predawn hours of Christmas morning, a 40-year-old shoe repairman who goes by the name Robbo squeezed his 6-foot-8-inch frame into a wet suit, tossed some spray cans into a plastic bag, and crossed Regent's Canal on a red-and-blue air mattress.
Robbo, one of the lost pioneers of London's 1980s graffiti scene, was emerging from a long retirement. He had a mission: to settle a score with the world-famous street artist Banksy, who, Robbo believes, had attacked his legacy.Baby Survives Shooting in Parents' Suicide PactDeath - enki don't - 0 CommentsTags: Survivor, Global Warming, babies, Argentina, suicide pact03/07/10 - - - (Link) In Argentina, a baby girl miraculously remained alive for three days with a bullet in her chest after surviving her parents' suicide pact.
The 7-month-old was found, covered in blood, bedside the bodies of her parents and her two year-old brother. The baby was discovered by paramedics and rushed to the hospital after police received calls from neighbors who noticed the smell of the bodies coming from the house three days after the massacre occurred. This Weeks StoriesLast Weeks Stories Search Other ViewsMappedTags  EverythingHeadlines OnlyWeek's Hot TopicsStats   User BlogsMe tomo unas vacaciones.Bad ideasPortal of Property ManagementBlind is a very appealing performer and most of his successPoEsters of Halifax Nova Scotia, to me!Wicked Small Games Spin The Black CirclepoeTV Clips Face 100 More Ways to Die in Garry's Mod Galactica: Sabotage Crystal Swing perform The Hucklebuck on The Late Late Show Legend introPrivacy Statementvar gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src="http://www.poe-news.com//" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));try {var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-3885600-3");pageTracker._trackPageview();} catch(err) {} |
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