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Mr T's UK Snickers advert axed after US human rights groups complain of homophobia

Posted by richardjfoster 104 days ago (http://www.thisislondon.co.uk)
Category: Misc-Other | Tags: mr t snickers advertisment homophobia

In a case of political correctness gone wild, a US human rights group has got a TV advertisement pulled, even though it was never shown in the US. read more »
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Granite countertops may be radioactive

Posted by Jacira 104 days ago (http://www.sun-sentinel.com)
Category: Medical | Tags: lake george ny granite radioactive

My countertop keeps my coffee warm? Granite can be radioactive and emit radon gas? Time to go back to cheaper, safer materials! read more »
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It Works in the Movies!

Posted by penandra 105 days ago (http://www.standard.net)
Category: Kids-Teens | Tags: ogden window feel good

Feel good story. An 11-year-old boy wanting to get his girlfriend's attention without waking her parents got a lesson in window pane strength. read more »
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Insurance: Won't Cover Cancer Drugs, Will Cover Suicide Drugs

Posted by penandra 106 days ago (http://www.registerguard.com)
Category: Bureaucracy | Tags: eugene cancer suicide insurance

What the Oregon Health Plan did agree to cover, however, were drugs for a physician-assisted death. The pharmaceutical company will provide the medic read more »
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Woman Drives With 3-Year-Old on the Roof of Her Car --- Doesn't Understand Why She's in Trouble!

Posted by penandra 106 days ago (http://www.sun-sentinel.com)
Category: Idiot | Tags: lake worth child abuse driver

A Lake Worth woman was arrested when deputies responded to reports she was driving around the parking lot with a small child on the roof of her car. read more »
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Sexual Harrassment Ensures We Have Children

Posted by penandra 106 days ago (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
Category: Sex | Tags: moscow sexual harassment idiot

The judge threw out the case because the employer had acted gallantly. "If we had no sexual harassment we would have no children," the judge ruled read more »
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Dead Man Wakes Up in Morgue

Posted by penandra 106 days ago (http://www.news.com.au)
Category: Bureaucracy | Tags: india stampede morgue

Mange Ram woke up in the morgue as doctors got ready to perform his autopsy. He said "I was in the middle of a row of bodies waiting for post mortem read more »
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Crook steals broken empty ATM

Posted by jvp15 108 days ago (http://www.heraldtribune.com)
Category: Crime | Tags: florida robbery atn

A thief broke into a restaurant to steal an ATM but came away empty-handed because the machine was out of cash. read more »
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Local council warned that trimming bushes may discriminate against homosexual men

Posted by richardjfoster 129 days ago (http://www.dailymail.co.uk)
Category: Bureaucracy | Tags: bristol uk gay discrimination

It's a bizarre world when a city council is warned that cutting down some dense undergrowth to prevent illegal activity discriminates against gay me read more »
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Son Placed in Foster Care for Lemonade at the Ball Park

Posted by penandra 206 days ago (http://www.freep.com)
Category: Zero Tolerance | Tags: detroit lemonade cps

Child Protective Services is the unit of the Michigan Department of Human Services responsible for intervening when someone suspects a child is being read more »
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