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1 hr ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Dark_Island

Getting perfect vaginas put women at risk

Women going under the knife to get the perfect vagina maybe putting themselves at health risks...

[However, a plastic surgeon asserts,] "...for women with serious hypertrophy - when the tissue is dark and hangs down - there is a simple way to deal with it. The feedback I receive is very positive indeed."

14 comments

Related Topix: Psychology, Science

2 hrs ago | www.news.com.au | Dark_Island

Plane hits bushpig on take-off

AN airline has been criticised for not knowing what to do after one of its planes hit a bushpig on take-off. Air Zimbabwe had "no disaster response strategy" and its personnel "did not have a clue" of what to do.

Secret police arrested two passengers for taking pictures.

11 comments

Related Topix: Travel, Zimbabwe Travel, World News, Zimbabwe, Africa,

2 hrs ago | www.news.com.au | Dark_Island

Chinese Scientists Tinker with Mother Nature

CHINESE scientists have artificially induced the second major snowstorm to wreak havoc in Beijing this season, state media said today, reigniting debate over the practice of tinkering with Mother Nature.

3 comments

Related Topix: Blizzard, World News, China, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought

4 hrs ago | blogs.app.com | HOGstr

Druggie claims Jesus set him up

A Kentucky man faces drug paraphernalia charges after he told police Jesus set him up by leaving a burnt teaspoon in his residence.

5 comments

5 hrs ago | www.wbaltv.com | HOGstr

Maryland officials ban youth from using tanning beds

Howard County officials have voted to ban people under age 18 from using indoor tanning devices -- the first such ban in the country.

6 comments

Related Topix: Ellicott City, MD, Skin Cancer, Medicine, Health

6 hrs ago | www.groundreport.com | Dark_Island

Chocolate: more addictive than heroin

Archaeologists have dated cacao as chocolate being eaten by the Mayan Indians of Mexico as early as 600 CE. The cocoa bean had been worshipped by the Mayans as a heavenly gift. The beans were put on a pedestal and worshipped as an idol. In its raw form, chocolate is more addictive than heroin. Scientists currently study how chocolate addiction changes the brain, and which chemicals are released by the brain by eating chocolate.

62 comments

Related Topix: Life, Food, Chocolate, World News, China, Anthropology, Archaeology, Science, Italy

7 hrs ago | www.wtov9.com | Dark_Island

Psychics Find Skeletal Remains In 100-Year-Old Mansion

A historic Brooke County mansion is at the center of a police and paranormal investigation after skeletal remains were found hidden in a wall.

"They found some questionable bones and I still cannot confirm or deny that they're human," Sheriff Richard Ferguson said. "They appear to be very old, but still intact, and we have no time frame. We're actually looking back into the history of this area."

4 comments

7 hrs ago | hosted.ap.org | HOGstr

New device takes gorilla's blood pressure

One of the gorillas at Zoo Atlanta has been under pressure lately.

6 comments

Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, Georgia Tech, Emory University

7 hrs ago | hosted.ap.org | HOGstr

NC school sells test points for $20 to raise money

A middle school in North Carolina is selling test scores to students in a bid to raise money.

1 comment

Related Topix: Goldsboro, NC

7 hrs ago | hosted.ap.org | HOGstr

Milwaukee muggers see Army ID, return wallet

A Milwaukee Army reservist's military identification earned him some street cred Tuesday, when he says four men who mugged him at gunpoint returned his belongings and thanked him for his service after finding the ID.

2 comments

Related Topix: University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

7 hrs ago | hosted.ap.org | HOGstr

Irishman wins euro46,000 after island home disappears

A Northern Ireland filmmaker has won euro46,000 in damages after a judge ruled that his Irish island home was transformed into a parking lot while he was overseas for six years.

2 comments

7 hrs ago | hosted.ap.org | HOGstr

Man allegedly pushes girlfriend's car into river

A man was charged with domestic battery and illegal dumping after authorities said he pushed his girlfriend's car into a river.

1 comment

10 hrs ago | Kansas City Star

Man allegedly reports fake murder to speed police

Police said an East Texas man has outsmarted himself in trying to get a quicker response from officers to an alleged assault.

3 comments

Tue Nov 10, 2009

KOMOradio

Woman drives into aquarium at Tampa airport

The driver and the child in her lap survived when a pickup truck slammed into a 1,500-gallon aquarium at Tampa International Airport.

7 comments

www.telegraph.co.uk | HOGstr

Fellatio common among fruit bats, says research

The study found that more than two-thirds of female short-nosed fruit bats performed fellatio on their sexual partners , and that they were rewarded with longer bouts of intercourse as a result.

50 comments

Related Topix: Human Sexuality, Entomology, Science, Atlanta, GA

news.bbc.co.uk | HOGstr

Penis tissue replaced in the lab

Tissue created in a laboratory has been used to completely replace the erectile tissue of the penis in animals.

14 comments

Related Topix: Wake Forest University, North Carolina

Kansas City Star

Cops: Man who took champagne nabbed for 63rd time

Chicago police said a West Side man who allegedly tried to walk out of a store with three expensive bottles of champagne under his jacket now has 63 arrests under his belt.

3 comments

www.examiner.com | Dark_Island

Horses and mules are veterans, too.

Wednesday, the 11th, is Veteran's Day, and while we take the day to remember and thank the many veterans who have defended and protected us through so many horrible wars, we can also take a moment to reflect on the animals that have aided our military in war, both past and present.

57 comments

Related Topix: Missouri

www.thesun.co.uk | Dark_Island

'Creepy gnome' back on prowl

A NEW sighting of South America's 'creepy gnome' has caused panic among locals after a group of youngsters claimed a 'midget monster' ran towards them at night.

[Check out the video on site. -ed.]

17 comments

Related Topix: Argentina, World News

blogs.app.com | HOGstr

Man steals kiss, woman bites off his tongue

A man from Inner Mongolia faces charges after he forcibly kissed a woman who then bit off his tongue.

18 comments

Related Topix: China, Asia, World News

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