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3 hrs ago | WTVG

Canadian woman loses benefits over Facebook photo

Nathalie Blanchard has been on leave from her job at IBM in Bromont, Quebec, for the last year.

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Related Topix: Canada

Mon Nov 23, 2009

technologyexpert.blogspot.com | Iria

Record Exec Arrested For Not Tweeting

Well, here's a new one. A record label executive was arrested for not Tweeting. We're not talking about not pretending to be a bird, but rather for not posting a message on Twitter. This has to be a first in law enforcement.

5 comments

Related Topix: Twitter, Garden City, NY

soccernet.espn.go.com | Dark_Island

Footballer's (Soccer) bizarre injury treatments, weird cures, strange remedy

Crocked Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie is set to have horse placenta massaged into his damaged ankle by a Serbian housewife in a bid to speed up his recovery from a ligament injury, but he is not the only footballer to turn to an alternative remedy.

1 comment

Related Topix: Sports, World Soccer, Arsenal, FIFA Soccer, Germany, St Johnstone

www.smh.com.au | AnaM

Doctors thought he was in a coma, but he was in fact conscious

A Belgian man thought to have been in a coma for 23 years has told of his "second birth'' after doctors realised he was in fact conscious, a German weekly reported.

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Related Topix: Belgium, World News,

snafu-ed.blogspot.com | Iria

Sully A Hero In The Bedroom, Too: Wife

Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the pilot who saved the passengers of Flight 1549, a US Airways plane, by safely landing the craft in the Hudson River did more than just that. He also gave his sex life a boost.

28 comments

Related Topix: Snafu, Pop/Rock, Human Sexuality

snafu-ed.blogspot.com | Iria

Man Discovers Charles Manson His Biological Father

How would you like to discover that one of the most infamous murderers and cult leaders of all time is your father? Just ask Matthew Roberts, a 41-year-old Los Angelese DJ.

63 comments

Related Topix: Snafu, Pop/Rock, Rockford, IL

www.worthingherald.co.uk | Dark_Island

Annoying bump in the lawn turns out to be tractor engine

Nearly 40 years after he moved into his house, a Middleton man is counting the cost of excavating his garden and unearthing some buried treasure with a difference</.p>

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home

blogs.app.com | HOGstr

Sisters sue after undertakers drop dad's casket

Two Swedish sisters are seeking compensation from a group of undertakers after their father's coffin was allegedly dropped on its side.

19 comments

www.ananova.com | HOGstr

'Flat out' couple saved from eviction

A couple who kept their whole apartment block awake with their non-stop love-making have won a case to halt their eviction.

7 comments

Related Topix: Sweden, World News

english.pravda.ru | HOGstr

Every Human Being Spends Five Years of Life on a Toilet

Generally, an average person spends five years of their life on a toilet.

42 comments

Related Topix: Pakistan, Asia, World News

www.wcax.com | HOGstr

Inmate conceals escape plot with toothpaste

.Construction is continuing on a new multi-million dollar expansion project at the Sullivan County Jail. However authorities say the renovation is partially to blame for a prison break that happened early Thursday morning.

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Related Topix: Sullivan County, NH

hosted.ap.org | HOGstr

Canadian woman loses benefits over Facebook photo

A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun.

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Related Topix: Canada

hosted.ap.org | HOGstr

Kangaroo tries to drown dog, attacks owner

A kangaroo startled by a man walking his dog attacked the pair, pinning the pet underwater and slashing the owner in the abdomen with its hind legs.

26 comments

Related Topix: Australia, World News,

www.dailymail.co.uk | Dark_Island

Horror Story: Patient trapped in a 23-year 'coma' was conscious all along

A car crash victim diagnosed as being in a coma for the past 23 years has been conscious the whole time.

15 comments

Related Topix: Belgium, World News,

hosted.ap.org | HOGstr

Eye doc may lose license after calling patient fat

A North Carolina doctor could lose his medical license after a patient complained he made cutting criticisms, including telling her she was fat.

9 comments

Related Topix: Raleigh, NC

Nashua Telegraph

Strange ocean creatures found

This undated photo released by Census of Marine Life and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution shows a transparent sea cucumber, Enypniastes, creeping forward on its many tentacles at about 2 cm per minute while sweeping detritus-rich sediment into its mouth at 2,750 meters in the Northern Gulf of Mexico.

7 comments

Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots

ClipSyndicate

Seattle Woman Denied Credit, Told She's Dead

A Seattle, Washington, woman trying to refinance her mortgage got the shock of her life when she learned her credit report listed her as deceased.

10 comments

Related Topix: Seattle Metro, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Video

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Tampa Bay Online

Rare Charles Darwin book found on toilet bookshelf

An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" found in a family's guest lavatory in southern England.

19 comments

Kansas City Star

Man who left wallet in bank robbery pleads guilty

A Kansas City man who left his wallet on the counter of a bank he was robbing has pleaded guilty in federal court.

12 comments

Related Topix: Kansas City, MO

WGRZ-TV Buffalo

It's Official: Oprah to End Show in 2011

Oprah Winfrey says her powerhouse daytime television show will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air.

35 comments

Related Topix: The Oprah Winfrey Show, Entertainment, Television, Black Entertainment, Oprah Winfrey, Nashville Metro

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