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From Delawareonline.com:
Overturned truck spreads human waste on ramp
State environmental workers spent the better part of their day Wednesday scooping up something unpleasant — processed human waste, to be specific — from a highway ramp near Odessa.
The substance, about 5 tons of it, escaped from a tarp-covered tractor-trailer that flipped over […]

 
From MNSBC & WVTM TV:
Teen Stays Home After School Says He Must Cut His Hair
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - A local teenager who is growing out his hair for charity stayed home from class on Thursday after his school said he cannot come back until he cuts it. Jackson Baker, 18, still refuses to trim his hair. […]

(As reported a few weeks ago on Goofyblog, The Yearly Seal Whacking Celebration had been cancelled due to bad weather, well folks, the weather has lifted, and the whacking has resumed)….
From Animal Planet:
Canada Begins Controversial Seal Hunt
The seal hunt got under way in eastern Canada on Saturday amid a loud outcry from animal rights groups […]

 
From MSNBC.COM: 
Brain cells fused with computer chips
Tests with neurons could lead to better computers, brain treatments
By Ker Than
The line between living organisms and machines has just become a whole lot blurrier. European researchers have developed “neuro-chips” in which living brain cells and silicon circuits are coupled together.
(more here)
I foresee a very bright Cyborgian Future

 
From MSNBC.COM:
Warming signs mount up in Antarctica
But why do temperatures there rise faster than on rest of planet?
By Sara Goudarzi
Signs of global warming are three times more apparent in Antarctica than across the rest of the planet, a new study shows.
Using newly digitized data about temperature, humidity and wind, collected from instruments aboard weather balloons […]

 
From MSNBC.COM:
Wrigley invests in proving benefits of gum
Market leader pours millions into finding scientific proof
CHICAGO - Here’s a juicy thought to chomp on. What if the simple act of chewing gum helped you keep your weight down, reduce stress, improve focus — or all three?
Sure, a cynic might reply, just as eating pizza raises your […]

 From YahooNews:
Army relaxes tattoo rules to attract recruits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army, which missed its recruiting goal last year, has relaxed its policy banning certain types of tattoos in a bid to attract new soldiers who otherwise would have been barred from serving.
The Army will now allow new recruits and all its current soldiers […]

From SFGATE.COM:
Clerk Faces Jail for Urinating in Soda
A convenience store clerk pleaded no contest Thursday to felony charges of tampering after he urinated in a bottle of soda that was later drunk by a customer who became violently sick.
(more here)
Hey… When you gotta go you gotta go.

From The BBC:
World soap bubble record popped 
 
A record 19 children over five feet tall were held in the bubble
 
The record for the most people inside a soap bubble has been burst following an event at a Surrey theme park.
A seven-metre wand was built to create a bubble which encapsulated 19 people, breaking the previous record […]

 
From MSNBC.COM: 
U.S., Canada close door on Hamas
Countries say new government must meet international demands
WASHINGTON (CNN) — On the day Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his 24-member Cabinet were sworn in to take the Palestinian helm, the United States and Canada on Wednesday formally cut ties with the government.
(more here)
Well… You have to look at the […]

 
From CNN.COM:
Study: Prayer doesn’t affect heart patients
NEW YORK (AP) — In the largest study of its kind, researchers found that having people pray for heart bypass surgery patients had no effect on their recovery. In fact, patients who knew they were being prayed for had a slightly higher rate of complications.
(more here)
I always kinda figured […]

From USA Today:
Tennessee jailers lick a sticky situation
By Ailene Torres, The (Nashville) Tennessean
Tennessee prison officials have banned peanut butter in their facilities because inmates were hiding guns, drugs and cellphones in the 18-ounce jars.
(more here)
“Hey!  You put your Gun in my Peanut Butter!”
“Well you put your Peanut Butter on my Gun!”
“MMMMMMMmmmm”

 
     
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From MSNBC.COM:
Sewage spill forces Waikiki beach closures
Bacteria in millions of gallons of wastewater ‘has kind of spread’
HONOLULU - Warning signs to keep out of the water were posted Wednesday along part of Waikiki’s world-famous beaches because of high bacteria levels from a massive sewage spill.
(more here)
Maybe they should rename […]

 
From The Palm Beach Post:
Mistake switches winner, loser in Mangonia runoff
By George Bennett
In a county where the casting and counting of votes has been an emotionally charged issue since the 2000 butterfly ballot, Palm Beach County elections officials say a low-tech blunder led them to report the wrong winner in a Mangonia Park runoff election […]