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Bold turkey: woman hits cop to kick smoking habit |
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05/10/2013 at 17:48:11 |
 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Think you've heard of every way possible to quit smoking? Etta Mae Lopez came up with a new one: slap a cop and go to jail, where smoking isn't allowed.
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With cicadas come cicada-killing wasps |
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05/10/2013 at 16:24:42 |
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The cicada invasion is about to begin. Bring on the cicada-killer wasps. Residents from North Carolina to Connecticut are bracing for the Brood II cicada invasion, 17 years in the making. The numbers are staggering. According to Charlotte, N.C., NBC station WCNC, Gary Hevel of the Smithsonian Institution says as many as 1 trillion lie [...]
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Calif. woman hit cop to go to jail to quit smoking |
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05/10/2013 at 16:22:52 |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Think you've heard of every way possible to quit smoking? Etta Mae Lopez came up with a new one: slap a cop so you'll go to jail, where smoking isn't allowed.
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Movie theater publicity stunt results in police response |
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05/10/2013 at 14:28:12 |
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The manager of a movie theater in Jefferson City, Mo., is defending himself after a publicity stunt resulted in a police response last weekend. KMIZ reports that management of Goodrich Capital 8 Theaters hired an actor to dress in full tactical gear (complete with a fake gun) and walk into the movie theater during the [...]
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Man awarded $59k for incorrect death diagnosis |
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05/10/2013 at 14:16:16 |
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It’s everyone’s worst nightmare: Being diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only months to live. Then, after several months, learning it was all a mistake. Mark Templin was recently awarded an almost $60,000 settlement for just such an agonizing experience. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy pointed to Dr. Patrick Morrow's "negligent failure to meet [...]
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Man awarded $59K for being wrongly diagnosed as near death |
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It’s everyone’s worst nightmare: Being diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only months to live. Of course, there's always the extremely rare chance it was all a mistake. Luckily for a traumatized Mark Templin, it was an incorrect diagnosis—one that resulted in an almost $60,000 settlement. In 2009, Templin had gone to the Fort [...]
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'Liberator': Proof that you CAN'T make a working gun in a 3D printer |
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05/10/2013 at 15:34:04 |
No need to pry this piece of crap out of my fingers
Comment People are missing one important point about the "Liberator" 3D-printed "plastic gun": it isn't any more a gun than any other very short piece of plastic pipe is a "gun".…
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Durango, Colo., area couple gives up catwalk fight |
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05/10/2013 at 11:39:45 |
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DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — A Durango area couple is giving up their fight to keep a 13-foot escape route for their cats outside their Colorado apartment.
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Celebrity panda at center of Thai-China deal |
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05/10/2013 at 06:42:01 |
 BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's celebrity baby panda Lin Ping is almost 4 years old now. It's time to move to China, find a mate and have cubs.
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"Too pretty" label mars South Korean boxing starlet's win |
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05/09/2013 at 23:32:45 |
 By Narae Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - When romantic actress Lee Si-young swapped her glamorous roles in South Korean dramas for boxing gloves in a bid to win an Olympic medal, her victories triggered a storm of protest that has marred her unexpected success in the ring. The 31-year-old, better known for her roles in TV shows such as "Wild Romance" and "Boys Before Flowers", had tears of joy in her eyes when she defeated 19-year-old Kim Da-som by 22 points to 20 in the 48 kg (106 lb) class at the South Korean national team tryouts in late April. ...
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Sophia top baby name for U.S. girls; Messiah and King on the rise for boys |
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05/09/2013 at 22:41:39 |
 By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sophia tops the list of names for American baby girls for the second year in a row, while King and Messiah are becoming increasingly popular names for boys, the U.S. Social Security Administration said on Thursday. Jacob has become a standby for boys' names, topping that category for the 14th straight year. Liam and Elizabeth broke into the Top 10 at No. 6 and No. 10 respectively, the SSA said in a statement. But rising on the list are a couple of less traditional, but more attention-grabbing names. ...
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'Your infernal cable pipes come up from Hell, Virgin!' |
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04/26/2013 at 10:04:27 |
Plus: 'I suspect some DDoS skid on his Mum's Windows box'
Quotw This was the week when Virgin Media was forced to grovel publicly after a deceased man's family posted the firm's demand for a £10 "late payment" when his direct debit was denied because of his death.…
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I salute Lady THATCHER - Shoreditch's SILICON GODMOTHER |
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04/12/2013 at 11:44:02 |
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¡Bong! Investor Steve directs the baroness's funeral
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... time machine. Iranian Dr Who claims he invented a ... |
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04/12/2013 at 01:11:01 |
State media pulls report on PC-sized box with powers to see the future
Not content with letting North Korea get all the “we're sooooo bad” headlines this week, fellow rogue nation Iran has let it be known one of its resident boffins has invented a time machine. And then deleted the story in state-run media that brought the world news of the gadget.…
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'I've read all the Harry Potters - and I'm proud to have done so for adverts' |
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03/29/2013 at 10:10:12 |
'After they gave me $millions, I discovered Yahoo! has an inspirational goal'
QuotW This was the week when Stephen Fry didn't get upset with The Register, he just called everyone at Vulture Central "cruel and vicious".…
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Drunk driving: No more dangerous than talking on handsfree mobe |
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03/15/2013 at 06:03:06 |
'Should be allowed', advise researchers
Driving with an illegal or almost-illegal level of blood alcohol is often no more dangerous than taking a call using a hands-free device at the wheel, according to new research by scientists in Australia and Spain.…
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Arise, Lord BONG |
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03/01/2013 at 14:28:12 |
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¡Bong! My helpful GNOMES will slay these PEERS
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'It's common for freelancers to farm out work to cheap coders' |
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03/01/2013 at 10:33:06 |
Plus: 'I'm supposed to release an enterprise platform on Azure?'
Quotw This was the week when Mobile World Congress was going on in Barcelona, but although the products were fun, the chat was better at RSA's conference. In the opening keynote, exec chair Art Coviello lambasted industry people for going on and on about a "Cyber Pearl Harbour" and frightening the ordinary folk of the world with their shock and awe tactics:…
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