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Friday, January 01, 2010

Pet Tarantula's Barbed Hairs Found in Owner's Eyes

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HEADLINE: Pet Tarantula's Barbed Hairs Found in Owner's Eyes
SOURCE LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,581713,00.html?test=latestnews
CLIP:
Here's some advice stemming from the unusual case of a man who had spider hairs stuck in his cornea: Be sure to cover your eyes when hanging around with your pet tarantula.
Ophthalmologists at St. James's University Hospital in Leeds, England, used high magnification lenses to find out what made the man's eye red, watery and light-sensitive, according to a study reported Thursday in the British medical journal The Lancet.

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HEADLINE: Shoppers fuming at early Easter egg sales
SOURCE LINK:  http://www.news.com.au/world/shoppers-fuming-at-early-easter-eggs-sales/story-e6frfkz9-1225815349196
CLIP:
SUPERMARKETS have begun filling shelves with chocolate eggs more than three months before Easter.
Tesco and Somerfield in the UK are accused of pressuring hard-up parents into spending more cash just days after splashing out for Christmas.
Customers furious at seeing egg promotions so far ahead of Easter Sunday on April 4 have launched a series of online attacks.
One raged: "We celebrated Jesus being born on December 25 and just days later we're being sold chocolate to celebrate Easter."
Another fumed: "If people have Easter eggs pushed into their face then they will believe they need them and will buy, buy, buy

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HEADLINE: Top weird stories of 2009
SOURCE LINK: http://www.canada.com/life/weird+stories+2009/2388605/story.html
CLIP:
BERLIN (Reuters) - From the German town that unwittingly advertised pornography on its website to the American who interrupted his wedding to update his Facebook and Twitter accounts, the world was full of weird stories in 2009.
READ: http://www.canada.com/life/weird+stories+2009/2388605/story.html

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