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HEADLINE: March Madness Bargain: Vasectomies
SOURCE LINK: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/19/national/main6224127.shtml?tag=cbsnewsTwoColLowerPromoArea;morenews
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Are you planning to have a vasectomy? Urologists say March Madness is a perfect time to recover from the procedure.
Urologists say men should get vasectomies three days before the college basketball tournament begins. They've been encouraging men to go by this timetable for years.
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HEADLINE: Student Willingly Had His Buttocks Branded
SOURCE LINK: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/19/ap/strange/main6224392.shtml?tag=cbsnewsSectionContent.12
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Breckenridge authorities said a Texas Christian University student who suffered burns when his peers branded his buttocks participated in the act willingly and no charges will be filed.
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HEADLINE: Man Rides On Car Hood In His Underwear
SOURCE LINK: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/19/ap/strange/main6224294.shtml?tag=cbsnewsSectionContent.12
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UNIONTOWN, Pa. Police expect to file charges against a 57-year-old man who was wearing only underwear in frigid temperatures when he hopped on the hood of his girlfriend's moving car during an argument.
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HEADLINE: Woman Finds Unclaimed Insurance Check From 1978
SOURCE LINK: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/19/ap/strange/main6224165.shtml?tag=cbsnewsSectionContent.12
CLIP:
An 85-year-old South Florida woman who went looking for a photo of her ex-husband says she found a $17,500 insurance claim check from 1978 instead. Barbara Cosgrove found the check, dated Jan. 23, 1978, in an unopened envelope inside a nightstand drawer at her Lauderhill home.
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HEADLINE: Tokyo chef sells bowl of noodles for £70
SOURCE LINK: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7032826.ece
CLIP:
Quantitative easing and zero interest rates have failed, but a Tokyo restaurateur may have come up with a far more effective weapon in Japan’s fight with deflation: the world’s most expensive bowl of noodles.
In an economy racked by relentlessly falling prices, the 10,000 yen (£70) charged for a single serving of Shoichi Fujimaki’s signature ramen dish is a beacon ...
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HEADLINE: India row over Jesus beer image
SOURCE LINK: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8524043.stm
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The government in the Indian state of Meghalaya has confiscated textbooks showing pictures of Jesus Christ holding a cigarette and a can of beer.
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HEADLINE: Parents give kids a smack-down
SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/national/aussie-parents-get-strict-and-back-smacking/story-e6frfkvr-1225832411284
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PARENTS should smack their children, veto their teenagers' dating arrangements and enforce a legal drinking age of 21, a new survey suggests
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HEADLINE: "Dead Woman" Moves Arm; Embalming Postponed
SOURCE LINK: http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/02/18/crimesider/entry6220078.shtml?tag=cbsnewsSectionContent.5
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A Colombian woman who was declared dead after a heart attack moved her arm just as she was about to be injected by the undertaker. He then did the smart thing and 45-year-old Noelia Serna was rushed to a hospital in Cali – the same one where she was prematurely written off Tuesday.
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HEADLINE: Drunken stroller mum faces jail
SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/drunken-british-stroller-mum-faces-jail-sentence/story-e6frfku0-1225832411452
CLIP:
A MOTHER faced jail after being found drunk in charge of a stroller carrying her five-month-old baby, The Sun reported today.
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HEADLINE: Lingerie shops set up 'boyfriend corners'
SOURCE LINK: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/lifestyle/lingerie-shops-set-up-boyfriend-corners-for-bored-guys-dragged-shopping/story-e6frf00i-1225832329631
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Boutiques and retail chains have set up "boyfriend corners" with PlayStations and found other ways to entertain bored dudes dragged lingerie shopping by their wives or girlfriends.
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HEADLINE: Toad's leg sausage a recipe for survival in the wild
SOURCE LINK: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/xxx/story-e6frgcjx-1225831666953
CLIP:
SURPRISE bags indeed. Scientists are tinkering with a recipe for sausages that will make native cats sick -- and perhaps save them from the worse fate of extinction.
The essential ingredient is minced leg of cane toad, plus a sick-making chemical with no taste.
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HEADLINE: Women welcome caning for pre-marital sex
SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/world/women-caned-for-illicit-set-grateful/story-e6frfkyi-1225832325047
CLIP:
THREE women who were caned for having illicit sex reportedly said they deserved the punishment.
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HEADLINE: School accused of spying on kids at home
SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/technology/school-accused-of-spying-on-students-at-home/story-e6frfro0-1225832172208
CLIP:
A US high school has been accused of spying on students at home through webcams in their laptops.
A lawsuit filed against the Lower Merion School District in Philadelphia claims laptop computers issued to students by the school came with remotely-activated webcams which it used to monitor their activities at home.
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HEADLINE: 'Flog Young Offenders And Put Them In Stocks'
SOURCE LINK: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Government-Scheme-Asking-How-To-Punish-Young-Offenders-Rejects-Many-Suggestions-Including-Flogging/Article/201002315551877?lpos=UK_News_Second_Home_Page_Article_Teaser_Region_3&lid=ARTICLE_15551877_Government_Scheme_Asking_How_To_Punish_Young_Offenders_Rejects_Many_Suggestions%2C_Including_Flogging
CLIP:
A new scheme asking for ideas on how to punish young offenders has been forced to reject many suggestions, including floggings and the stocks. The Government asked members of the public in the North West to suggest jobs that youngsters could be ordered to carry out as part of their punishment.
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HEADLINE: Smelly Passenger Kicked Off Plane
SOURCE LINK: http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/smelly-passenger-kicked-off-plane-odor-disturbed-flight/story?id=9873842
CLIP:
... Well, the smell of one passenger was so bad that he was apparently asked to leave a recent Air Canada regional airline flight.
The Air Canada Jazz flight from Charlottetown, on Prince Edward Island, was preparing for the two-hour flight to Montreal when passengers on the plane reportedly complained about the odor coming from one of their fellow travelers. The crew eventually decided to ask the man to leave the plane. ...
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HEADLINE: Naked cartwheels prove costly
SOURCE LINK: http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/naked-cartwheels-in-public-prove-costly/story-e6frg13u-1225831299001
CLIP:
DOING cartwheels while naked in front of the Stage Door Bar & Brasserie last month cost two men $200 each when they appeared in Mandurah Magistrates Court yesterday
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