Woman sues church over pencil injury

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HEADLINE: Woman sues church over pencil injury
SOURCE: http://www.news.com.au/national/lutheran-church-sued-for-100000-over-12-year-old-pencil-injury/story-e6frfkvr-1225816412534
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being sued for almost $100,000 after a girl's finger was pierced by a pencil at one of its schools more than a decade ago.

Carly Alvisio, 21, filed the lawsuit in the District Court of Queensland on Christmas Eve, demanding $95,500 in damages from the Queensland Division of the Lutheran Church of Australia, The Australian reports.

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HEADLINE: Mr Bean replaces Spanish Prime Minister
SOURCE: http://www.news.com.au/world/mr-bean-replaces-spanish-prime-minister-jose-luis-rodriguez-zapatero/story-e6frfkz9-1225816231943
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A PHOTO of comedian Mr Bean was published on Spain’s official government website today replacing a photo of the country’s prime minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.
Hackers posted a smiling photo of Mr Bean, the TV and movie character played by actor Rowan Atkinson, saying “Hi there”, Sky News reported.
The apparent resemblance between Mr Bean and the prime minister has been a running joke in Spain for several years.
An official at Mr Zapatero's office confirmed a security breach had affected the page specifically set up to mark Spain's six-month presidency of the European Union.

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HEADLINE: NRL star 'leaves man with singed scrotum'
SOURCE: http://www.news.com.au/national/league-star-set-mans-pants-on-fire/story-e6frfkvr-1225816061557
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RUGBY league player Todd Carney reportedly injured a man by setting his pants on fire in an incident on New Year's Eve.
Carney's claims of being the NRL's reformed bad boy have been damaged by the fresh accusations.
A man suffered burns to his buttock, scrotum and upper thighs after allegedly having his pants set alight while on holiday at Airlie Beach in Queensland, The Daily Telegraph reports.

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HEADLINE: Squirrel invasion! Call in the falcons!
SOURCE: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/04/BAMN1B2GPD.DTL&tsp=1
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The rampaging ground squirrel population in Contra Costa County is truly for the birds, according to agricultural officials.
The county recently put up 20 raptor perches on land in Concord and Walnut Creek where gangs of the rascally rodents have been devouring fruit trees, digging up lawns, invading homes and taking over schools.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/04/BAMN1B2GPD.DTL&tsp=1#ixzz0bgJrJtP5

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HEADLINE: Police give left-footed shoe thieves the boot
SOURCE: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6975638.ece
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For a while the thieves were one step ahead of the detectives.
And for Swedish police and shoeshop owners, that was exactly the problem: why were people stealing the left shoes of designer footwear from Stockholm boutiques?
Perhaps it was a case for Slipper of the Yard, but eventually the clues pointed only one way — to Denmark, where shops traditionally display the right shoe in their racks. Police were therefore able to announce yesterday that they had foiled a criminal masterplan to match up stolen left shoes from Malmö with the corresponding right shoes pilfered in Copenhagen.

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HEADLINE: New HDTVs to Be Obsolete? Thanks a Lot, 3-D
SOURCE: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/04/high-definition-television-goes-dimensional/?test=latestnews
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Just bought a new flat-panel HDTV for Christmas? Enjoying that new Blu-ray disc player? Guess what? They're already obsolete. Everything may be going 3D.
Later this week at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, a slew of companies will be pushing what they hope will be the next big thing in TV: 3D movies and games — even new 3D HDTV broadcasts.
The only problem is that none of the equipment currently in stores and living rooms will be able to display, say, a 3D Blu-ray disc of "Avatar" or any of the forthcoming 3D broadcasts. Consequently, it will likely be several years before the technology becomes popular — if at all.

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HEADLINE: Dating site axes 5,000 members - for gaining weight over holiday
SOURCE: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8439495.stm
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Dating and social network site BeautifulPeople.com has axed some 5,000 members following complaints that they had gained weight.
The members were singled out after posting pictures of themselves that reportedly showed they had put on pounds over the holiday period.

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HEADLINE: Next Up From Auto Industry: Tobacco-Powered Cars
SOURCE: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/04/tobacco-powered-autos/?test=latestnews
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Researchers from the Biotechnology Foundation Laboratories at Thomas Jefferson University have identified a way to increase the oil in tobacco plant leaves, which may be the next step in using the plants for biofuel. Their paper was published online in Plant Biotechnology Journal.
According to Vyacheslav Andrianov, assistant professor of Cancer Biology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, tobacco can generate biofuel more efficiently than other agricultural crops. However, most of the oil is typically found in the seeds: Tobacco seeds are composed of about 40 percent oil per dry weight.
Although the seed oil has been tested for use as fuel for diesel engines, tobacco plants yield a modest amount of seeds, at only about 1,325 pounds of seeds per acre. Andrianov and his colleagues sought to find ways to engineer tobacco plants, so that their leaves expressed the oil.

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HEADLINE: New Year's revellers stranded in pub
SOURCE: http://www.news.com.au/world/new-years-revellers-stranded-in-tan-hill-inn-yorkshire-dales/story-e6frfkz9-1225815950851
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ABOUT 60 revellers were forced to drink beer and play cards for three days after they became stranded in a British pub cut off by snowstorms on New Year's Eve.
The guests had booked in to celebrate the new year at the Tan Hill Inn, England's highest pub, standing 518 metres above sea level, in the northern Yorkshire dales.
But the heavy, relentless snowstorms that have swept through parts of Britain trapped them inside, unable to get to their cars and leaving the roads home impassable.

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