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Saturday, August 20, 2011

Facebook's 'Like' Button Declared Illegal by German State

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Facebook's 'Like' Button Declared Illegal by German State

Facebook's famous "Like" button has been declared illegal under Germany's strict privacy laws by data protection officials.
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Pa. judge cleared in case of condom-filled acorns
But court notes that his 'preoccupation with acorns is mystifying'
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Meet the ‘luckiest’ woman in the world -Did she really beat the odds or did she exploit a glitch in the system?
First, she won $5.4 million; then a decade later, she won $2 million; then two years later $3 million; and finally, in the spring of 2008, she hit a $10 million jackpot.
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Stray cat 'army' battles west China rodent plague

Stray cats rounded up in a remote west China city are being used to catch rodents that have infested surrounding pasture lands.
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Cut carbon emissions or aliens may attack Earth, scientists warn

Aliens could attack Earth, unless we reduce our carbon emissions, scientists have claimed.
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Justin Bieber Texas street sign stolen
A sign made to temporarily rename a Texas street after Justin Bieber was stolen on Thursday.
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Ferry runs aground after captain stuck in toilet
A Finnish ferry has run aground while its captain was stuck in the bathroom.
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Madame Tussauds in Hitler row as it refuses to stop customers doing Nazi salute
Complaint alleges 'anti-semitism and bigotry'
Tussauds 'proactively' encourages visitors to interact
Waxwork had previously been kept in a glass case
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Woman bit cabin crew after waiting 30 hours for flight
A holidaymaker bit, kicked and punched two flight attendants after she went berserk on a delayed flight.
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Meet Ontario's worst robber
Would-be robber left empty-handed three times in 13 minutes
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Susanne Eman wants to be the fattest woman in the world -- because it makes her 'feel ... sexy'
An Arizona woman claims she is eating 21,000 calories a day in the hopes of becoming the fattest woman in the world.
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Classical gasp: Yuja Wang's dress at the Bowl causes a crescendo
The 24-year-old Chinese soloist had necks craning, tongues wagging and flashbulbs popping when she walked on wearing a burnt orange, thigh-grazing, body-hugging dress atop sparkly gold strappy stiletto sandals.
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RELATED VIDEO: http://youtu.be/nHO4Ucw9zL4

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Man goes in for circumcision, wakes up without penis
A Kentucky man wants his day in court after going in for a routine circumcision on October 9, 2007 - and waking up without a penis.
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Woman shows up for job interview, finds bodies
An Arizona woman expecting a job interview instead found her two potential employers dead when she arrived at their home.
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Video: Betty White spurns Shaquille O’Neal’s marriage proposal
YouTube: http://youtu.be/Y7AZB-wqDlU

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Woman With 200-Pound Legs Has Amputation Surgery
A woman who suffers from a rare condition that left her with legs weighing almost 200 pounds has been given a new lease of life after having one of the giant limbs amputated.
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Queen Hatshepsut, Ancient Egyptian Leader, Might Have Accidentally Poisoned Herself
A German university said Friday that researchers have discovered a carcinogenic substance in a flask of lotion believed to have belonged to Queen Hatshepsut, who ruled Egypt 3,500 years ago – raising a possibility she may have accidentally poisoned herself.
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Poop is in the Detroit air: Study
That foul smell that hangs over Detroit? Turns out it's not a metaphor, it's a scientific fact.
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Cat survives being cooked in microwave by thug... and was still hot seven hours after the attack
A father-to-be tried to kill his cat by cooking it in a microwave because she had scratched his hand.
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