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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Man takes out adverts against advertising

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Man takes out adverts against advertising
A French farmer has sparked controversy by taking out an advertising campaign denouncing the evils of advertising.
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Revealed: sex hormone plan to feminise Hitler
Now it has come to light that British spies looked at an even more audacious way of derailing the man behind the German war machine - by giving him female sex hormones.
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Roaches Love Dancing to Lady Gaga
'But when they started playing Lady Gaga—well, the roaches responded immediately, and never stopped their flapping.'
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62-year-old mother, Althea Ricketts, beat son with computer cables for using Facebook
A Florida woman brutally beat her son with a computer cable for using Facebook, police said.
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Courtney Nash killed by dangerous parasite in St. Johns River, Florida

A 16-year-old girl has died after becoming ill from what doctors suspect was a dangerous parasite which entered her body while she was swimming in a Florida, US, river.
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94-year-old Wakes Up to Find Blimp in Backyard

A 94-year-old Ohio woman says she didn't realize a breakaway blimp had landed in her backyard during the night until police knocked on her door hours later.
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William and Kate's royal wedding revisited at village scarecrow festival
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have made their first appearance as a married couple in Yorkshire - in scarecrow form.
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Bull to lure fugitive German cow 'Yvonne'
Animal rights activists in Germany have brought in a bull to try to recapture a runaway cow facing a hunter's bullet.
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The Lone Ranger 'shut down by Disney'
Disney's much-anticipated big-screen adaptation of The Lone Ranger starring Johnny Depp has been put on hold, according to industry reports.
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Toddler rescued from rubbish container in Spain
A two-year-old girl has been found in a rubbish container in southern Spain after her parents allegedly abandoned her there.
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Sex scandal forces Cathay to review ads
A sex scandal has forced Cathay Pacific to review a marketing campaign that bills the airline as "the team who go the extra mile to make you feel special", ...
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4 dead, a dozen injured after stage collapses in wind at Indiana State Fair
Four people were killed and a dozen injured Saturday when a stage collapsed during a storm at the Indiana State Fair, where the country group Sugarland was set to perform.
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YouTube:
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http://youtu.be/2QFz7K5JFP4

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Mass exodus from Facebook due to fatigue, rise of alternatives such as Google+

"Facebook fatigue" is forcing people to abandon the social networking giant in droves, experts say.
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Remanded in custody - the 'Bad Samaritan' accused of attacking Malaysian student in the robbery that shocked the world
A man has been charged with the robbery of a young Malaysian student that shocked the world.
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Is it time to log off from the PC?
Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the seminal IBM 5150 - Microsoft reckon the PC is here to stay, but a key IBM designer reckons new devices could leave the PC redundant.
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Terrifying helicopter rescue of cable car passengers trapped hundreds of feet in the air all night
Twenty holidaymakers spent a terrified night trapped in a cable car in the German Alps before being rescued by helicopter.
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YouTube: http://youtu.be/pyGjAtqVsrE

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Volleyballers' bikini bottom ads criticised by feminist
The decision by Britain's top-ranked female beach volleyball team to advertise on their bikini bottoms has been criticised by a feminist.
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Hot wardrobe malfunctions - photo gallery
CONTAINS PARTIAL NUDITY
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Rapper tweets LA sheriff's number; fans tie up phone lines for hours
The Los Angeles County sheriff's department says The Game incited a telephone flash mob that overwhelmed the emergency phone system.
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