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Drunk Drivers Beware - 05 Aug 2007

Beer-breaths beware. A new concept car with breathalyzer-like detection systems may provide even greater traction for Japanese efforts to keep impaired drivers off the road.Nissan’s alcohol-detection sensors check odor, sweat and driver awareness, issuing a voice alert from the navigation system and locking up the ignition if necessary.
Odor sensors on the driver and passenger seats […]

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Where NOT To Get A Haircut - 26 Jun 2007

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - An Amsterdam barber has been arrested for stabbing a client with scissors, the second such incident involving the barber, Dutch police said on Saturday.
The client was stabbed and seriously wounded after a fight broke out earlier this week at the barber’s shop, police said.
The barber stabbed another client with scissors in 2000. […]

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Good, disgusting, and cute news - 21 Jun 2007

I was just browsing Reuters
This must be the most disturbing news I have read in a while:
“The 24 boys, aged 3 to 15 years old, were found naked in a darkened room without any windows. Many of the children were tied to their beds and were too weak to stand once released”
When did we (by […]

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Racist Dogs - 13 Jun 2007

I was reading the following article on reuters when I remembered our old dog Chips!

A Belgian businessman rejected a Nigerian job applicant because the businessman said his own dog was racist and would bite non-whites, Belgian media reported Saturday. The 53-year-old man Nigerian told De Standaard newspaper he arrived at the Belgian’s wrought-iron business and […]

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Feeling Ill - 05 Jun 2007

This is my third day in bed. I really have not been feeling well. I should have done what this man did during his life. He has been eating live frogs and rats the past 20 years. During these 20 years he never suffered from any abdominal pain.

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