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...Just kidding, it was the cops, again A third New Mexico resident is claiming that she was physically abused by police and medical staff who exceeded their authority to search for drugs she never had. The woman’s attorney came forward with her story just a few days after a local news...

via bcf: Apparently all went well in Britain. Standstill: The scene in Lloyd's of London at 11am, with thousands of brokers joining in the two-minute silence But in France, there was a contingent out booing Hollande. Seventy people were arrested. Jeez, can't forget politics for one...

Economists, Lieutenants, Agents in the Field, lend me your ears! For I have finally figured out bitcoin! And truthfully, this is one of my best mental achievements. And hopefully, through my ability to write clearly and explain things, I may be able to explain bitcoin to us all. I had...

Hue serious? STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- A Swedish teenager has filed a complaint against a paint producer that labeled the color beige as "skin color."Thyra,14, whose last name wasn't reported, said she discovered the paint sold by Universal Color and Chemicals at school, TheLocal.se...

A Livermore, California high school is getting a lot of negative attention this week after a teacher and Varsity football coach claimed he was fired from his coaching position for being gay. According to the lawsuit against Livermore Valley Charter Prep School, Burke Wallace was fired from...

Damn self-centered war-mongers. Death to America. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on Sunday directed the U.S. Pacific Command to support American humanitarian relief efforts in the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. Col. Brad Bartelt, a Marine Corps spokesman, said the U.S...

Cool but pointless... for now. World's First 3D Printed Metal Gun - YouTube story Worlds first 3D-printed metal gun successfully fired by Solid Concepts

via Fark: Old and busted: MERS. New hotness: Siberian HIV In public health, epidemiologists could be best regarded as microbial detectives. They are tasked with the unenviable position of having to examine an outbreak to determine not only the cause but also the potential consequences if...

Sad story and sadder that this sort of thing is becoming more common. The disturbing image that she posted before hanging herself is in a link below. It is not graphic but may be unsettling to some. Facebook Suicide: Mexican Girl Gabriela Hernandez Documents Moments Before Death In...

Via Ogrish with a google translate but you get the idea. Pretty powerful image: This happened on 29 of October in the Netherlands (in Ooltgensplaat to be more precise). A crew of four was conducting routine maintenance to the 67 meter high turbine. They were in a gondola next to the turbine...

Not sure why these events are 'news' unless it's to remind us that 'tasers bad'. Maybe they were supposed to just shoot him, I dunno. Anywho... Police subdued a man with a Taser in downtown Windsor Thursday night after he resisted arrest in a dramatic confrontation that was caught on video...

New US money: Old dead white guys, and Jack Lew's signature Sorry America. :lol: Canadians can now cash in on their country's contributions to the International Space Station with the release of a new five dollar bill emblazoned with the orbiting outpost's Canadarm2 robotic arm. The...

CNN appears to be throwing in the towel, at least when it comes to being a cable news channel. With its ratings and reputation sinking, CNN announced Friday that the third-place network will be investing heavily in everything except serious news-gathering. This new focus will be towards "a...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The officer who fired shots that killed a man leading police on a chase onto the Iowa State University campus on Monday has been cleared of any wrongdoing. Story County Attorney Stephen Holmes says Ames police officer Adam McPherson was justified in using deadly...

Remember how 3 million of Adobe's customers' email, passwords and credit card information was hacked? And then it went to 38 million users? Now it's 150 million users Things aren't getting much better for Adobe after the company endured a major security breach last month. If you believe the...

via sda: The End Game. Almost everything needed to mend and heal is in critically short supply: needles, syringes and paraffin used in biopsies to diagnose cancer; drugs to treat it; operating room equipment; X-ray film and imaging paper; blood and the reagents needed so it can be used for...

“There’s an entitlement that is starting to emerge that I think is unhealthy for people and unhealthy for our country.” No, that line wasn’t spoken by a politician. It was uttered by none other than actor Ashton Kutcher. Kutcher sat down with talk show host Ellen DeGeneres on Wednesday to...

In a corner of my local, shabby Tesco, whole new ranges of biscuits, breads, cereal bars and even fish fingers have suddenly arrived, all stocked under the label “gluten-free”. Starbucks around the corner is suddenly offering gluten-free sandwiches, Carluccio’s has gluten-free pasta...

Céline Dion, is likely the most famous celebrity to have thrown support behind the Parti Québécois’s proposed “Charter of Quebec Values.” Dion says she does so because “foreigners” (all Muslims are by default “foreigners“) need to adapt to “our country” (If you’re a Muslim born in Canada...

Planned ad campaign explicitly “refutes the erroneous Christian creed of the Divinity of Jesus” Islamic Ad Campaign to be launched in Toronto on the eve of Christmas: “Jesus is our beloved prophet”; explicitly “refutes the erroneous Christian creed of the Divinity of Jesus” “The Group of...