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| Posted by FeFeHumHum on 09:39 AM 07/14/2008 |
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Woman kills husband with folding couch July 10 ,2008 - A Russian woman has killed her drunk husband with a folding couch during an argument, local media reports.St Petersburg's Channel Five said the man's wife, upset with her husband for being drunk and refusing to get up, kicked a handle after an argument, activating a mechanism that folds the couch up against a wall. The couch, which doubles as a bed, folds up automatically in order to save space. The man fell between the mattress and the back of the couch, Channel Five quoted emergency workers... (More) |
| Posted by FeFeHumHum on 09:35 AM 07/14/2008 |
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Doctors pull screws, nails from metal-eating man July 11, 2008 - Doctors in a coastal town in northwestern Peru have rescued the innards of a 38-year-old man by removing 17 metal objects -- among them nails, a watch clasp and a knife -- that he ate.Luis Zarate was taken to the regional hospital of Trujillo earlier this week by his family after complaining of sharp stomach pains. Doctors took X-rays of his chest that showed his insides littered with screws. "There were 17 strange objects found at the level of his stomach and colon," said Dr. Julio Acevedo, one of the sur... (More) |
| Posted by FeFeHumHum on 09:20 AM 07/14/2008 |
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41 year old swimmer makes the US olympic team Submitted by Lindros  June 29, 2008 - Near the warm-up pool at the Missouri Grand Prix swim meet, in Columbia, a crop of Olympic hopefuls lolled around in practice suits and towels on a Saturday morning in February. Fully clothed among them stood some relics of Olympics past: Scott Goldblatt, who won a gold medal in the 2004 Games, wore an aqua sport coat and a striped tie and was doing on-air commentary for Swimnetwork.com; Mel Stewart, who won two golds and a bronze in 1992, wore the same goofy get-up, working as Goldblatt’s sidekick. Meanwhile,... (More)
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| Posted by FeFeHumHum on 09:14 AM 07/14/2008 |
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Transgender "man" gives birth Submitted by RD  July 3, 2008 - Thomas Beatie, who was born a woman but after surgery and hormone treatment lives as a man, has given birth to a girl at an Oregon hospital, People magazine reported on Thursday.Beatie, 34, who kept female reproductive organs when he legally became a man 10 years ago, confirmed the birth to the magazine. The baby, conceived through artificial insemination using donor sperm and Beatie's own eggs, was born on June 29 and Beatie and the baby are "healthy and doing well," People reported.... (More) |
| Posted by FeFeHumHum on 09:10 AM 07/14/2008 |
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Salad Dressing Runoff Floods Ohio Homes Submitted by RD  July 2, 2008 - An Ohio Environmental Agency official said creamy ranch dressing mixed with sewage and storm runoff flooded basements of at least 10 Columbus homes.Sewage from T. Marzetti Co., a Columbus-based salad dressing maker, overwhelmed the Columbus storm-sewer system during heavy rains last week. A resident reported the problem to the state's EPA on Monday. The EPA's Michael Dalton said the agency suspected that the factory's pipes merge with nearby homes, but aren't wide enough to handle ex... (More) |
| Posted by FeFeHumHum on 09:05 AM 07/14/2008 |
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Spain's success at Euro 2008 hurt erotic film festival Submitted by Lindros  Spain's success at Euro 2008 hurt attendance at an erotic film festival which wrapped up Saturday in Madrid as its target audience -- men -- were glued to their television screens, organisers said.About 15,000 people flocked to the three-day International Erotic Film Festival of Barcelona (FICEB), staged for the first time in the Spanish capital this year since it started being held in 1992. Previous editions of the event, which features performances by buxom strippers and appearances by top po... (More) |
| Posted by FeFeHumHum on 08:57 AM 07/14/2008 |
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Diamondbacks' put Eric Byrnes on disabled list with a left testicular fracture Submitted by Lindros  July 1, 2008 - On a painful day in the desert, the Arizona Diamondbacks put left fielder Eric Byrnes and catcher Chris Snyder on the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday.Byrnes is out with a strained left hamstring, Snyder with a left testicular fracture. For Byrnes, the move comes eight days after he came off the DL, where he spent a month with injuries to both hamstrings. Byrnes hurt his hamstring as he tried to steal third in the second inning of Arizona's 6-3 victory over Milwaukee... (More) |