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Doctor in trouble for being "Blunt"

He told his patient she was irresponsible for being unemployed, on Medicaid, and relying on taxpayers to cover another pregnancy after giving birth less than a year earlier.
But what really made her mad, was when he poked her thigh and told her she was fat.

Parents negotiate no-homework contract

Oh, come on.
Spoiled brats.

Meteor Lights Up the Night Skies Over Utah

"..this thing lit up the sky, literally. It was like daylight."

*Includes some great footage and photos*

Giant Cannibal Galaxy's Last Meal

New images show the "last meal" of a giant cannibal galaxy as it gobbles down a smaller spiral galaxy, which has been twisted and warped from being devoured.

The giant galaxy, Centaurus A (NGC 5128) is the nearest giant, elliptical galaxy, at a distance of about 11 million light-years.

Universe peppered with 'blue fuzzies'

Australian astronomers have discovered that the universe is full of tiny blue dwarf galaxies.

Known as 'blue fuzzies', these tiny galaxies are made up mostly of young hot stars that shine brightly, dominating the light from the galaxies they're in.

Under the microscope: Glowing alien-like flea takes top photography prize

This strange alien-like creature is not a character from a science-fiction blockbuster but actually from far closer to home. The eerily beautiful image is of a water flea with a radiant green 'crown of thorns' to protect it from predators.

It took top prize in the 2009 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition, the world's foremost forum for showcasing microscope photos and movies.

Cassini Captures Ghostly Dance of Saturn's Northern Lights (w/ Video)

In the first video showing the auroras above the northern latitudes of Saturn, Cassini has spotted the tallest known "northern lights" in the solar system, flickering in shape and brightness high above the ringed planet.

Police: Census worker staged death to conceal suicide

Authorities are saying a Kentucky census worker found hanging from a tree with "fed" scrawled on his chest committed suicide and staged his death to look like a homicide.

Update to this

No "Full-Frontal Hugging" until AFTER marriage!

If we have a full-frontal hug, it could lead us into temptation. So, please just give me the Christian "Side-Hug" until we are married.

<---not going to hell

Students of the University of North Texas say no to same sex homecoming court

University of North Texas students, voting in an online referendum, have rejected the possibility of same-sex couples running for homecoming court in 2010.

Boy with Asperger's Syndrome Rides Subway for 11 Days

A 13-year-old boy with Asperger's Syndrome—a form of autism that often causes difficulty with social interaction—spent 11 days in the NYC subway system last month.

Anti-Obama billboard stirs controversy

A billboard recently erected in Wheat Ridge compares President Barack Obama to a terrorist and questions his U.S. citizenship.

Sex starved women rape a Man in church

Three women kidnapped an 18-year-old man in Chitungwiza and forced him to be intimate with one of them at a cathedral in Harare’s city centre on Tuesday,

Praying for Obama's death

"You would like for the president of the United States to die?" Alan Colmes asked the Rev. Wiley Drake once more. "If he does not turn to God and does not turn his life around, I am asking God to enforce imprecatory prayers that are throughout the Scripture that would cause him death, that's correct."

Noah Biorkman, 5-year old with cancer passed away

Monday, Noah lost his battle with cancer. Noah is the kid whose parents asked people to send him cards as he was dying.

Darwin Drafts Go Digital

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species," the manuscripts detailing the theory of natural selection are being placed online. On Tuesday, Darwin Manuscripts Project will upload about 10,000 high-quality images of Darwin's scientific manuscripts and notes.

Galileo's missing fingers found in jar

You have to scroll well into the article to answer some obvious questions:

"Removing body parts from the corpse was an echo of a practice common with saints, whose digits, tongues and organs were revered by Catholics as relics with sacred powers.

There is an irony in Galileo's having been subjected to the same treatment, since he was persecuted by the Catholic Church for advocating the theory that the earth circles the sun, rather than the other way around. The Inquisition forced him to recant and jailed him in 1634."

Koreans make plastics without fossil fuel chemicals

A team of South Korean scientists have produced the polymers used for everyday plastics through bioengineering, rather than through the use of fossil fuel-based chemicals.

Would You Be Comfortable Locked On A Train With A Murderer?

Is there anything more horrifying than being locked on the subway with a knife-toting murder? About two dozen commuters found themselves in that hellish situation early on Saturday, when they were locked on in the first car of an uptown D train with suspect Gerardo Sanchez, who according to witnesses had just stabbed a passenger to death in an argument over a seat.

Pay What You Wish For Your Food

At A Better World Cafe you can pay what you think the meal is worth. Many pay more.

Don't Smoke If You Have A Mac

Apple is voiding warranties of Mac laptops that need repair with traces of cigarette smoke.

*Another reason to quit*

Peaceful Vegetarian Turns Out to be Son of Charles Manson

In this case, the apple fell far, far from the tree.

Man trapped in a 23-year coma was conscious all along

Paralyzed after a car crash, he was unable to tell doctors he was conscious - or was he really?

Going out Black Friday? Take a look at this.

It would appear that some retailers are a little on the slimy side when it comes to these "door-busting" deals...

No.....you don't say.

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