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The Bad News: It's A Ham-demic, Fired Twice and Knife-Wielding Crazy Lady
Pig Sniffle Plague A Quasi-Pandemic: It's not like the World Health Organization is freaking out, but they want you to know they're raising their threat level on news that the swine flu has spread to Asia. Everything is fine. Wait, I just sneezed. Allergies or Porky The Grim Reaper? [washingtonpost.com]
Father Forgive Me, For I'm About To Stab You: He was just an average priest doing his job, sitting in a small, closet-sized confessional, forgiving people for cheating on their taxes. Enter crazy lady with a knife! Stabbing people is no way to be absolved of your sins. [wflxfox29.com]
It Totally Sucks To Be This Dude: Someone should buy this guy a beer, or twelve. It's almost absurd. He gets fired from his job, which blows all around. And then he gets home, and his house is on fire. He was fired twice. These are the times when cackle-crying and curling up in the gutter is absolutely permissible. [upi.com]
Pay This Man His Wages, He Has Nine Fingers Left: In Serbia, a union leader protests back wages owed by cutting his finger off. Then eating it. Take a moment to re-read. The inspiration for the grisly act was to demonstrate the hunger of his union. Pretty much, if someone wanted me to do something, and then ate their own snipped off finger, I'd do it. Whatever. Please. [reuters.com]
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The Great News: Nerd Devices, Cheap Love and A Real American Hero
Presidential Nerd Device: Our Geek-in-Chief is hearts his Blackberry so much, he demanded that the spy masters of the NSA design a super version stuffed with cutting-edge encryption and a "Nuke" button. Ha, ha. Kidding about the encryption. [wired.com]
Jobs That Don't Need No Lurnin': Here are six jobs that do not require a college education, so pick the bong back up and kick back. You could become a Nuclear Power Operator! What! [mainstreet.com]
Hookers, Half-Off: The global financial meltdown is hitting legal brothels in Germany, a sure sign that the crisis is… ehhh… deepening. And these houses of ill repute are using new… uhhh… tricks to try and reel in business. [independent.co.uk]
Man Gives Life For Two Boys: A 70 year old man drowned while saving two young boys from a rip current. Not the best news, but his sacrifice should be noted. Sometimes the best of who we are happens during the worst of situations. [palmbeachpost.com]
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The Bad News: Abused Puppies, Pakistan De-stabilized and Insurance Companies
Sorry, We Don't Cover "Bullets": A woman tries to collect her murdered husband's life insurance, but is denied because the man had a "pre-existing medical condition." Take a moment, let that sink in. And one… two… WTF? [abcnews.com]
Cup O' Doggie: There's a special place in hell for this dude, who kept a rotweiller in a cupboard for two years. That he was caught is great news, but that he even existed in the first place is bad news, mos def. [dogmagazine.net]
Mortgage Executive Takes His Life: The cops are not linking the suicide of this Freddie Mac CFO and various regulatory probes. But it's hard to imagine that pressure cooker had nothing to do with his terrible decision to kill himself. [cnn.com]
Most Of The "Stan" Countries Screwed: Everything is fine, nothing to see here. Move along. Nuclear-armed Pakistan is totally not on the verge of collapse, nor will that be the precipitating event before World War III. Go and buy a slushy. [time.com]
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The Great News: Hybrid Cars, Bacon and Polar Bears!
Man Survives 3 Days In Frozen Wasteland! This story started out as The Bad News: a scientist got lost in the Arctic! But wait for it… he survived in ten degree below zero weather. And he did it with out cutting open a polar bear and crawling inside! [yahoo.com]
Bacon Is Recession Proof! You might love delicious, salty pork ribbons. But these two dudes love it so much, they made it their business. Now they're making crazy money selling all things bacon! [abcnews.com]
We Are Not Alone! This former astronaut is crazy. Crazy awesome! He's standing up, a man who once walked on the moon, and declaring that there is intelligent life in the universe, and we should invite them over for cupcakes and beer! [cnn.com]
Super Car Gets 100 MPG! If all goes according to plan, 50,000 hybrid vans that can get 100 MPG will be puttering around the U.S. by 2013. Do you know how much dinosaur go-juice this could save? [msnbc.com]
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The Bad News: Federal Peeping Toms, Cruel Irony and Dead Horses
Feds Peep Suspicious, Underage Hotties: The FBI is has eyes everywhere. Specifically, two members of the Bureau who were secretly taping teenage girls undressing and trying on prom dresses at a mall. Big Brother is watching, licking his lips. [newser.com]
Two Buses Send Man Into Wheelchair, Then Grave: A man who had recently been hit by a bus and confined to a motorized wheelchair, was hit by a bus and killed. Ironic, yes. But moreso, just ridiculously tragic. [philly.com]
Mystery Plague Kills 21 Horses: An unknown illness swept through a stable of polo horses, killing an unbelievable 21 of the animals, whose collective worth was valued at $2 million. [sun-sentinel.com]
Stupid Prank Backfires Horribly, Hilariously: A man pretends to fall off a bridge, and in the process, accidentally falls of a bridge. The man is alive, possibly repeating the word "Dude," unaware of Darwin's various theories. Sadly, there is no YouTube clip. [twincities.com]
Tags: FBI, Great News/Bad News
