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01 Sep 2009 10:00

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U.S.: Yuck: A woman performs acts of ultraviolence on a “snitch”

  • I don’t want my children or the people I consider family to be in a place where there are snitches.
  • Phoenix woman Angela Simpson • Describing the nature of the events that led her to allegedly violently murdering Terry Neely. The woman admits to torturing, murdering and dismembering him (and those are only surface details) because he apparently once snitched on somebody a long time ago. Sickening. • source

01 Sep 2009 09:38

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U.S.: The Station Fire in California is turning into an impossible beast

  • 100,000+ acres the area the wildfire has eaten up so far – 150 freaking square miles source

30 Aug 2009 22:12

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U.S.: All the big trends hit New York City first, including swine flu

  • 10% of New Yorkers may have already had swine flu source

29 Aug 2009 18:04

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U.S.: A moblie home in Brunswick, Georgia the site of numerous deaths

  • 7 people were found dead, and two injured; no further details source

27 Aug 2009 20:51

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U.S.: A California girl kidnapped in 1991 was found alive. Yeah, today.

  • 18 years later, she was found – kidnapped by a sex offender source

25 Aug 2009 21:01

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Culture: The texting-while-driving video designed to scare you #(^@less

  • This video is very disturbing. But it’s arguably such a great example of a scared-straight commercial that it’s bound to stick in the popular consciousness for a while. Note: Please be careful while watching. It’s dark. It may give you nightmares.source

23 Aug 2009 12:05

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Tech: A Facebook quiz designed to make you question your privacy

  • Clever. And scary. Back in June, the American Civil Liberties Union noted that Facebook quizzes can essentially take any information they want about you and your friends for purposes of a stupid, useless quiz. To prove a point, someone developed a quiz based on the ACLU’s article – one that actually takes said information. Keep this in mind next time you take a stupid quiz, guys. source
 

23 Aug 2009 11:56

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World: Athens is dealing with some pretty nasty wildfires right now

The fires, in Athens’ northern suburbs, have destroyed 30,000 acres of forest and farming fields and forced thousands from their homes. source

22 Aug 2009 10:36

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World: The Afghanistan election lost a couple folks some digits. Yikes.

  • 2 unlucky people lost one ink-stained digit apeice; thanks Taliban source

18 Aug 2009 22:52

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Offbeat: Thank you for scarring our eyes: Bea Arthur painted nude

We don’t want to travel down that road and back again. Daily Beast, your heart may be true, but you’re not a pal or confidante. (The link’s not NSFW; the art is.) source