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03 Dec 2009 20:30

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Offbeat: What’s good for enlarged prostates is bad for male breast cancer

  • good A drug exists that helps males deal with enlarged prostates. 100,000 men in the U.K. take it to cause shrinkage.
  • bad This same drug also increases the chance for male breast cancer. There’s been 53 cases so far. Men get it too, remember. source
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05 Nov 2009 09:17

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Offbeat: Protip: When you start fighting streetlamps, you’re probably drunk

  • He must have been very drunk because when he ran out of passers-by he began to shout at the lampposts, similarly challenging them to ‘have a go’.
  • Perth, Scotland Fiscal depute Stuart Richardson • Describing drunken lout David Robinson, 22, who wanted to get in a fistfight with someone but couldn’t find any takers. So instead, he attempted to attack his fury out on a streetlamp. Too much beer, dude, too much beer. • source
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08 Oct 2009 09:11

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World: The Royal Mail is makes a really good argument for e-mail

The postal service in the U.K. has widespread support for a strike. It’s bad enough that Amazon has a backup plan in case they do strike. source
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06 Oct 2009 09:40

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World: Conservatives in the U.K. want everyone to “feel the pain”

  • £7 billion in budget cuts by cutting from just about everyone big time source
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30 Aug 2009 09:54

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World: Was an oil deal behind the Lockerbie bomber’s release?

  • If so, expect a lot of angry people. The Sunday Times is reporting this morning that Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi was released to Libya “in the overwhelming interests of the United Kingdom.” Apparently the Brits and Libya had some negotiations about oil that stalled, and a prisoner-transfer deal with Libya greased the wheels. Sounds sketchy to us. source
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28 Aug 2009 09:58

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Offbeat, Tech: Let this be a lesson to Google: Never let nerds use grills

Google’s U.K. offices caught on fire yesterday, prompting a frantic search for a fire extinguisher. They found the fire department instead. source
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28 Jun 2009 11:52

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World: Iran’s attempts to graft outside influence on the protests continue

  • Yesterday, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad offered a scathing rebuke of U.S. President Barack Obama for giving support to protesters. The Iranian president played like Obama was meddling; the GOP wishes Obama would a little more.
  • And today, the British government’s escalating tensions with the country hit a head when Iran arrested nine embassy employees in Tehran. Foreign Secretary David Miliband was not very happy with this at all.
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  • u.k.
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31 May 2009 12:02

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World: Big Ben, the giant clock (not your fat friend) celebrates a milestone

  • 150 years of constant, boring timekeeping source
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29 May 2009 21:35

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U.S., World: Ground Zero got the royal treatment today thanks to Prince Harry

The prince, known for getting in heaps of trouble, is on his first official foray into the U.S. He’s wearing a suit. source
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24 May 2009 10:00

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World: How much does it cost to bribe your way into Buckingham Palace?

  • £1,000 now a driver’s royally screwed source
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