"One suspect broke away on Wabash, but Martyka kept tailing the other man until he tired out on the sidewalk."
Link. Via The Obscure Store.
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Showing posts with label news. Show all posts
Study: Wrong fish used to save species
"A 20-year government effort to restore the population of an endangered native trout in Colorado has made little progress because biologists have been stocking some of the waterways with the wrong fish, a new study says."
But this one is not from The Onion.
But this one is not from The Onion.
Sign of the Apocalypse: Drought Puts Church's Baptisms On Hold
"The people who live in one Cherokee County town say that the drought has left them in desperation -- and one church has even had to give up on baptisms."
Link. Via Fark.
Link. Via Fark.
Customized motorcycle made to look like a sabertooth tiger skeleton
Click here to see a photo. Oh, and it was made by Keanu Reeve's stuntman from "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.
Father gives 13-year-old son steroids to make him a better skater
"A man pleaded guilty in federal court to giving his 13-year-old son steroids while the boy trained to compete internationally on a roller-skating team." Link. Via The Obscure Store.
California Senate Has Been Reading Too Many Sci-Fi Novels
Senate blocks mandatory ID implants in employees
The bill would prevent employers in the state from requiring workers to have the devices.
[snip]
Nine senators opposed the measure, including Bob Margett (R-Arcadia), who said it is premature to legislate technology that has not yet proved to be a problem. "It sounded like it was a solution looking for a problem," Margett said. "It didn't seem like it was necessary."
Link. Bob Margett just became one of my favorite elected officials.
Headline of the Day: "Gonorrhea is nothing to 'clap' about"
Courtesy of The Daily Evergreen. Via Alison Go.
And speaking of Gonorrhea, you can buy a plush version here.
And speaking of Gonorrhea, you can buy a plush version here.
Thai government to issue list of approved nicknames
I don't think this story is from The Onion:
Read more.
But now, to the consternation of some nickname purists, children are being given such offbeat English-language nicknames as Mafia or Seven — as in 7-Eleven, the convenience store.
[snip]
With help from language experts at the Royal Institute, the official arbiter of the Thai language, Mr. Vira plans to produce by the end of the year a collection of thousands of old-fashioned nicknames, listed by such wholesome categories as colors, animals and fruit and including simple favorites like Yaay (big), Ouan (fat) and Dam (black).
Published in a small booklet, the names will be distributed to the news media and libraries, and posted on the Internet.
Read more.
Coal miners survived in collapsed mine by drinking urine and eating coal
Here's the part that really interested me:
Then they "totally had a breakdown" and eventually began to use humour to help them get through the ordeal.
"I told my brother 'your wife is going to have to marry someone else'", Meng Xianyou told the newspaper.
His brother replied: "I laughed too. I said my wife could find a rich man in Shenyang.
"But then I thought, I have two children and my wife is ugly, so it would be hard for her to remarry."
Wife's probably going to serve him urine every chance she gets, right? Read the whole thing. Photo found here.
Law firm sends out mass-rejection email to job seekers
And, by "mass email," I mean "the email address of everyone who got rejected is listed in the 'to:' field.
Link.
Link.
Canadian Mounties chase a swarm of bees that has been mistaken for a bear in a tree and a dark cloud in flight
Mounties in eastern Canada were called in to help round up rogue honeybees after a palace coup this week caused a split in the hive, a spokesperson said on Thursday.
[Snip]
Beekeeper Rodney Dillinger said the colony was likely "stressed" and became dissatisfied with their queen. So, they raised a rival queen and then sent the original queen into exile.
But half of the hive left with the deposed queen to "look for a new home".
Read on. Via Reason.
Wired has a feature on the Penny Arcade guys
This is the story of how two douches from Spokane, Washington, became the most powerful players in the videogame industry.
[snip]
Krahulik has glasses, a beanpole physique, and a touch of overbite that gives him a pained expression. Holkins, who also wears glasses, is balding and so pale that he looks like he could get moonburns. Growing up, they were the prototypical misfits, ostracized by the cool kids at school. Holkins claims that he owes his success to those formative encounters with jocks and their lacrosse sticks. "I've been repaid a thousand times over for the damage they inflicted," he says cheerfully.
Krahulik agrees. "One time in high school, someone broke into my locker and stole my stuff, so I had to wear gym clothes for the rest of the day," he says, wincing at the memory. "I developed humor as a defense mechanism. Now I drive a fucking Mercedes."
Read the whole thing here.
Newsflash: Mother Theresa was MISERABLE for most of her life
Oh, and she felt no connection to god, either.
Link.
Although perpetually cheery in public, the Teresa of the letters lived in a state of deep and abiding spiritual pain. In more than 40 communications, many of which have never before been published, she bemoans the "dryness," "darkness," "loneliness" and "torture" she is undergoing. She compares the experience to hell and at one point says it has driven her to doubt the existence of heaven and even of God. She is acutely aware of the discrepancy between her inner state and her public demeanor. "The smile," she writes, is "a mask" or "a cloak that covers everything."
Link.
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