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Hoisted on his own petard

August 11, 2009 at 11:16

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Man killed by shards of glass after hurling girlfriend through shop window A man bled to death when he was impaled on a large shard of glass after throwing his girlfriend through a shop window in a street row. The 30-year-old victim was seen arguing with the woman in the Regent Street area of London’s […]

“She didn’t have a chance in hell”

August 9, 2009 at 19:23

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They were so cute  the bears that came to her backyard to feast on the dog food, fruit and yoghurt she left out for them. A wildlife lover, she paid no attention to the protests of her neighbors, phone calls from the sheriff or his certified letters telling her in no uncertain terms to stop […]

Harry Patch, Britain’s last World War 1 Warrior

August 9, 2009 at 08:43

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John Burns on Britain’s Oldest Warrior He was a 19-year-old private when he was struck by the burst of a German shell over the British trenches in September 1917 and sent home to recover from his wounds. Working as a plumber in Wells until his retirement, he lived to the age of 111 before he […]

At Cahokia, Sacrificial Virgins

August 9, 2009 at 08:18

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In the southern part of Illinois, just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri, lies  2200 acres with 120 earthen  mounds that’s been designated a National Historic Site and a World Heritage Site.  Cahokia Mounds is the largest prehistoric earthen construction in the Americas, the last remnants of an American Indian people called the […]

In pursuit of ratings

August 8, 2009 at 21:17

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In Brazil, the pursuit of ratings goes too far. A TV crime show host faces jail after allegedly ordering MURDERS in a bid to boost ratings Wallace Souza is accused of arranging crimes and then broadcasting exclusive footage of the scenes. His show built up a huge audience by showing dramatic film of police raids […]

The Gompertz Law of Mortality

August 7, 2009 at 09:59

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Your body wasn’t built to last: a lesson in human mortality rates What do you think are the odds that you will die during the next year?  Try to put a number to it — 1 in 100?  1 in 10,000?  Whatever it is, it will be twice as large 8 years from now. This […]

The Funeral of Cory Aquino

August 5, 2009 at 22:17

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From Richard Fernandez The city ground to a halt. Ships sounded their mournful horns at harbor. Bells rang and millions stood in the rain along the 14 mile route to the cemetery.  Former Philippine Ambassador to the Vatican Howard Dee said: “I was in Magsaysay’s and Ninoy’s funeral. This is the greatest outpouring of love […]