Suspect runs. Suspect fires two shots at cop. Cop kills peddler. Not so out of the ordinary...until you find out that this all took place in holiday-crowded Times Square. Surprisingly, no one else was hurt in the shootout.
Dec 10, 2009
Dec 9, 2009
Sports: Spain wins Davis Cup over Czechs on doubles match win
Sad. You know I was pulling for the Czechs. 2nd isn't all that bad though, right?
Dec 2, 2009
News: SD group studies plan to sell wind power to MN
A) Doesn't MN have enough wind power already? I see the turbines everywhere. B) I realize that SD probably doesn't need it, but selling off green power to another state? How about selling it to your own residents first?
News: Annual PNC Christmas Index is out!
Every year, PNC puts out the PNC Christmas Index, which is based on the cost of buying all the gifts from the 12 Days of Christmas song. Fun and funny stuff.
Dec 1, 2009
News: Annual PNC Christmas Index is out!
Every year, PNC puts out the PNC Christmas Index, which is based on the cost of buying all the gifts from the 12 Days of Christmas song. Fun and funny stuff.
Nov 30, 2009
Yale report: 1 in 4 US Teen girls has a STD
Holy crap. Something has GOT to be wrong here. Sampling error? Something.
Op-Ed: The '00s: Goodbye to the Decade from Hell
From the submission - Bookended by 9/11 and a financial wipeout, the first 10 years of the century will likely go down as the most dispiriting decade Americans have lived through since World War II. Funny stuff.
Nov 27, 2009
List: 20 (HORRIBLE) things Twilight teaches girls
Hypothesis: 'Twilight' is a horrible movie and is in the direct OPPOSITE service of progressing women as a gender in a equality-based world. Evidence cited: click link. Q.E.D.
News: Philippine policitian charged with 57 massacre murders
This politician ordered the killings of 57 people. Why? Because they were the wife and relatives of another Philippine politican running for governor or journalists and passers-by to cover up the murders. This second candidate has since officially filed for the election: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091127/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_hostages_killed
News: Shaq to pay for slain NC 5-year-old's funeral
Sad story all told, but this is at least a slight happy moment in it.
Nov 24, 2009
Update: Census worker w/ 'FED' written on chest committed suicide
Apparently it was a hoax? Worked pretty well, if it was, macarbe as that is.
Study: Adults fooled by visual illusion, but not kids
Odd. Adults are fooled by optical illusions, but kids aren't. This means that the ability to take visual context into account doesn't develop until later on in life (according to the authors anyway).
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