From 'untouchable' to role model

" As a Dalit, the lowest level in India's complex caste system, she was a so-called scavenger, a person who collects the garbage, feces and urine of other higher caste people. In the eyes of many, that would make her...

Prisons with Green Solutions

"An ingenious solution is helping Rwanda reduce the cost of running its bursting prisons, while improving conditions for the prisoners and helping protect the environment.The country’s prison population soared to a peak of 120,000 suspects awaiting trial for their role...

Man in claim over flies in water

"A man who found a dead fly in his bottled water is claiming before Canada's high court that the incident ruined his sex life, hair salon business and even made it hard for him to shower. Waddah Mustapha of Windsor, Ontario said that he and his wife saw a dead...

Dog turd footprints lead to arrest

This DUI poo stepper is about to see his life go down the crapper."DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Dog isn't this man's best friend. Josue Herrios-Coronilla, 18, drove his black Camaro on the wrong side of the road Wednesday...

Canada Medical Procedure: Fecal Transplant Saves Lives

I am certain this will be making the rounds of the water cooler on Monday, frankly this is disgusting but important news.  I think I'm going to be sick! "Squeamish doctors afraid to use fecal enemas to treat a...

‘Drug’ Made From Human Waste Causing Stink

"An implausible story about a natural high derived from human waste is causing a stink on the Internet and has forced a local sheriff’s department to issue a warning about the “drug.” The Collier County...

$2.6 Million Worth of Animal Poop

Such is the value of a walk-through..." A nightclub investor who bought his neighbor's swank New Jersey mansion out of foreclosure for $2.6 million - not knowing that inside it was destroyed by feces from more than 100 cats and dogs - is suing. Michael Acciardi got access...

2007 Worst Jobs in Science

The 'popular' magazine Popular Science has released its yearly account of the worst jobs in science - "Our annual bottom-10 list, in which we salute the men and women who do what no salary can adequately reward"In...

Limbo: Trapped on the Israeli Border

"Several dozen pro-Fatah Palestinians with little food and no toilets remained stranded Wednesday inside the Erez Crossing walkway connecting Hamas-led Gaza to Israel. "The situation is dreadful," Saeb Erakat said. "The situation is very, very dire." The refugees are inside...

Holy Crap! Edwards HQ Attacked in Second Life

Second Life is getting more and more lawless... Would it be rude of me to make a crack about Replicans and, well, fecal matter? Is that too partisan? Either way, mudslinging has gotten far too literal, and parties need to reign in there more, um, radical members in order for...

Ex-Professor Claims Dog Feces Is Political Expression

"GREELEY, Colo. -- Invoking Thomas Jefferson and Mr. Hankey from the television series "South Park," the lawyer for an ex-professor accused of leaving dog feces at a congresswoman's office said her client's actions qualify as protected speech under the First...

Proper toilet facilities can save world’s 1.8 million children from diarrhe...

The health of 2.6 billion people in the developing world is in jeopardy! The prime culprit is a lack of toilets. According to a new study, lack of proper sanitation facilities have been forcing billions to discard their excrement in bags, buckets, fields, and ditches, leading...

The Scoop on Poop

" Meadow muffins. Guano. Feces. Solid waste. Caca. The words for poop are endless, but the Miami Metrozoo has another term to add to the list: educational."

The Mystery of the Abu Ghraib Tattoo

One photograph that stands out from all the other photographs.

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