Nintendo Wii Hospitalzing At Least 10 Per Week

Was watching Fox News and had to get this up before someone else.  Can you believe video games are injuring so many folks?  Ay yi yi. " The growing toll has prompted NHS doctors to warn of the dangers. Wii-itis sufferers usually have excruciating pain in the...

Chinese FM Leaves Peru On Emergency Call From Home

" China's Finance Minister Xie Xuren was called back from an international economic conference in Peru before the meeting began, following orders from Beijing to help resolve problems at home, an organizer of...

Thai government finds premier violated constitution by being on a cooking show

The Thai government has just now concluded that the premier, Samak Sundaravej, violated the constitution by appearing on a televised cooking show. It is not yet clear what implications this will have on whether...

Iraq war veteran thrown off train after ticket row as conductor tells him: 'I...

That is the kind of respect one country shows for their heroes!!!! No wonder no one wants to be in military. The conductor should get the sack immediately for the insult ."A soldier returning from Iraq in full...

English spelling seen as "truely atrosious"

An academic in the UK has suggested that university professors being accepting variant spellings as legitimate, in light of the fact that spelling errors are growing more and more frequent in university courses. Some misspellings that he's suggested accepting include "ignor",...

Dozens of ravers partially blinded at Moscow party after their retinas are bu...

"Up to 30 partygoers at an outdoor rave have been partially blinded by a laser light show.Health officials confirmed 12 cases of laser-blindness from the event, with reports suggesting up to 17 more.Some of those...

Ravers lose sight at Russian laser show

Wow, quite a story. Apparently these lasers were supposed to shoot into the sky, but because it was raining the set up tents and had the lasers reflect off them instead. The lasers were too powerful to be doing...

Sarkozy TV rebuke becomes web hit

A video of Nicolas Sarkozy getting angry at a TV technician before he is interviewed on state television has become an instant internet success.If you watch the video it just seems like he is being a bit arrogant,...

Holiday Briton dies as 'food bug' strikes four-star Italian hotel

A British man staying at the Grand Hotel Gardone on Lake Garda, near Brescia in northern Italy, has died from a food bug. 30 other British guests at the hotel have also fallen ill, though only one has died. The rest are suffering severe comiting and diarrhoea. "A...

Tim Russert Coverage: The Backlash Begins

Of course there has been a lot of coverage about the death of Tim Russert. When a figure in the public eye passes away, especially suddenly, (remember Heath  Ledger?) it is going to get a lot of coverage.But...

Man Files Suit After Losing 100 Pounds in Jail, What a Loser

Man Files Suit After Losing 100 Pounds in Jail, Not getting enough FoodThis guy might want to be spending time in the jails law library finding out how to defend himself on his murder charge rather than how to get...

Doctor examined woman's breasts without permission

"A doctor examined a woman's breasts without permission, despite her saying the pain was elsewhere, a hearing has been told. Dr Subhas Pattar, of Leicester, appeared before the General Medical Council (GMC) yesterday for the start of a 19-day hearing into allegations of...

Paul McCartney has secret heart operation

"Music legend Sir Paul McCartney underwent secret heart surgery last autumn, it was revealed last night. The 65-year-old former Beatle reportedly had a coronary angioplasty - a procedure that opens up arteries and allows a greater flow of blood. A source told British...

Bhutto to Blitzer "Musharraf responsible"

Posthumously, Benazir Bhutto has thrown a grenade of her own back at the current head of state:"NEW YORK - It was a story CNN's Wolf Blitzer hoped he'd never have to report — an e-mail sent to him through an...

MSG's Reputation Takes Another Big Hit

"There are more allegations of racial discrimination and retaliation at Madison Square Garden. A former security guard claims MSG executives created a "boys club" and then forced her out for complaining. Constant harassment and racial discrimination are how Diane Henson...

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