http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7237248.stm

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/03/27/antie...groms-spre.html
I don't generally condone violence... or Mexicans... but this is hysterical

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/wl_as...accidenttobacco

http://kotaku.com/5012489/world-of-warcraf...underage-player

Gay marriage bill in California probably gonna be overturned. I knew it was gonna happen but it still pisses me off.

I would be disappointed if it does get overturned. I mean, really--one of the largest metropolitan areas in the state is San Francisco. That city isn't only known for the Golden Gate Bridge. Then again, it wouldn't be the first time that I was exasperated by how votes in my state turned out. (Remember Super Tuesday? -__-" )

This isn't exactly recent news but ...
http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=5040342&page=1



... I'm actually speechless...

I thought it was common knowledge that shooting someone will yield negative consequences.

Japan wages war on flab Saw this on Yahoo.

Court overturns father's grounding of 12-year-old
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h9kqGv...KNWFDWAg-mVfleg

damn Canadia, ruining it for parent's everywhere!

and

A 19-year-old man accidentally shot and killed himself while he was attempting to rob a house:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dw...h.168672f7.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7461099.stm
The High Court in South Africa has ruled that Chinese South Africans are to be reclassified as black people.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7468729.stm

I changed the news story.

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=599210 Psychic's vision sets off sex-abuse probe
...lol

News here: A man over here in Australia had a leathal snake bite his... erm... manhood.
Full story here!

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2008..._on_g_word.html
Poor guy... no one really wants "Homosexual" as a last name.

Christian sites--they never fail to supply the funnies. Too bad they're also kinda scary.

(And the comments to that article! Craziness.)

^ I agree with mei, the comments are the best bit on that article


Did I Hit It? - though it does make you wonder how unstable the overhead was for it to crumble that easily.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAo7kRDrUmU


This is bizarre;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england...don/7513416.stm

Hahaha.... what a touchy subject it must have been for the 15-year old girl to pick up the litter, oh well, luckily I live farther away from the center of my hometown so I won`t have to bother with the police bugging me, ever. Tough I wonder what kind of mental state these people have to be in to attack the police like that over such a little thing? Dunno whether they thought, that the police over reacted about the thing, but violence was hardly called for there.

Oh well, the system will make the little punk pay for her arrogance and that`s sure to look nice on your personal file when applying for school or job.

I read this story in the newspaper yesterday.
Canada is coming to terms with one of the worst murders in its history.

Very A little late, but I had to laugh at it: I live in Franklin county, Washington. Well, it's actually called Benton-Franklin county here, but I believe it is still a relevant coincidence.

http://kotaku.com/5037975/parents-let-kid-...-on-guitar-hero

the url says it all

old news ->hacker gets control of sarah palin's account http://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin_Yahoo_inbox_2008 and http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/32838
update to this old news -> hacker gets caught thanks to his own gloating and stupidity. -> http://www.tgdaily.com/html_tmp/content-view-39405-108.html

http://www.baltimoreexaminer.com/local/cri...pled_shut_.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7646311.stm

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/school-ba...3013786862.html

I find maths homework rather distressing. Wish they could ban it.


Edit (16th Nov):
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=665808

@Forgiven - I took out your post as Spam.
Please stay on topic. ...Or, if we misunderstood you somehow and that comment was somehow related to the posted topic, then could you add a little more efforts to explain how it is related to the topic? Thank you!


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Woman Attacks Her Wife with Turkey Baster Full of Sperm

"My daddy ate my eyes!"

"Dallas Twins Have Different Dads"

...not even close...

Caught it and edited the title...I knew something was off when I typed it initially...

I meant it's nowhere near the 'crazy news item of the day'.

I agree, but at the same time, I think it's mostly the odds of it actually occurring is what makes it crazy.

Then again, I just read an analyst's article saying that Apple's planning a distribution deal with Wal-Mart - that to me is pretty crazy, but probably not for the next guy.

Schools out.

This story pissed me off:
http://news.aol.com/article/911-messy-room/487937

http://www.nypost.com/seven/05192009/news/..._pee_169955.htm

*snorts* Awesome news title!!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30864907/


Ohhhhhh snap.....!
http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.ap.org...dead-bangkok-ap

So this news has been brewing for about a day now, maybe a day and a half;
http://www.comicvine.com/news/incarnate-ac...giarism/140505/
Son of Rock Dinosaur Gene Simmons, Nick (famous for being son of Gene and unknown for his actual career) was recently called out for plagiarising BLEACH and possibly Hellsing.
Naturally numerous questions have been raised such as:
Why Bleach, How can he deny such obvious theft and the most asked question of all: Gene Simmons son makes a comic!?

The publishers of his amazingly mediocre comic have shelved it until they investigate the accusations further.

Nick had the following to say on his facebook:
"Who would name their comic after a detergent?"

More links will be added as and if I feel like it:
http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/none/manga-gene...agiarism-750585

@Popo: i didn't know that, but like Kubo said "More than whether his comic looks like mine, I'm intrigued by the fact that Gene Simmons' son is a manga artist." XD this news got out fast it was posted on the 21st

http://community.livejournal.com/bleachnes...34267#t10834267 <---all the side-by-side images.

Here's an update on the whole "Nick Simmons Plagerism" deal that popo posted before...

Nick Simmons Makes Statement

Just to let you know, that's just a rediculous ordeal..... I do feel bad for the fact that people are attacking him on his dA when none of his "Revenant" stuff is up there.... I dunno....

^ This "incident" intrigues me, and I'm inclining to make this into a discussion thread, either for a discussion on plagiarism in general (i.e. expanding the discussion scope to literature, journalism & such also) and open it in Debate District forum, or open it in General Manga forum for narrower scope and limiting the discussion to plagiarism in manga, (but possibly also allow discussions in "Fanart"/doujin manga where there is a very thin line between plagiarism and imitation by admiration, etc.??) ..if OP and/or others would like the idea of making this into a separate discussion thread?? Solicits inputs on "spliting" this topic.

I think you should move it to the Manga section of the General Forum, so everyone can see what's going on. Its actually a pretty serious thing that he did and it goes to show plagerism is just to writing but very much so with artwork. A lot of us have experienced our art stolen before, Chiyo being on of them on deviantart....

http://www.seanpaune.com/2010/04/19/r-i-p-...(SeanPAune.com)

Carl brought Robotech to America which helped introduce and popularize anime in America.

I heard about this on facebook. That is sad. May he rest in peace.

Segway scooter firm owner falls off cliff riding Segway

Rather tragic, seeing Mr. Heselden seemed to have been a nice fellow, and he bought the company only last December.

Segway gyroscope-equipped two-wheel human transporter thingy was invented by Dean Kamen, and he founded the company in 1999, but sold the company to Mr. Heselden last December.

I am confident that many of you have already seen this news item as it is now a few days old, but just on the off chance that this may be new to some of the populace I decided to post it anyhow. This little incident occurred a few blocks from where I am currently working in Downtown (although I was elsewhere at the time). I find it amazing that no one noticed the police vehicle until it was too late.

Bumblebee Hits DC Police SUV at Transformers Filming

Yap, I was one of those who hadn't seen that news yet. xp
Wow, speaking of great timing (or, in this case "bad" timing, I guess)!!

This really is crazy! Now, I personally can't stand the Daily Mail publication, but I got linked to this story by my sister's fiancé.

You could be in for a shock today: Astrologers say Ophiuchus should become the 13th sign of the zodiac

For Scientific reasons detailed in the article, a change in Zodiac dates has occurred...so apparently, if you're in the East you could actually be a completely different star-sign; "Most who thought they were Virgo are actually Leo" etc

If they decide to make this official everywhere rather than just in the East (I have no idea how they're going to be working all this out, if at all! xD) people like myself, who fall into the Nov 30th - Dec 17th band, would have a completely different star-sign all together- the new (as of yet unofficial) 13th Zodiac, Ophiuchus.




I don't believe in horoscopes, personally, but I thought it was pretty interesting and crazy.

I"ve always been an Aquarius.... And I still am, I don't accept this new table...

^ Yeah, it is pretty weird and probably hard to accept. But don't worry, there's no guarantee it will become official (and you're lucky...no change for you. ). But I think there's quite a likelihood of it changing for all those people who believe in and follow horoscopes, because to them using the old dates would be like using the wrong "data".

I like being Sagittarius though...but hey, if the changed are implemented, the article suggests that it would only affect the East. We'll just have to wait and see. Either way, It won't bother me because I don't really believe in horoscopes