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The End of the Rainbow — Ireland is now Europe’s second richest country.
… In a quite unusual development, the government, the main trade unions, farmers and industrialists came together and agreed on a program of fiscal austerity, slashing corporate taxes to 12.5 percent, far below the rest of Europe, moderating wages and prices, and aggressively […]

Salon is doing a “four-part series chronicling the suddenly higher profile of the Church of Scientology”, and of course the first installment highlights none other than Mr. Crazy Cruise:
Missionary man (Get a day pass, it’s worth it.)
Regarding the romance — who can explain love? It’s a mystery, particularly in Hollywood, and we’re unlikely to ever […]

Boo Boo’s Munchies No-No (Don’t miss the pics!)
The monkey leapt out the driver’s window as its owner picked up an order at the drive through window. Boo Boo hung on to the clerk’s hand for a few extra moments and apparently bit and injured the restaurant worker.
These kinds of commando (dare I say - […]

This one might even be real: Boffins create zombie dogs
US scientists have succeeded in reviving the dogs after three hours of clinical death, paving the way for trials on humans within years.
Pittsburgh’s Safar Centre for Resuscitation Research has developed a technique in which subject’s veins are drained of blood and filled with an ice-cold salt […]

Because The Wife is (justifiably, since she works in the psychiatric field) obsessed with the rapidly-approaching-Howard-Hughes-type-crazy Tom Cruise:
Cruise is waving off critics
Jumping on Oprah’s couch? Sure it was unorthodox behavior for a celebrity, but he laughs at it, too. “I will forever with this woman be jumping on couches, dancing on tables and hanging from […]

Boy hailed for air safety gadget
A Scots schoolboy has been praised by airport bosses after inventing a gadget which could help prevent plane crashes.
Daryn Murray’s Aircraft Debris Protector warns pilots of dangerous material lying on runways before they prepare to land.
And check out that high Scottish fashion! (A Carson Kressley joke would probably be grossly […]

If you are at all curious about what blue collar Boston is really like, check out Firehouse USA: Boston on the Discovery Channel.
Choice quotes (paraphrased):

“We got all these these wood construction triple-deckahs around heah — We call them Irish Battleships…”
“We gotta check the airbags and stuff, cuz airbags’ll go off and they’ll break ya leg, […]

Kenyan grandfather, 73, kills leopard with hands
The leopard sank its teeth into the farmer’s wrist and mauled him with its claws. “A voice, which must have come from God, whispered to me to drop the panga (machete) and thrust my hand in its wide open mouth. I obeyed,” M’Mburugu said.
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“This guy is very lucky to […]