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Best of the Web: Friday the 13th not so unlucky


news.com.au
Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:11 UTC
UNLUCKY for some? Dutch statisticians have established that Friday 13th, a date regarded in many countries as inauspicious, is actually safer than an average Friday.

Stuffed Black Cat
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Forget about evil black cats, here's a Soft & Cuddly plush stuffed Black Cat! Just what you need for good luck on Friday the 13th!
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Dustin the Turkey urges 'no' vote in Irish EU poll


AFP
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:14 UTC
DUBLIN - Opponents of a European Union reform treaty received the backing of Ireland's Eurovision Song Contest flop Dustin the Turkey as voters went to the polls Thursday.

"Isn't a shame there wasn't a third box we could tick that just said: 'What?'" said the purple-beaked glove puppet, who tried and failed for European glory in this year's competition.

"That way they'd have to go back to the table, work out a proper way of explaining the thing, and people would know what it is that's on offer," he was quoted as saying by The Irish Sun tabloid.

Dustin
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Opponents of a European Union reform treaty received the backing of Ireland's Eurovision Song Contest flop.
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There's no escape! Bible study on your cellphone


Adventist News Network
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:57 UTC


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The Voice of Prophecy's Discover Bible Guides are now accessible by cell phone Web browsers. Upcoming versions are slated to feature graphics and interactive grading.

Discovery Bible Guide students can now use their cell phones to learn more about God during downtime at the bus stop or on the subway.

The Discover Bible Guides -- produced since 1942 by Voice of Prophecy, a supporting media ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church -- are now formatted for access by mobile Web browsers, a first for the church, says Kurt Johnson, the ministry's Bible School director.
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Utah town may revise ban on bikinis at city pool


Associated Press
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:31 UTC
KANAB, Utah - A ban on bikinis at the city pool is expected to be revised, ending a short-lived prohibition on the popular two-piece pool attire. But that does not mean that lifting the G-rating is going to lead to poolside G-strings.
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Intelligent people 'less likely to believe in God'

Graeme Paton
Telegraph.co.uk
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:10 UTC
People with higher IQs are less likely to believe in God, according to a new study.

Professor Richard Lynn, emeritus professor of psychology at Ulster University, said many more members of the "intellectual elite" considered themselves atheists than the national average.

A decline in religious observance over the last century was directly linked to a rise in average intelligence, he claimed.

But the conclusions - in a paper for the academic journal Intelligence - have been branded "simplistic" by critics.

Professor Lynn, who has provoked controversy in the past with research linking intelligence to race and sex, said university academics were less likely to believe in God than almost anyone else.

A survey of Royal Society fellows found that only 3.3 per cent believed in God - at a time when 68.5 per cent of the general UK population described themselves as believers.
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Meet Cinderella, Pig in Boots

Urmee Khan
The Telegraph
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:21 UTC
Cinderella, a six-week-old saddleback pig has conquered her fear of walking in mud with the help of a pair of bespoke wellies.

After her birth, the piglet refused to join her brothers and sisters as they splashed in the muck because she suffers with mysophobia - a fear of dirt.

But now the pig has overcome her fears with a pair of green boots made of rubber - which have been created with no footwell so that her trotters slip straight in.

Former pig farmers Debbie and Andrew Keeble, who run a farm near Bedale North Yorkshire, were initially baffled by their piglets behaviour.

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The pig has overcome her fears with a pair of green boots
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Satire: Latest Cheney Tape May Contain Evidence Of His Whereabouts


The Onion
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:09 UTC


Cheney
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Cheney calls on Americans around the world to join the fight in Iraq.

WASHINGTON - Reports surfaced Tuesday that the New York - based Fox News Channel has obtained a tape which purportedly features another cryptic video message from U.S. vice president and known extremist Dick Cheney, widely regarded as the most feared man in America.
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Satire: New Wearable Feedbags Let Americans Eat More, Move Less


The Onion
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:42 UTC

New Wearable Feedbags Let Americans Eat More, Move Less

Comment: Obesity epidemic 'is no myth' - Mainly a Problem of the Poor (Starches vs. Protein and Veggies)

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Australian drug trial aborted after jurors caught playing Sudoku

Nick Squires
The Telegraph
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:59 UTC
A three-months-long drug trial has been aborted in Australia after jurors were found to be playing Sudoku puzzles rather than listening to the evidence.

More than 100 witnesses had given evidence at the trial when five jurors admitted they had been playing the game to stave off boredom.

A woman juror told Sydney District Court Judge Peter Zahra that the brain-teasers had helped keep her mind "busy" as she listened to testimony at the trial, which had cost around £500,000 by the time it was abandoned on Tuesday.

"Some of the evidence is rather drawn out and I find it difficult to maintain my attention the whole time and that (the puzzle) doesn't distract me too much from proceedings," she said.
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California police: Things get ugly at the gas pumps


Associated Press
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:30 UTC
CYPRESS - Violence broke out at the gas pumps in Orange County. Police say a La Palma doctor waiting in line to buy gas at the Costco warehouse store in Cypress grabbed a tire iron and confronted a motorist who cut into the line.
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