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Determined deer crashes through glass doors of Michigan beauty supply store

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A determined deer created a few moments of terror -- and hilarity -- when the animal hurled itself through the glass doors of a beauty supply store in Southfield, Mich.

According to Detroit television station WXYZ, the owners of the Lee Beauty Supply shop said they were concerned by the sounds of a commotion happening outside.

But it wasn't a commotion -- just a deer that had somehow navigated its way through the busy Detroit suburb and was apparently itching for a makeover.

Moments later, patrons watched in shock as the animal busted through the doors of the beauty supply store, spraying glass everywhere as it leaped inside.


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Chinese daily falls for Onion spoof-award to 'sexiest man' Kim Jong-un

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North Korea's leader has made it to the homepage of China's biggest newspaper, dutifully informing readers that Kim Jong-un was named Sexiest Man Alive 2012. The editors were not deterred that the award came from The Onion, a US satirical magazine.

­Chinese People's Daily Online positions itself as "one of the world's top 10 newspapers," so seeing an Onion piece on Kim Jong-un appear on its main page makes a reader look twice: this has to be a joke.

But no, there's no kidding with Pyongyang. The caption under the image of North Korea's supreme leader on the main page - The Onion's Sexiest Man Alive for 2012 - looks exactly as if Kim Jong-un were picked the Man of the Year by Time magazine.

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Does 'LOL' really mean 'Lucifer Our Lord'?

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When we "laugh out loud" online, are we really praying to Satan, the prince of darkness himself?

The answer is no, but an image posted by a user on the social news site Reddit is warning the Internet otherwise.

According to the directive, which is meant to be shared "with Christians," the classic and ubiquitous "LOL" acronym stands for "Lucifer our lord," something the image's creator doesn't find funny at all.

"BEWARE: Stop using the abbreviation 'LOL,'" the hastily made image that invokes the same qualities as a Westboro Baptist Church sign reads. "'LOL stands for 'Lucifer our Lord.' Satanists end their prayers by saying Lucifer our Lord,' in short, "LOL.' Every time you type 'LOL' you are endorsing Satan."

If the warning, posted by Redditor DkryptX, in the "atheism" subreddit, were true, there would be a lot of Satanists on Twitter.

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Pat Robertson backpedals after asserting god was voting for Romney to win

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© Addiction Info OrgDear God, I promise to remove all those references to Mormons not being real Christians from my website.
If you missed the story because you were too busy watching American Idol or Two Broke Girls to tune in to the Christian Broadcasting Network, Reverend Pat Robertson has been doing a little soul-searching since Election Day. Or, perhaps, he's going to an audiologist to have his hearing checked carefully.

After assuring his gullible - no, we meant to say "loyal" - listeners during broadcasts of the 700 Club that Mitt Romney was going to win the presidency, because God kind of told him so, Robertson is now doing some theological backpedaling.

The good Reverend was all but sure God was telling him Mitt was going to win. (Not to mention what Sean Hannity and all the experts on Fox News were saying.) Robertson simply misunderstood. God, that is. Not Hannity.

He listened to God and mixed up His message.

Earlier this year the founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network informed his audience (please, don't forget to send in hefty donations) that he had spent a week listening carefully to what God was telling him. God was pretty specific, too. Robertson took notes. "Your president holds a radical view of the direction of your country which is at odds with the majority. Expect chaos and paralysis," Robertson said the Lord had warned. Robertson got it all down on a yellow legal pad.

Worse yet, the United States would soon "begin disintegrating." The nation would face the gravest crisis since at least 1960, when CBN was founded. Robertson decided to play 20 Questions with the Almighty. Would it be some kind of cosmic event? "No," sayeth the Lord. An attack by Iran? "Nope," sayeth the Lord. Would the Mayans end up being correct? "No way, José," sayeth the Lord. How about a volcano? "Noooooooooooooooo," sayeth the Lord, in His imitation Mr. Bill voice. (Maybe the Lord, Who is a Big Fan of old Saturday Night Live shows, was messing with Reverend Pat.)

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UK government employee posts fake MI6 Job seeking James Bond-style assassin

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A call for candidates for the "Target Elimination Specialist" post, with a job reference code of 007, remained on the DirectGov website for at least an hour today after Twitter users began to post links to it.

The job description had all the hallmarks of a James Bond-style position, requiring "particularly skilled professionals who are prepared to work on a non-attributable basis" to deal with "people whose continued existence poses a risk to the effective conduct of public order."

International travel to seek out the individuals who "need to be removed" was part of the package, and a candidate with few distinguishing features preferred to blend in with new identities where appropriate.

Other desirable attributes included jobseekers with prior military experience, "particularly in the use of sniper rifles," and a £50-60,000 salary would be complemented by free equipment including passports, special watches, jet packs, mini-submarines and guns.

Comment: Making light of assassination is more on the sad side than humorous. Maybe MI6 has diversified into guerilla PR for the British film industry.


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Ready for Apocalypse? Insurance companies refuse to cover Armageddon

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Latvian insurers have rejected the request to insure against "breaking the space-time continuum" and the coming of a fictional deity Cthulhu as the "damage from the end of the world is difficult to evaluate".

With one month to go before the end of the world according to Mayan calendar cycle, an unusual request came from organizers of a festival to a Latvian insurance agency, reports Apollo.lv. The client also wanted to insure against abduction by aliens and breaking the space-time continuum that could take festival goers into parallel worlds.

The Russian market is also not ready to offer such a product, the Vice President of Russian insurer Ingosstrakh Ilya Solomatin told newsru.com.

"You can ask the Russian insurance company to insure the risk from the so-called end of the world. The Question is, if the end of the world comes, who will pay you, and what would you need it for?" he says.

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Are we being watched? 'Alien' reaches out through Northern Lights

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© CatersThe Moldovan photographer managed to snap this spectacular image by accident.
We may finally have proof that there are aliens among us.

Using a complicated system unknown to us humans, aliens appear to have managed to beam their image onto the spectacular Northern Lights sky.

The photographer was shocked on his return home to see the image of the green faced alien in his pictures of the aurora Northern Lights.

Landscape photographer Iurie Belegurschi captured the image by accident in the Reykjanes peninsula of Iceland.

On a clear night on September 8, Belegurschi stayed up all night and waited to watch the aurora Northern Lights dance in the sky.

He said: "I didn't see the alien face during shooting, but when I came home I checked my photographs on the computer and I saw it! It's unbelievable, I couldn't believe my eyes."

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Deer attacks two men, then takes man's cigarettes

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Whitehouse, Texas - Joseph Rose and Cole Kellis were leaving their home in Whitehouse on Friday morning when they noticed a deer in their front yard.

Rose approached the deer and he says the deer seemed friendly. But then Kellis and Rose say the deer then charged them and started to attack.

Rose and Kellis ran to Rose's pick-up truck to try to get away from the wild buck. The deer then "poked" Rose in his ribs, so Rose jumped out of his truck into the back-bed. Rose says he left his driver-side door open and the deer climbed in and took his pack of cigarettes that were sitting in his center console.

The deer starting eating Rose's smokes, and when Rose tried to get them back, Rose says the deer got more aggressive.

They then had to call Whitehouse police and the Game Warden. When police arrived they had to tase the deer and then Rose says it took more than 5 men to restrain the buck.

KETK spoke to Smith County Game Warden, Dustin Dockery, and he says, "Admire deer from a distance but do not approach them because they can be dangerous."

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Man arrested after telling kids there's no Santa

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© The Whig.comSanta Claus made his appearance, even though there was one man in the crowd Saturday telling kids he didn't exist.
Kingston - Apparently the grinch may live in Kingston.

A 24-year-old Kingston man was arrested Saturday evening during the Santa Claus parade along Princess Street after police received a complaint that someone was walking along the parade route telling children that Santa Claus didn't exist.

A release from Kingston Police said the man was located rather easily by officers as he was described as "having his hair formed to look like horns that were protruding from his head."

The man, whose name was witheld in the release has been charged with Causing a Disturbance by Being Drunk and Breach of Probation.

Additionally he is facing a Liquor Licence Act offence of Public Intoxication.

He was held overnight to attend a bail hearing Sunday.

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Three deer use automatic doors to enter Iowa store

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Coralville - Shoppers in Iowa got an unusual glimpse of wildlife Monday morning when a doe and two fawns wandered into a department store.

Coralville Police Chief Barry Bedford says the deer used doors that open automatically to get into a Kohl's store.

He says the fawns stayed in the store's vestibule, but their mother made it into the store and headed toward the back.

Police say employees opened up some back doors and the doe exited. The two fawns turned around and used the automatic exit doors to leave the store.

No injuries or damage was reported.