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Bollywood takes dig at Bush in low-budget spoof


Agence France Presse
Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:41 UTC
Mumbai - Bollywood is taking a dig at George W. Bush in a low-budget spoof about a bunch of Indians who enter a reality television competition to meet the US president.

"The President is Coming," which cost just 600,000 dollars to make, is the fictional story of six young people who vie to be picked as the face of "The New India" and get to stand in a line-up of dignitaries to meet the president.

The backdrop is Bush's actual visit to India in 2006. Everything else is made up, except the notable "Bushisms" such as "some of our imports come from abroad" and "is our children learning?"
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Dancing Scientists Invade YouTube

John Bohannon
ScienceNOW Daily News
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:26 UTC
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© AAASScience suite. Sue Lynn Lau (in pink dress) won the Graduate Student category for her Ph.D. dance about the biochemistry of diabetes.
Six weeks ago, the Gonzo Scientist challenged researchers around the world to interpret their Ph.D. research in dance form, film the dance, and share it with the world on YouTube (Science, 10 October, p. 186). By the 11 p.m. deadline this past Sunday, 36 dances--including solo ballet and circus spectacle--had been submitted online. A panel of nine judges--the three winners of the first "Dance Your Ph.D." contest, three scientists from Harvard University, and three artistic directors of the dance company Pilobolus--scored the dances on their ability to bridge the art and science worlds. Today, Science announces the winners of the 2009 AAAS Science Dance Contest in four categories: Graduate Students, Postdocs, Professors, and Popular Choice:
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Flashback The Apocalypse Quiz: Kiss Your Butts Good-Bye!

Tim Cerantola
Ungratefulbastards
Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:13 UTC
According to many psychics, religious fundamentalists and doomsday enthusiasts (who are all, more or less, the same people), the Bible's final battle between good and evil is now imminent.

In fact, these apocalyptic predictions are taken so seriously by so many; a profitable "end times" industry has emerged to feed this growing gullible audience willing to pay for a daily dosage of doom and gloom.

Granted, in view of recent world events, our collective demise doesn't seem like that much of a stretch, especially when the fear-mongering corporate media cheers from the sidelines, selling these wars along with their regular offerings of disaster, disease, pestilence and Sarah 'my god can beat up your god' Palin's latest nuggets of political wisdom. Perhaps it's only natural for the public to feel threatened and expect the worst.
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'MTV' closed down as broadcasting license expires


Russia Today
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:00 UTC
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MTV' will stop broadcasting as its license expired this summer after 15 years, but it's not the famous music channel experiencing problems. 'Malovereiskoe TV', a small broadcasting station in the heart of a Russian region. Its programming was mainly farming and local gossip and it only had around 600 viewers, but in terms of local TV it was a ratings success.

'MTV' might not be quite what you expect from a TV station - it's tiny and the equipment is minimal. Run by flagship presenter Tatiana and cameraman Sergey, the station has been broadcasting to around 600 farmers and villagers in the nearby area for 15 years, serving a valuable purpose.

"For a small village like this one, television is fantastic! It covers all aspects of local life. It is for each person living here like a window to the world," Tatyana said.
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Man caught with penis in pasta jar

Stephen Ryan
The Herald
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:52 UTC
A man caught near Nobbys Beach with his penis in a pasta sauce jar led police on a 20 kmh car chase, Newcastle Local Court heard yesterday.

Police drew their weapons when they suspected Keith Roy Weatherley, 46, was armed.

Instead, they found him partially clothed with his genitals in a jar, a police statement said.

Weatherley, of Promontory Way, North Arm Cove, attracted attention parked in a no-stopping zone before noon on October 26.

Police believed Weatherley was doing something with his hands in his lap and thought that he might have a weapon.

Weatherley saw the police and drove away, despite them flashing their lights.

The chase lasted five to 10 minutes, with a top speed of just 20 kmh, before Weatherley was stopped at Centenary Drive, Newcastle. He refused to leave the car.
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Japan: Anti-drink cop caught drunk driving


Stuff.co.nz
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:26 UTC
A senior Tokyo police official tasked with keeping the city's roads clear of drunk drivers has been arrested for driving under the influence, police said.

The deputy inspector, on his way home from a camping site, was caught late on Monday after bumping into another car and veering off the road, said a police official in Ibaraki.
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Sarah, Please Read This Before Talking to the Press (Again)!

Martha Rosenberg
OpEdNews
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:14 UTC
As someone with a GED I would like to offer you some speech advice that you could use for whatever "the next chapter of life is going to open up into," as you say in the New York Times. Actually that's a good place to start.

You have a tendency, Sarah, to add unnecessary words to sentences and in other places leave out important words.

The "next chapter of life ," would generally not "open" into anything but, rather, "be." Especially because chapters tend to be linear like books rather than holistic like things that open up.
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Con man told officials he was rock star


United Press International
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:17 UTC
Officials in Dover, England, said they were swindled by a con artist who posed as the lead singer of the rock band Status Quo.

Dover councilors said the con man -- who fled town before his true identity could be uncovered -- had them convinced he was rocker Francis Rossi. He had promised to bring celebrity musicians including Paul McCartney, Charlotte Church, and Queen's Brian May to the town's festival, Sky News reported.

Councilors said the faux-Rossi was treated to rides in the mayor's limousine and received invitations to high profile dinners and events, including a prestigious gathering at Dover Castle, in exchange for agreeing to play at the festival.
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Louisiana town finally gets a ZIP code


United Press International
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:55 UTC
Larose -- The U.S. Postal Service announced the 7,000-person town of Larose, La., has been given its own ZIP code, meaning residents will finally receive mail at home.

Residents previously had to visit post offices in the neighboring towns of Cut Off and Lockport to pick up their mail, but the issuing of ZIP code 70373 to the community means that as of Monday, mail was to be delivered to boxes at the homes of Larose residents, The (Lafourche Parish, La.) Daily Comet reported.
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Wanna-be thugs nabbed after Karate Grandpa shows them his chops

Edgar Sandoval and Wil Cruz
NY Daily News
Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:13 UTC
A 57-year-old Bronx man dusted off his karate skills Tuesday and turned the tables on three would-be robbers decades younger than him, police and the victim said.

Diogenes Angeles was walking to a pharmacy near his home in Morrisania about noon when the young men marked him as an easy target.

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© Schwartz for NewsTwo suspects are escorted from Bronx's 40th Precinct stationhouse after allegedly trying to rob Diogenes Angeles who used karate he learned as a teen to defend himself.
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