Xenia, Ohio

XENIA, Ohio (AP) — Burger King Corp. said Tuesday it has parted ways with an employee who was recorded taking a soapy bath in the restaurant's utility sink. The nearly four-minute video, which was posted Thursday on MySpace.com, shows the unidentified employee taking the bath to celebrate his birthday.

The worker, who refers to himself as "Mr. Unstable," appears to be naked.

Burger King spokeswoman Denise Wilson said two employees involved in the incident were fired and another quit. She declined to identify the employees or say whether the man who took the bath quit or was fired.

The sink is used to clean large pieces of equipment, said Greene Health Commissioner Mark McDonnell. Bacteria or viruses on the skin could have potentially contaminated equipment, but there have been no reports of any customers becoming ill.

McDonnell said he dispatched an inspector to the restaurant, but at that point the restaurant had sterilized the sink.

Miami-based Burger King, the nation's No. 2 hamburger chain, said in a statement that it also disposed of all kitchen tools and utensils used in the incident and is retraining the staff in health and sanitation procedures.

Xenia is about 15 miles east of Dayton.

Xenia, Ohio is where the film Gummo takes place.

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Real Talk.

If The Dark Knight maintains its current pace, the movie should have enough momentum to overtake the original Star Wars ($461 million, including rereleases) by the end of next weekend.

The War In South Ossetia, Georgia.

HOPE THIS ISN'T YOUR MAN!

Famous blacks are getting hurt and dying! Also: Paul Newman.

DMX Freestyles At Court Hearing:

"If and when you ever fall down/ Get back up," he rapped outside the courtroom, when asked for a comment following the hearing, according to a Reuters report. "Drop something/ Stop fretting/ Pick that ... back up/ Stand for something or fall for everything/ Wait for the right pitch or miss with every swing."

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Photo Gallery of a [Bad Dude|Real Piece of Work]

This is Clark Rockefeller. He is a Bad Dude and a Real Piece of Work.

He was arrested on August 2, for the kidnapping of his 7-year-old daughter. He is also probably Christopher Chichester, a man wanted for the 1985 disappearance of a couple in California. Before this he might have [originally] been a German exchange student name Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter. He was lured out of his barely-furnished apartment where his daughter was then found.

The media suggests that Rockefeller/Chichester/Gerhartsreiter/Chip Smith (seriously) had never revealed his true identity to his family. He was known as Chip Smith at the marina where his never-used catamaran was docked.

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About Morgan Freeman's Injury

Freeman, 71, cheated death on Sunday when a car he was driving left the road and rolled over, leaving the Oscar-winning star of "The Dark Knight" with a broken arm, elbow and minor shoulder damage.

Freeman underwent surgery to mend his injuries at Regional Medical Center in Memphis on Tuesday.

"He was released today at noon local time and is now resting comfortably," Freeman's spokesman Ken Sunshine told AFP.

Freeman won an Academy Award for his role in 2004's Clint Eastwood boxing drama "Million Dollar Baby" and is famous for his authoritative voice that has been used to narrate documentaries and commercials as well as film roles.

Morgan Freeman leaves hospital after surgery

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Australia

A TERRITORY man filmed himself speeding at 150km/h while masturbating at the wheel of his drug-laden car, a court heard.

His Holden SV6 was allegedly laden with 5kg of drugs, including two cannabis plants resting on the back seat, the court was told.

Brendon Alan Erhardt, 39, was granted bail so he could marry his girlfriend of six months before he goes to jail.

Prosecutor Sergeant Melinda Edwards said in court the father-of-three told police he "had masturbated while driving'' just before he was stopped for speeding on the 130km/h stretch of the Stuart Hwy.

"(He) also video recorded himself masturbating while travelling at a speed of 150km/h.''

Sgt Edwards said Mr Erhardt -- who was disqualified from driving -- also told officers his act was "not dangerous'' as the "only person he could hurt was himself''.

Darwin Magistrates Court heard Mr Erhardt was stopped by NT police 25km south of Daly Waters on July 16 for allegedly speeding at 147km/h on his way home from Adelaide.

Police noticed he was "visibly agitated'', and when they told him they were going to search his Holden sedan, he said "go right ahead'', Sgt Edwards said.

It is alleged that officers found 4.96kg of cannabis hidden in a blue esky in the boot, two cannabis plants on the back seat, two drug pipes and a loaded .22 rifle.

Sgt Edwards said Mr Erhardt was arrested and told officers he had "found'' the drugs at a rest stop 100km north of Coober Pedy -- and he intended to smoke all of it at his Noonamah home.

Mr Erhardt also told police he had used the rifle to shoot "kangaroos from the vehicle whilst driving north''.

The court heard the cannabis was worth $136,000 if sold by the gram in Darwin -- or double that in indigenous communities.

Mr Erhardt applied twice for bail last week so he could get married before going to jail.

Magistrate Greg Cavanagh said it was "fanciful'' Mr Erhardt had "just found'' the drugs and that it looked like a "courier'' run.

He granted Mr Erhardt $10,000 bail, and his father also posted a $8000 surety.

Mr Erhardt will face court again on September 1.

From: Northern Territory News

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Australia has overtaken the United States as the world's most obese nation, a new report says.

Ex-NYPD cops say smiley face is link in 40 deaths by serial killer syndicate!

Street sweeper crushes Bronx dog

DMX arrested, again.

Top level domain names like totally opened up.

MySpace Page -- Funk/Hip Hop group that does songs exclusively about feet.

A meat company has been branded Dickensian after forcing its employees to clock-off every time they want to go to the toilet.

Pilots in India often fail alcohol tests.

Good News: Earth actually not at risk for being sucked into black holes created by massive particle collider.

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Some Mega Bullshit

I guess it sucks when the shoe is on the other foot -- Or something. Pixar could do a movie about a young witty paparazzo and call it Filthy. Who would voice the main character?

Paparazzo Claims 'Iron Man' Robbed Him A photographer from LA is claiming that his above photo was used without permission in the new Iron Man movie. Ronnie Adams, currently employed at JFX paparazzi agency, is suing Paramount and Marvel over copyright infringement for an image featured on the front page of a mock newspaper being read by Robert Downey Jr.

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Oh Shit

Internet body approves domain name big bang

PARIS (AFP) — Web regulators Thursday voted to allow the creation of thousands of new domain names, from .paris to .Pepsi, in one of the biggest shake-ups in Internet history, a French web official said.

The overhaul is expected to radically change the way users navigate the Internet and has major implications for businesses and consumers worldwide.

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You Know The Dude Just Faked It

A hedge-fund swindler who was supposed to be driving himself to prison abandoned his car on a bridge with the phrase "Suicide is Painless" scrawled on its hood, but no body has been found in the river below -- and the victims of his fraud say they doubt he killed himself.

The FBI and state police are skeptical, saying they're still looking for Samuel Israel III.

Israel, 48, a co-founder and chief executive of the now-collapsed Bayou hedge funds, was sentenced in April to 20 years in federal prison for conspiracy and fraud, to begin Monday afternoon. He was also ordered to pay $300 million to his victims.

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Clearly, money talks -- and it speaks a language I don't fully understand. They let a thief, who stole hundreds of millions of dollars from investors, drive himself to prison.

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Akihabara: Seven Dead, Eleven Injured

TOKYO – A 25-year-old man "tired" of life went on a killing rampage in a busy shopping area in central Tokyo on Sunday, plowing his truck into a crowd of pedestrians before stabbing passers-by with a survival knife. Seven people died and 11 others were injured in the attack.

The attack took place shortly after noon on a main thoroughfare that had been closed off to vehicles for the day in Akihabara, the main district for electronic goods in Tokyo and a magnet for fans of Japanese anime and manga comics. The location, as well as the number of fatalities, stunned a country that has long enjoyed low crime rates but has recently experienced random stabbings in less-high-profile areas.

The police identified the attacker as Tomohiro Kato, who was living by himself in a small apartment in Shizuoka, a prefecture just west of Tokyo.

According to the Japanese media, Mr. Kato told the police that he had grown "tired" of life, "hated the world" and had gone to Akihabara to kill people.

"Anyone was O.K.," he told the police, according to the Japanese media.

Japanese television showed the police holding on the ground Mr. Kato, dressed in a black T-shirt, off-white trousers and jacket, and wearing sneakers, about five minutes after the attack started.

Around 12:30 p.m., the suspect drove a white, two-ton rental truck into an intersection of the vehicle-free thoroughfare, making zigzags and hitting several people, the police said. The man then got out of his car and, yelling in a loud voice, began randomly stabbing passers-by, including a police officer, with a survival knife.

Japanese television, displaying video that witnesses had captured on cellphones, showed bodies scattered in the area just after the attack. The authorities could be seen trying to revive several victims.

Six men and one woman, ranging in age from 19 years old to 74 years old, died from their injuries, the authorities said.

From The New York Times

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Before we get to Ray Kurzweil’s plan for upgrading the “suboptimal software” in your brain, let me pass on some of the cheery news he brought to the World Science Festival last week in New York.

Do you have trouble sticking to a diet? Have patience. Within 10 years, Dr. Kurzweil explained, there will be a drug that lets you eat whatever you want without gaining weight.

Worried about greenhouse gas emissions? Have faith. Solar power may look terribly uneconomical at the moment, but with the exponential progress being made in nanoengineering, Dr. Kurzweil calculates that it’ll be cost-competitive with fossil fuels in just five years, and that within 20 years all our energy will come from clean sources.

Are you depressed by the prospect of dying? Well, if you can hang on another 15 years, your life expectancy will keep rising every year faster than you’re aging. And then, before the century is even half over, you can be around for the Singularity, that revolutionary transition when humans and/or machines start evolving into immortal beings with ever-improving software.

At least that’s Dr. Kurzweil’s calculation. It may sound too good to be true, but even his critics acknowledge he’s not your ordinary sci-fi fantasist. He is a futurist with a track record and enough credibility for the National Academy of Engineering to publish his sunny forecast for solar energy.

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Indigenous Brazilians Protest Dam. Great Photographs; Blood

Brazilian Indians ride a bus in Altamira, Brazil, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. Amazon Indians and activists continue to protest a proposed hydroelectric dam on the nearby Xingu River. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Paulo Fernando Rezende, an engineer for Brazil's national electric company Eletrobras in charge of Belo Monte dam studies, is seen before being attacked with machetes by Indians who are protesting a proposed hydroelectric dam in Altamira, Brazil, Tuesday, May 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Paulo Fernando Rezende, an engineer for Brazil's national electric company Eletrobras in charge of Belo Monte dam studies, is surrounded by the press after being attacked with machetes by Indians who are protesting a proposed hydroelectric dam in Altamira, Brazil, Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Rezende, who suffered a deep gash on his right shoulder, was attacked moments after he gave a presentation to a gathering debating the impact of the Belo Monte dam on traditional communities. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

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Sydney Pollack is dead.

I'm going to fart

Hulk Hogan involved in multiple car wreck.

Study suggests that a 12-16 hour period of fasting can help people reset their sleep cycle.

Indiana Jones Rip-offs.

Memorial Day Weekend: Indiana Jones sells over $300 million in tickets worldwide. (Think the movie sucked? You probably aren't over 30 with children -- this was the target demographic.)

Tamil Tigers kill 7 on train w/ bomb

Unruly donkey attacks 2 in Mexico, is jailed.

Harlem: Lenox Avenue sprayed with bullets; 8 wounded.

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Think About What They Did To Those Kennedys, And Then Think About What They Might Try To Pull On You and Me

On May 25th, 2008, Trotta made news after expressing a desire on Fox News that U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama be assassinated in the run up to the 2008 United States presidential election. Prior to calling for his assassination she referred to Barack Obama as "Osama". Her co-anchor then made a remark about how that was her opinion and that she preferred Hillary Clinton or John McCain.

In reference to Hillary Rodham Clinton's controversial reference to Robert F. Kennedy's June, 1968, assassination in a discussion of the ongoing 2008 Democratic primaries, she stated,

"[...] and now we have what some are reading as a suggestion that somebody knock off Osama. Um, uh, Obama. Well them both, if we could."

Trotta briefly laughed after her remarks.

Liz Trotta @ Wikipedia

Update: Weak Apology @ 2:45

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100 Years Ago Today in The New York Times: Horse Kills Dog

NY Times 'TimesMachine'

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The most peaceful place in the Arab world is ruled by a gay sultan.

New 'Indiana Jones' enrages Russian Communists. [reviews]

South Africa is wild as fuck: Disease, Martial Law, Immigration Issues that make ours look tame, and A President Who Might Be Worse Than Bush.

The best essay ever written about human intelligence.

Local skinhead murderer from 1989 meets justice nearly two decades later.

Monday: cyclists in Columbus Ohio will bike to and eat at all 19 'White Castle' locations in the city.

Nigerian News: Wailing, crying, explosions, women turning into cats, tribal tension and kidney diseases.

Back in the US: In Dallas, a naked mother argues with son and accidentally shoots herself in the finger while loading the gun (while naked). Dallas is also where Charles Ray Fuller attempted to cash a check for 360 billion.

Hillary Clinton offends the nation.

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Then Richard Prior Go and Burn Up, and Ike + Tina Break Up, Then I Wake Up To More Bullshit

This is unprecedented:

R. Kelly's lawyer Sam Adam Jr. has suggested that an alleged sex tape featuring the R&B star could have been created using the special effects technology from the film Little Man.

Kelly - currently standing trial on child pornography charges - saw his lawyer argue to the court that a video showing him allegedly engaging in a sex act with an underage girl may have been tampered with using computer graphics.

During the defence's cross examination of the victim's friend Simha Johnson, Adam asked the witness if she had seen the film Little Man.

He said: "They put the head of Marlon Wayans on a midget and it looked real, didn't it?"

Jamison replied "Not really!", causing the courtroom to erupt into laughter.

In 2002, Kelly was charged with 21 counts relating to child pornography and released on $750,000 (£380,000) bail. Seven of the charges have since been dropped.

If found guilty the singer could face a maximum of 15 years in prison.

Source
'The Little Man Defense' @ C+D

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New research in India suggests exposure to pesticides could have damaged the DNA of people in farming communities, leading to higher rates of cancer.

Brazil has more cybercriminals than Nigeria.

A Catholic priest has filed a restraining order against the parents of a severely autistic 13-year-old boy in an effort to keep him from attending the church in Bertha on Sundays.

A grandmother tells how she was bound, beaten and robbed by a gang of "ladyboys" while on holiday in Thailand.

Indiana Jones Rip-offs.

Woman rides horse to work.

Man sprays urine all over grocery store food.

Chief Bush bioethics advisor: eating ice cream in public shameful, offensive

Backstreet Boys/'N SYNC creator sentenced to 25 years in prison for decades long scam resulting in over $300 million stolen from investors.

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Shark Niggas (Biters)

Three days ago: Kennedy hospitalized after seizure and fear of stroke. Today it was revealed that he has a malignant brain tumor.


Today: The governor of New York State, David Paterson, checked himself into hospital on Tuesday for a severe migraine headache

Raekwon + Ghostface - Shark Niggas (Biters):



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The world's smallest and rarest species of wild pig was once believed to be extinct - but it may now be saved thanks to conservation efforts.

The pygmy hog (Porcula salvania) stands barely 25-30 cm (10-12 inches) high and weighs up to 9kg (20lb).

Just a few hundred at most are thought to remain, all of them in India's north-eastern state of Assam.

Over the past decade the pigs have been bred in captivity and the process of releasing them into the wild has begun.

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