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Mubarek resigns. We're nervous though. He could pull a Favre and end up the president of the Minnesota Vikings.
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Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
CARCASSONNE, France - French police say they have arrested a 63-year-old woman who was leading her 40-year-old companion along a busy shopping street by a leash attached to his exposed penis.
The couple were detained on Wednesday afternoon in the southwestern city of Carcassonne and were due to appear in court in April on charges of public indecency.
The couple admitted to being sex addicts and said they were in the middle of a game when arrested, police said on Thursday.
Yes, this story is weird enough, but what really astounded me…They make PENIS leashes?? What?!?
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) – As if having an NBA D-League team named the Mad Ants doesn’t already make the town of Fort Wayne, Indiana cool enough already, now they are paving the way in awesome building naming innovations.
They are building a new government center in Fort Wayne, and there is an online poll that has been started to try and decide what they are going to name the new building. The runaway winner in online voting is a former Indiana mayor who won four terms in the 1930s and 1950s however, the honorable former mayor is proving less popular with modern-day city leaders, Deputy Mayor Beth Malloy said that even though the former mayor is destroying all comers in the popular vote, the city still probably won't be putting the name of the city's longest-tenured mayor on the center.
The issue is the dude’s name. His last name is spelled Baals, and his first name is Harold however, of course he went by the more familiar name of Harry. And yes the mayor pronounced B-a-a-l-s as "balls." His descendants have since changed it to "bales" for obvious reasons, but the fact remains that a groundswell of support has sprung up to name the new building the Harry Baals Government Center
Supporters said it's unfair that the former mayor can't be recognized simply because his name makes some people snicker. But opponents fear that naming the center after Baals would make Fort Wayne the target of late-night television jokes.
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"We realize that while Harry Baals was a respected mayor, but not everyone outside of Fort Wayne will know that," Deputy Mayor Malloy said Tuesday in a statement to The AP. "We wanted to pick something that would reflect our pride in our community beyond the boundaries of Fort Wayne."
An online site taking suggestions for names showed more than 1,000 votes Tuesday for the. That's more than three times the votes received by the closest contender.
Jim Baals, 51, who has lived in the city his entire life, said it's unfortunate that his great-uncle's name won't be considered for the building.
"Harry served four terms and was a wonderful mayor. I don't know what the problem is," he said. "I understand people are going to poke fun at it. That's OK. I've lived with that name for 51 years now and I've gotten through it. I think everybody else can, too."
I found this story and loved it, but then I thought about not doing this story after I heard it in several places over the past few days. But come on…Like I’m NOT going to do a story about a guy named Harry Baals? The best take I heard on this was from Craig Fergusson…(Clip 31)
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota high school wresling team's bid for a fourth consecutive regional championship has been ended…by a raccoon
The Carrington High School team was pulled from Saturday's tournament when officials discovered the athletes had been exposed to a live raccoon.
Grafton Police Sgt. Anthony Dumas says the team picked up what members thought was a dead raccoon on the way to the tournament in Grafton and stowed in the storage area of their bus. Dumas says when the compartment was opened later, the raccoon "just trotted away."
The animal didn't scratch or bite anyone, but it's not known whether it had rabies.
The Grand Forks Herald reports school officials brought the team home as a precaution. Health officials say there's no risk to athletes who competed against Carrington.
…So, they didn’t get scratched or bitten, but because they had been EXPOSED they had to forfeit their chance for a fourth straight wrestling regional championship? Whatever you do, don’t tell these wrestling officials that you went to the zoo! You’ve been exposed to lions, gorillas and rhinos? We may need to euthanize!
Also in regards to this story. You see a dead raccoon on the way to the tournament, and your first inclination in to pick it up and toss it into the bus? What’s going on there? Practical joke? Are you hoping to eat it later? Is the science department woefully underfunded, so they’ll dissect anything? Seriously, who pucks up a dead raccoon?
I’m Craig, and that is the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Bring on Face and The Whale:
In reference to the brouhaha made about the Seahawks getting in with a losing record:
1982 – Due to the strike, they had a weird playoff bracket this year. They took the top 8 teams from each conference, disregarding divisions. Then they did a straight tournament style bracket where every team had to win 4 games to win the Super Bowl. 2 teams with losing records made the playoffs (4-5 Detroit Lions and 4-5 Cleveland Browns)
Are you uncomfortable entering Wal-Mart? We have a greeter at my local Wal-Mart who makes me super deluxe uncomfortable when I walk in.
Toilet Paper: Crumple or Fold?
Magnificent 7: Top Seven Secondary Simpsons characters:
7. Comic Book Guy
6. Ned Flanders
5. Barney Gumble
4. Charles Montgomery Burns
3. Ralph Wiggum
2. Troy McClure
1. Abraham “Grampa” Simpson
Great Moments in the History of Blogtalk Radio: (Clip 11)
2nd hand Liver disease – (Clip 29)
Week in Wankery:
-People that wear shorts in the winter time.
-Westboro Baptist Terror Cell
-Photo Radar/Stoplights
-Radio DJ’s who “talk up” songs.
-People without diabetes discussing diabetes.
-Beware of Dow – Won the grand prize for the Super Bowl squares and
-Jonah Keri –Allowed himself to be interviewed for VSR
-PayPal hackers – Bad enough you tried to steal 147 dollars from me, but to change my language preference to French?
A HAIR transplant patient had a swear word branded on his scalp for 19 YEARS without knowing.
Darren Hope, 40, finally found "Wanker" on his scalp when he shaved his head.
A surgeon left the two-inch capital letters across the back of his head by removing tiny hair roots. But the word was hidden by the new locks he implanted.
Single Darren was a balding 21-year-old when he had the £7,000 Gordon Ramsay-style op at a London clinic. He recently changed to a short hairstyle - and pals saw the word when he took his cap off while playing cricket.
After finding out about the alteration, Darren said: "It is about five inches long - I can't believe I never knew.
"I'd love to sue the surgeon but the clinic has closed down."
The electrician, who has been told the word cannot be removed, said: "I'll have to keep my hair long."
Zambia, Armenia, Nicaragua, and Romania – Getting Steelers Championship gear.
7 Billion on Potato Chips
2 Billion on Energy research and development
4 out of 5 Wal-mart suppliers are Chinese.
My donkey basketball experience.
The Puppy Bowl - Excellent
Questions to ponder:
Why don't they show total number of tickets sold rather than how much money the movie made when doing box-office records?
Does anyone go to the Wikipedia Home page first? I always end up on it when I google search for something.
What would be the scariest animal if it turned into a vampire?
Vampire Walrus
Band Name of the Week: Vampire Walrus
Wells Fargo has an odd business plan: Just got my free iPod Shuffle, and I’ve on two separate occasions gotten 50 bucks from them just for opening a checking account.
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? – Egregious omission.
Googling myself:
1. Dodge Dealership:
Craig Dodge in Gastonia, North Carolina (704) 864-7786
2. CraigDodge.com (NOT ME) – Post about squirrel eating
3. Deputy Craig Dodge – Nebraska Police officer shot in the line of duty in 1987
4. Craig Dodge on Linked In:
1. Portland, Oregon – Architecture and Planning
2. Boston, Mass - Medical Devices
3. Reading, UK – IT (Account Manager at McAfee)
4. Price Edward Island, Canada – Video Game Composer/Sound Designer
5. Me
5. Me on Facebook
6. Me on Twitter
7. Police Officer shot
8. Dude teaching English in Taiwan
9. Craig “Dodge” Lile – Indie Music promoter
10. Real Estate listing on “Craig Dodge” road in Lincoln, NE. (Probably named after the cop shot in the line of duty)
FT. LUPTON, Colo. -- She is six weeks pregnant and when she went to the pharmacy to pick up an antibiotic her doctor had prescribed, the pharmacist gave her an abortion drug by mistake.
Mareena Silva might lose her unborn child because of the prescription drug error, which occurred last Thursday.
"I took it because I thought it was mine," Silva said.
Silva said the pharmacist at the Ft. Lupton Safeway gave her the prescription of methotrexate. Methotrexate is used in chemotherapy regimens to treat cancer, but it is also used to terminate early-stage pregnancies.
After she took it, Silva was nauseated.
"I came back and I looked at the bottle and it wasn't my name," she said.
The methotrexate was intended for a 59-year-old woman with the exact same last name as Silva's and a similar first name.
"My doctor immediately told me to try and make myself vomit to see if I could get the medicine to come back up," Silva said.
Silva was then rushed to Platte Valley Medical Center where they gave her charcoal to absorb the drug.
"For all this to happen now is really overwhelming," said Silva. "This is my first child, so it's really difficult to deal with."
When 7NEWS asked, Safeway admitted its pharmacy mixed up prescriptions.
In a statement to 7NEWS, Safeway said, "Safeway's first concern is the health of our patients. When the pharmacist became aware of what happened, he worked with the patient and with her physicians to minimize any possible health consequences to the patient and her unborn child. We have extended our sincere apologies to the customer, and offered to pay any medical expenses incurred as a result of a prescription error. We are also very concerned about how this happened and we are conducting a full and complete investigation. Safeway has pharmacy systems and processes in place to prevent this kind of occurrence. We have a well-earned reputation for reliably and safely filling prescriptions, and we will continue to work diligently to ensure our procedures and policies are being followed at each of our pharmacies."
Silva isn't so convinced.
"Sorry's not going to cut it. I'm going to have to deal with this for a long time," Silva said. "My baby could have deformities. There's a lot that goes with it."
Doctors are checking Silva's bloodwork to make sure her hormone levels are OK. She could miscarry, carry the child to full-term with severe birth defects or she could have a happy, healthy baby.
7NEWS checked and it is common practice at Walgreens and other pharmacies to ask for your address when issuing prescription medication just in case names are similar.
Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
James Germain and the Grey Grey Days – A Girl and a Graveyard (Clip 80)
Shalom and Good Evening to you all!
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