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    Vicar arrested, bailed out in baby murder mystery

    "A vicar and his daughter have been bailed after their arrests on suspicion of murdering a baby. The Reverend James Percival, 64, of Holy Trinity Church in Freckleton, and daughter Ruth, 28, were also arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to conceal the birth of a child." I've been following this one for a couple of days; I think it'll turn out he was helping his daughter hide a pregnancy and it went horribly wrong. It sure reads like the beginning of a particularly shocking murder mystery. Vicar bailed over newborn baby murder Read at Google+

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    Roast veg, mmmmm

    also, "duvet lifter." LOL! It’s roasted veg, but not as we know it | Back to Basics Back to Basics: Roasted vegetables can be deeply satisfying, and so much more than bog-standard student nosh. Find our revelatory tips here Read at Google+

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    Creativity In The Woodshop

    Creativity In The Woodshop Among Dartmouth’s Lathes And Saws, Lessons In Creativity In a woodshop on the Ivy League campus, Dudley Whitney shapes blocks of wood … and the lives of his students. Read at Google+

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    When Pigs Don't Fly

    … neither do their owners. Pig doesn’t fly: airline bans ‘disruptive’ emotional support animal and owner A woman and her pet porker are grounded after complaints from fellow passengers on flight from Hartford, Connecticut Read at Google+

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    Shooting at Nordstrom's in Chicago

    As you might have guessed, it was based on domestic abuse. An ex-boyfriend shot a woman on her 22nd birthday at the place she worked, because it was one place and time where he knew how to find her. The family member that let slip to him where she was working will have to deal with their lapse in judgement. I hope the young woman survives, her family had been planning a surprise birthday party for her when they got the awful news that her stalker ex-boyfriend had shot her at work. Apparently his parents are both cops, so the…

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    Archaeology: Flint Axe Found with Wooden Haft Intact

    Interesting – other object found nearby, all stuck into tidal mud ‘Very Special’ Stone Age Axe Discovered Archaeologists have unearthed an incredibly rare flint axe from the Stone Age that just may have been used in an ancient ritual. The 5,500-year-old discovery — found jammed into the Earth with its wooden handle still attached — was part of an on… Read at Google+

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    James Watson To Sell Nobel Prize Medal

    … but he appears to be an unrepentant asshole, just speaking more carefully to the press now. Disgraced DNA pioneer James Watson to sell his Nobel Prize medal US scientist wants to ‘re-enter public life’ after being shunned for seven years over his comment linking race and intelligence Read at Google+

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    Always the way

    Always the way GOP ‘Payback’ to White Working Class That Voted Them in: Cut Earned Income Tax and Child Tax Credit President Obama does something Republicans don’t like on immigration, and their idea of payback is to stick it to working-class Americans who have kids, most of whom — when we are talking about whites — just voted to make them the majority party in… Read at Google+

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    Black Friday's Origins

    No, we're not shopping today. I've never liked shopping as a competitive contact sport, but it turns out it DOES have its origins in a football game. After a year off, the triumphant return of my annual Black Friday post Read at Google+