Interesting News Items

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German man dies after blowing up condom machine

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Originally Posted by dEadERest

Man dies in condom machine robbery on Christmas morning

A man has died in Germany after a condom machine exploded. The 29-year-old was killed after a flying piece of metal from the blast hit him in the head on the morning of December 25 in Münster, Germany.

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Lego changes bulk buy policy after Ai Weiwei backlash


Lego has said it is reversing its policy on bulk purchases and will no longer ask customers what they want to use the bricks for.
The U-turn follows a recent controversy involving Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
In October last year, Ai accused Lego of censorship when it refused to sell its bricks directly to him.
The company said its policy was to reject requests if it believed the bricks would be used to make a political statement.
Ai is known for his criticism of the Chinese government as well as for being one of the world's leading contemporary artists.

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Florida dumps hospital standards after gifts to GOP - CNN.com

Florida hospital gets caught killing/paralyzing infants by letting inexperienced doctors operate on newborns. They donate $200k to Rick Scott and less than two months later a law is passed to lower standards for children's heart surgery to the hospital's level.

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Ex-Taco Bell exec now suing Uber driver for $5 million

"A former Taco Bell executive who was arrested and fired after a viral dash-cam video showed him attacking an Uber driver is now suing that driver for $5 million - saying the driver illegally recorded the violent incident.

Ousted exec Benjamin Golden, 32, also said in court papers that driver Edward Caban, is to blame for any injuries he suffered during their Oct. 30 encounter in Costa Mesa, Calif."

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Email may derail case against Bill Cosby - CNN.com

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Sarah Palin?s son Track arrested for domestic violence in Alaska.

I'm sure there will be some nice discussion considering Palin has just backed Trump.

Sarah Palin’s 26-year-old son, Track Palin, was arrested in Wasilla, Alaska on Monday night on domestic violence and weapons charges after he allegedly punched and kicked his girlfriend during an argument. The son of the former vice presidential candidate for a mainstream American political party is facing three misdemeanor charges—assault, interfering with the reporting of domestic violence, and possessing a gun while intoxicated.

Here’s more on what transpired from the Alaska Dispatch News:

According to an affidavit filed in the case by Wasilla police officer Andrew Kappler, a woman called 911 just after 10 p.m. Monday to report a man had just “punched her in the face and that a firearm was involved…” Less than 10 minutes later, police arrived at a home along Lake Lucille on the West Parks Highway, where they found Track Palin walking around outside, the affidavit says… Palin claimed to not know where the woman was and denied the involvement of a gun, although he did tell detectives there were firearms in the house. “Due to Palin’s escalating hostility, the unknown whereabouts of the 911 caller, and officer safety, Palin was placed into handcuffs,” Kappler wrote.

The woman was later found hiding and crying under a bed inside. Palin told police he and the woman had been arguing over her communication with an ex-boyfriend… The woman also said the two had been arguing for the better part of the night, and in the driveway of the Palin family home. “Palin approached (her) and struck her on the left side of her face with a closed fist.” The woman then told police she fell to the ground in the fetal position and Palin kicked her in her knee before picking up her phone and throwing it. According to the affidavit, the woman grabbed her phone and went inside, where she said she found Palin holding a gun with the barrel pointed near his face and saying “do you think I won’t do it?” “(The woman) was concerned that he would shoot himself and ran outside and around the house,” Kappler wrote. She eventually hid under the bed, where she was discovered by police.

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Brighton school allows pupils to choose a uniform that matches their gender identity:

Brighton College scraps uniform code for transgender pupils - BBC News

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Man Dies In I-75 Crash While Allegedly Watching Porn Behind The Wheel, Pantsless

DETROIT (CBS Detroit) A new level of distracted driving was reached when a 58-year-old man, allegedly preoccupied by a pornographic movie on his phone, crashed and rolled his vehicle.

It happened at about 3:30 a.m. Sunday on the ramp from the Lodge to I-75 in Detroit, Michigan State Police told WWJ 950.

Michigan State Police Lt. Mike Shaw said it’s the strangest thing he’s ever encountered on the roadway.

“We see people putting on makeup, we see people doing different things as far as hygiene, as far as reading books, it’s almost to the fact there’s so much technology out there a lot of people are more paying attention to what they’re doing other than driving their cars,” Shaw said.

The victim, who was behind the wheel of a 1996 Toyota, was thrown from the vehicle and died. He wasn’t wearing pants, police told FOX 2.

No others drivers were struck.


Man Dies In I-75 Crash While Allegedly Watching Porn Behind The Wheel, Pantsless « CBS Detroit

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Joseph Fiennes Cast as Michael Jackson For UK TV Special

"The casting of a white British actor to portray one of the most famous black American musicians in history has been met with outrage and puzzlement by fans worldwide."

"Titled Elizabeth, Michael & Marlon, the half-hour special is a comic-dramatization of a series of events that allegedly took place involving Jackson, Marlon Brando, and Elizabeth Taylor in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001. As recounted in an account published in Vanity Fair Magazine, Jackson had flown Taylor and Brando to New York several nights before to attend his Madison Square Garden concert, only to become panicked that all three were in mortal danger when word of the attacks on the World Trade Center reached him."