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Happy to donate if she promises to sterilize herself so it's a one-time contribution and not something that recurs every few years when another one pops out of her.
 
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Maybe he knew he died days ago. Cosmic connection between father and son.
 
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Texas airport worker dies after being sucked into Delta plane engine

The airport employee died after they were "ingested" into an engine, transport officials said.
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"On Wednesday, regional airline Piedmont was fined $15,625 (£12,285) by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for the death of a ground crew worker six-months earlier in a similar incident in Alabama."

$15K for getting chewed up by an airplane engine. Good to know.
 
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Texas airport worker dies after being sucked into Delta plane engine

The airport employee died after they were "ingested" into an engine, transport officials said.
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"On Wednesday, regional airline Piedmont was fined $15,625 (£12,285) by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for the death of a ground crew worker six-months earlier in a similar incident in Alabama."

$15K for getting chewed up by an airplane engine. Good to know.
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latest reports say it was suicide
 
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Tourist dies trying to drink all 21 cocktails on bar menu​

A tourist holidaying in Jamaica has died after attempting to drink all 21 cocktails on a bar’s drinks menu, an inquest has heard.

The family has since expressed outrage and dissatisfaction with the emergency crews who tried to save him in his hotel, claiming they were unprepared to effectively take care of him



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I hope they didn’t make the surviving family pay for the drinks.
 
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Italian uproar over judge's 10-second groping rule

Young Italians object to the acquittal of a school caretaker who admitted groping a teenage student.
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"The caretaker came up from behind without saying anything. He put his hands down my trousers and inside my underwear.

"He groped my bottom. Then, he pulled me up - hurting my private parts. For me, this is not a joke. This is not how an old man should 'joke' with a teenager."

"That handful of seconds was more than enough for the caretaker to make me feel his hands on me."

The rule should be changed to 5 seconds.
 
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Colorado family members die trying to live 'off the grid'

Relatives say the group had no survival training aside from watching YouTube videos.
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"'You can't go on the internet and watch videos on how to live off the grid, and then actually do it, if you have no experience,' Mrs Jara told the Colorado Springs Gazette. You just can't do that. They died of starvation because they weren't prepared.'

It appears they attempted to construct a shelter, but had given up as winter arrived and instead spent time inside their tent, he told AP News.

'I wonder if winter came on quickly and suddenly they were just in survival mode in the tent,' Mr Barnes said.

'They had a lot of literature with them about outdoor survival and foraging and stuff like that. But it looked like they [bought supplies] at a grocery store.'"

That's one way of getting away from everyone.
 
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Georgia doctor decapitated baby during delivery, according to lawsuit

The parents' attorneys also accused the hospital in Riverdale of of trying to cover up the decapitation by discouraging the couple from getting an autopsy.
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"According to the suit, the baby got stuck during delivery, but St. Julian delayed a surgical procedure and failed to seek help quickly. Instead, she applied 'ridiculously excessive force' on the baby’s head and neck to try to deliver it, attorney Roderick Edmond, who is also a physician, said.

The cesarean section removed the baby’s legs and body, but the head was delivered vaginally, according to Edmond.

Their attorneys also accused Southern Regional staff of trying to cover up the decapitation by discouraging the couple from getting an autopsy, encouraging them to have their son cremated and wrapping and propping his body to make it appear the head was still attached."

Better not to read when eating..
 
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Parents are smashing eggs on their kids heads in new TikTok prank. Doctors say they should stop.

The hashtag #eggprank has more than 670.7 million views. But some commenters have expressed concern that parents might be hurting or humiliating children.
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"While the reactions from the children shown vary, many are seen crying or looking upset and stunned. In some instances, the child walks away, but other kids egg the parent back. The hashtag had more than 670.7 million views as of Tuesday."

Such wonderful parents.
 
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Opposition mounts as London expands fee on older vehicles in bid to curb air pollution

The ultra-low emission zone, or ULEZ, was confined to central London. Tuesday, it comes into force across all 32 boroughs
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"Anyone driving a diesel car or truck built before 2015, or a gas-powered vehicle made prior to 2006, will have to pay £12.50 per day.... The fee applies all day every day, except Christmas, and the fine for non-compliance is £180."

"Mr. Khan has insisted that the vast majority of cars on the road are already ULEZ compliant. The city has also increased the amount it will pay people to scrap old cars – up to £2,000 per vehicle – and officials have said that all money raised from the ULEZ program goes toward improving public transit."

Isn't it easier to just pay the fines than spend 2 thousand quid to properly get rid of your vehicle?
 
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Tired of checking your email? This man went a year without going online

"Rosenberg says friends and family tried to persuade him to put his project 'on hold' as pandemic-related lockdowns were starting. While he says he did consider taking their advice, he went ahead with his plan. Initially, he says he felt like he was missing out on Zoom calls to stay in touch with people, but that soon waned.

For Rosenberg, communicating with others involved making phone calls and writing letters."

He missed out on all the case numbers, lockdown announcements, and 'we're doomed!' infection rates.

That said my brother's kid was sending cards to his day care friends. It would have been nice of them (save one exception) to reply to a 3 year old.
 
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Trevor Noah jumps into fan's car to beat traffic in Johannesburg

The ex-Daily Show host's ordeal played out live on air as he ran late for an interview in Johannesburg.
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You gave up The Daily Show for this?....okay.

"'There's a bicycle fighting with a taxi driver,' he yelled frantically down a crackly phone line to the show's hosts.

'The driver I'm with doesn't know where we're going,' he recalled. 'So I jump out of the car, said I'm gonna run.'

'While I'm running people are in the street - listening to your show - [are] hooting and shouting 'Trevor it's the other way! You're going the wrong way, Trevor!'

'Then one guy decides to stop. He doesn't just point, he stops the car. He says 'Trevor, get in.'

'Then he took me to the wrong building!' Noah roared in exasperation. He was finally spotted by a staff member, who took him to the studio, where Noah was greeted to cheers and applause."
 
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