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Robber who broke into hair salon is beaten by its black-belt owner and kept as a sex slave for three days… fed only Viagra. Yes this is a real story. Our planned cross country robbing spree in Russia could turn out to be really interesting.

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Japanese scientists have engineered an edible meat using solid human waste. It’s perfectly nutritious and apparently tastes like beef. Be sure to ask for flys with your crappy meal.

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Dr. Jack Kevorkian who had been hailed as both a savior and a devil in his lifetime for his pioneering work in assisted suicide passed away from a dislodged blood clot. He sparked an ongoing debate in our country that has yet to be resolved.

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Real estate money mogul Donald Trump drops his bid for the 2012 presidential race. Thank God.

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Software giant Microsoft has purchased the online telephone network Skype for $8.5 billion. Why exactly is the big question.

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Prolific American Film Director Sidney Lumet passed away over the weekend at the age of 86. His life’s work will be remembered and enjoyed for many generations to come.

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Motion designer/director Danny Yount spoke recently at the Semi-Permanent event in Hong Kong about producing motion design for Hollywood, and what it takes to break into the close-knit world of Hollywood as a motion designer. Danny is someone we really look up to and I know we are not alone in our respect for him when it comes to what he has achieved in recent years as a motionographer.

written by Christopher | tags: 3d, Hong Kong, motion design, Semi Permanent

One of the largest earthquakes ever recorded rocked Japan today causing a massive tsunami that swept away homes, farms, cars, roads and possibly thousands or more victims across a 1300 mile swath of coastland. The 8.9 quake stretched hundreds of miles from it’s epicenter shaking cities as far away inland as Tokyo. Ripples from this quake will no doubt be felt around the world including possible smaller Tsunamis striking the Hawaiian islands and the west coast of the United States. Our hearts go out to our brothers and sisters in Japan.

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Protesters flooded the streets of Bahrain’s capital Sunday rejecting the King’s appeal for talks and refusing to end the country’s two week crisis.

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Amidst a wave of revolution another country, Oman erupts in demonstration as police fire on protesters killing 2.

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Libyan revolutionaries have seized the city closest to the capital after a week of civil war. After 40 years it appears possible that Muammar Gaddafi’s reign may be drawing to a close.

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Once again in response to South Korean demonstrations to oust dictator Kim Jong Il as well as American military drills, North Korea has threatened to attack both South Korea and the U.S.

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In a historic move that will echo throughout the Middle East, Hosni Mubarak has stepped down from his position as President and handed power over to the military. Power to the Egyptian people.

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The answer to campus shooters? More shooters, of course. Leading the charge to remove institutions of higher learning from the list of gun-free zones is…wait for it… Texas! In the words of one university president, “Mixing youth, handguns and partying is, in my view, a mix for serious concerns about safety on campus.”

written by Mike Slane

The upheavals sweeping the Arab world have arrived in Jordan. In the wake of protests King Abdullah abruptly fired his entire cabinet. Yet another autocrat appears ready to fall as something extraordinary takes hold of the region.

written by Mike Slane

Try as it may with too little after much too long a period of time the Egyptian government has so far had little to no success mollifying the protests that have erupted in the streets of Cairo. The people demand their freedom.

written by Christopher

In an unexpectedly abrupt fashion longtime liberal news anchor Keith Olbermann resigns from MSNBC. The network has so far run the headline that they decided to ‘end his contract’.

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A ‘house of horrors‘ in Philadelphia has been closed as murder charges were filed against Dr. Kermit Gosnell whose clinic operated from 1979 to 2010 performing extremely late term abortions. Gosnell often induced labor and murdered the living aborted babies with scissors in a procedure he called ‘snipping’.

written by Christopher