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• Get your binoculars ready kids! Weekend forecast calls for meteor showers. I’m on it!
• Apple loses UK Samsung appeal, forced to run “apology” ads, banner style, 6-months at a time.
• Chinese Thunder God Vine (sounds like a metal band) plant found to kill pancreatic tumors in mice, human testing coming soon.
• Ever wonder why wine and tea go so well with a meal? Wonder no more!
• Joaquin Phoenix says goodbye to Oscar chances…proceeds to call Awards “Total Utter BS”
• Kim DotCom is back, kills Megaupload, storms back with Mega!
• Twitter shuts down German Neo-Nazi’s group account, first account to be blocked.
• Better beer is on the way. Barley Genome has been found to be the key to better beer. How?
• Cannabis factory couple who gave away their fortune to help Kenyan village, jailed for 3 years.
• Busted! Drunk military contractors caught on video in Afghanistan – rowdy drunkards.
• Christian woman lives biblically for one year, calls hubby master, grows out hair. Like, whoa!
• Most interesting! The life of a female enforcer - on trial for killing actress Juliana Redding
• Deserving winner: 22-yr old who dropped out of college to work 2 jobs to support single mom & family wins $30.5M jackpot.
• Darth Vader’s wife reportedly punched in the face. Don’t they know they are the dark side?
• Sylvia Kristel, star of Emmanuelle, dies at 60. She was great in that film.
• For the kids: Trick or Tracker app points kids to home – just downloaded J
• A little disappointing: No microbes in first sample from Lake Vostok
• Apple is looking to discontinue iPad 2 to make room for iPad mini. Then the iPad tiny, then the iPad microbe…
• Tim Tebow mentioned as possible RB to add depth while Shonn Greene continues to improve. Uh, NO.
• Caroline Wozniacki dethrones Cibulkova on Moscow. It’s that dreaded backspin I tell ya.
• Controversial rap lyrics website just scored a $15M investment, lives up to its name RapGenius.com
• Austin Rehkow kicks 67-yard field goal, breaks NFL records and…he’s a high schooler!
• Tom Hanks drops F-Bomb on GMA after warning that he might drop an F-Bomb. Least he warned us?
• Ominous October surprise online countdown clock makes voters curious. I’m curious myself.
• Rescue Rangers: Air Canada flight takes two-hour detour to find missing sailor
• Free online education is now illegal in Minnesota. Just what we need, less education.
• Befuddled FTC offers $50K prize if someone else can stop robocalls.
• Malala Yousafzai can now stand and communicate after being shot in the head. AWESOME.
• YouTube launches digital thermometer to help non-profits communicate better – what a stellar idea!
• Saudi Arabia reveals plans to be powered entirely by renewable energy. $$$$ they have a lot of that.
• Cow poop-powered ski lift is good moos for the environment…not so good on the way up, bye mountain breeze smell.
• Your sleep position might reveal more about you than you think. Interesting read here!
• Verizon is rumored to cancel launch of all upcoming Windows Phone 8 devices after Microsoft refuses to install spyware.
• Lebanon peeved at its not-so-positive portrayal in Homeland. Who watches this show anyways?
• Snotty Wi-Fi names the hot new way to get back at your neighbors. My neighbors got one I can’t say here. Ask.
• Britney shaved her head to dodge drug test, claims ex-manager’s lawyer…meth use also outlined. D’oh!
• Doctors shocked by size of sex toy stuck inside man’s intestines for days. Ouch.
• Here’s a frightening Halloween fact for this year: Price of candy corn spikes 3 percent.
• WWII vet lived with crap load of shrapnel in leg for nearly 60 years. Look at the photos.
• Guy runs really fast marathon while wearing a pair of flip flops. Flip flops? Is this a joke?
• Impatient nation will soon be able to drink hot coffee before it cools. Just can’t get enough, that’s all.
• NYT sets the record straight on an alleged terrorist’s fruity drink of choice – I told you it wasn’t very berry!
• Boy with down syndrome kept warm by puppies after getting lost in woods…wait for it…AWWWWWWW!!!