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Gang killed people for their fat for use in cosmetics

A gang in the remote Peruvian jungle has been killing people for their fat, police charged Thursday, draining it from their... more

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Guy Marries Video Game, We Don't Judge

That Nene Anegasaki, she's a charmer. She's also a video game character from extreme dating sim Love Plus, now wedded to... more

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Why Are So Many Media Conservatives So Obsessed With Rape? (Homosexual Mafia?)

Conservative commentators such as Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Michael Savage frequently employ rape metaphors when discussing... more

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Armpit Vagina

WTF or something . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLVnrW8ebN4&feature=player_embedded

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Nude shopping: Market allows naked buyers food for free

Russian winter is probably not the best time to wander around in your briefs and bras, but a Moscow Region supermarket thinks... more

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The robber who is too ugly for crime

This big eared bank robber, nicknamed Shrek, has been warned by a judge that he is too ugly to commit crime. His distinctive... more

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Star Trek style phaser invented

Scientists have created a phaser gun which shoots a laser capable of causing paralysis. It is hoped that this could become a... more

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Madison Leuchtmann: Girl Denied Insurance Coverage On Verge Of Losing Her Hearing (VIDEO)

As a result of being denied insurance coverage, a six-year-old child in Missouri may never be able to hear again. Fox2Now in... more

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Current TV Staff Suffer A “Major Bloodbath” As 80 Employees Lose Their Jobs

Today is another sobering day for the tech and media world. Current TV has confirmed that 80 people are being let go, leaving the company with 300 employees worldwide. We heard multiple reports of significant layoffs at Current TV earlier in the day. One source, whose spouse works at Current TV, warns of a “major bloodbath today at CurrentTV, across all departments,” with cuts hitting “most of the people in the LA production office, as stuff is being outsourced.”

Current Media’s COO, Joanna Drake Earl told me over the phone that the layoffs are due to a shifting of programming strategy and are not a cost-cutting measure. Current is shifting away from in-house production and towards out sourcing segments, which will be done via acquisitions, co-productions, and the use of outside studios. Layoffs took place in Current’s San Francisco, Los Angeles, London and New York offices, but the cuts were mostly made in the production and programming areas. Earl added that this year is set to be Current’s most profitable year since its launch. See the entire statement issued by Current below.

A year ago to date, the media company, which was co-founded by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, eliminated 60 positions. The media company also recently canceled its $100 million IPO that was originally announced in January 2008. Current said in a statement that market conditions and the recession forced the company to abandon the IPO. And this summer, Current Media got a new CEO, Mark Rosenthal, who replaced Hyatt. Rosenthal was the former president and COO of MTV networks and was also vice chairman and president of media platforms at SpotRunner.

Current made headlines this year after two of its reporters were detained by North Korea in a relatively high-profile incident (the reporters were eventually released after former President Bill Clinton intervened).

Cable channel Current TV is broadcast internationally to 59 million homes with markets in regions including the United States, Italy, and the UK. Current also has a strong web presence, tapping into popular social media services like Digg and Twitter for special events like the 2008 presidential election.

The Guardian Media Group announced news of layoffs this morning and yesterday brought news of other tech layoffs, with Adobe cutting 9 percent of its staff. This week also brought announcements of from Electronic Arts and Sprint. We’ve added Current’s layoff to the TechCrunch Layoff Tracker.

Follow link for the rest of the story.Today is another sobering day for the tech and media world. Current TV has confirmed that 80 people are being let go, leaving the... more

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9 days ago

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Space hotel on schedule to open in 2012

A company behind plans to open the first hotel in space says it is on target to accept its first paying guests in 2012 despite... more

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18 days ago

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Google Is Reaching Way Too Far Into our Lives

I hate to say I told you, but I told you. The prophecy is true. Now, when it's just too late, you finally understand.... more

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Woman asks cops to watch her house by satellite

A woman asked police for overnight satellite surveillance today after an alleged afternoon break-in. The woman reported she had... more

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Man raises son to speak only Klingon

http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2009/11/dinkytown_dad_s.php Is this taking the whole Star Trek thing a teensie weensie bit... more

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16 yr old Boy tasered by cops 19 times

OZARK, Mo. -- A family from Branson wants answers about what happened to their son that left him hospitalized. Early Saturday morning, police found Mace Hutchinson, 16, underneath the Highway F overpass over U.S. 65.
Mace ended up in intensive care at a hospital. His parents believe the actions of Ozark police officers contributed to his injuries and slowed doctors’ abilities to speed his recovery.
“We called the police. My wife was afraid he was going to get ran over or hit,” said witness Doug Messersmith.
Messersmith and his wife were the last known people to see 16-year-old boy walking, shortly before their phone call to 911.
“He looked a little agitated but, other than that, he didn't look to be falling down drunk or anything like that,” he said.
By the time officers arrived, the teen was off the 30-foot overpass, lying on the shoulder below along U.S. 65, with no good explanation as to how he got there.
“According to the doctors, all injuries are consistent with a fall,” said his aunt, Samantha.
Mace's dad believes it was just that, a fall, not a jump. The question is why.
“They tested his system. He was clean of drugs and alcohol. We don't know why unless just being in shock and the whole thing in itself caused him to forget everything,” said Hutchinson.
His aunt says he is undergoing major surgery for a broken back and broken heel. While he was lying on the ground, she wonders why Ozark police used an electric stun gun on him up to 19 times.
“I'm not an officer, but i don't see the reason for ‘Tasering’ somebody laying there with a broken back. I don't consider that a threat,”
His dad says the use of the stun gun delayed what would have been immediate surgery by two days.
“The ‘Tasering’ increased his white blood cell count and caused him to have a temperature so they could not go into the operation.”
“He refused to comply with the officers and so the officers had to deploy their Tasers in order to subdue him. He is making incoherent statements; he's also making statements such as, ‘Shoot cops, kill cops,’ things like that. So there was cause for concern to the officers,” said Ozark Police Capt. Thomas Rousset.

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Even though this happened last year, I hope people start realizing the reason why our youth and my generation (i'm 33 now) hate cops!!OZARK, Mo. -- A family from Branson wants answers about what happened to their son that left him hospitalized. Early Saturday... more