The Swine Flu Cheerleader Who Can Only Walk Backwards Posted: 3 weeks ago by blindworld
DESREE JENNINGS is a woman “convinced that a flu shot given to her has lead to a rare disorder which means she can only walk backwards”. Video in article.
I couldn't find more reputable sources for this, and it's not really about the flu, but the predicament itself is heartwrenching.
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CO2 is green: the TV advert making viewers choke Posted: 1 month ago by blindworld
A TV advert paid for by an oil industry lobbyist telling Americans "more CO2 results in a greener earth" would be almost funny if it weren't so depressing
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Drinking Your Way to Health? Perhaps Not Posted: 1 month ago by blindworld
Just about every month -- if not every week -- a new study emerges touting the health benefits to be gained from a daily glass of wine or a pint of dark beer.
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Police, haredim clash in Jerusalem Posted: 5 months ago by blindworld
Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox protestors hurl stones at security forces, breach police roadblocks in capital Saturday evening; dozens of police officers deployed in area ahead of riots
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Israeli and Palestinians unite to rob a bank Posted: 8 months ago by blindworld
An Israeli and a group of Palestinians last week set aside their differences in order to carry out an armed bank robbery, Palestinian police said Sunday.
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I'm the real daddy, Alfie Posted: 9 months ago by blindworld
A SECOND teenage boy last night claimed HE—and NOT 13-year-old Alfie Patten—is the REAL dad of 15-year-old Chantelle Steadman’s newborn baby Maisie.
Follow up to this story
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6 Inspiring Rags to Riches Stories (That Are BS) Posted: 10 months ago by blindworld
Everyone likes a good "rags to riches" story. After all, if some dude can go from living in a cardboard box to being the CEO of a major corporation, we can do it too!
Unfortunately, it doesn't take a lot of digging into most of these stories to find out they've been, well, inflated a bit.
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Patrick Swayze on Cancer: 'I'm Going Through Hell' Posted: 10 months ago by blindworld
Video of his interview with Barbara Walters in the article.
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Police: Bnei Brak has by far the highest rate of sexual offenses Posted: 10 months ago by blindworld
One of israel's most religious cities happens to be it's most god forsaken?
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More Rage In Rallies Against Gaza Violence Posted: 11 months ago by blindworld
The demonstrations have been fuelled by the rising death toll in Gaza, which currently stands at over 800 Palestinians. Thirteen Israelis have also died in the fighting.
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Albanian Muslims Who Sheltered Jews Honored at Program Posted: 11 months ago by blindworld
The words of Drita Veseli, a member of a family of Albanian Muslims who sheltered Jews during World War II, express the spirit of Besa, an unconditional hospitality unmatched in the world.
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Hundreds dead, injured in Gaza as Israeli airstrikes continue Posted: 11 months ago by blindworld
Israeli airstrikes continued pounding targets in Hamas-ruled Gaza Sunday, killing at least 225 and injuring 400, in what Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said was a response to escalating rocket attacks against southern Israel.
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