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CNN.com: Michigan man hurt after homemade rocket explodes during party stunt
“He is known for doing ‘crazy things’ at his parties,” an Oakland County sheriff’s department statement said. “On this date, after consuming an unknown quantity of alcohol, he constructed a device out of a motorcycle muffler and pipe.”
february 3rd
Change is good.
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NY Times: Vaccine/Autism Study Is Retracted
“Last week, Britain’s General Medical Council ruled that Wakefield had shown a ”callous disregard” for the children used in his study and acted unethically. Wakefield and the two colleagues who have not renounced the study face being stripped of their right to practice medicine in Britain.
For the study, Wakefield took blood samples from children at his son’s birthday party, paying them 5 pounds each ($8) for their contributions and later joking about the incident.”
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“Fearful of the possibility that unscrupulous traffickers would take advantage of Haiti’s sundered justice system to take children from poor families for illegal adoptions, prostitution or slavery, the government had halted all adoptions except those already in motion before the earthquake. Mr. Bellerive’s signature is now required for the departure of any child.” (via NY Times)
Savage Fists Rock And Sock In Unison…
PopEater.com: Why Jay Leno and David Letterman Hate Each Other
“On April 9, 1979, Letterman guest-hosted ‘The Tonight Show’ for his first time (Carson was hosting the Academy Awards that evening). This was 12 years before Carson would announce his retirement but, in Carson’s mind, he had just appointed the next host of ‘The Tonight Show.’ Letterman would guest host the show 50 more times.”
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Newsweek: Why Antidepressants Are No Better Than Placebos
“As more and more scientists who study depression and the drugs that treat it are concluding, that suggests that antidepressants are basically expensive Tic Tacs.”
