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‘This freak show has a gift shop’: Hundreds wait in line to buy Rob Ford bobbleheads in support of United Way
I'm amused that they got the mayor out to sign these.
School assistant could face jail over sex video with 16-year-old Belfast pupil at St Mary’s Christian Brothers Boy’s Grammar School
About the woman charged with this the article had the following to say: "A friend of Ms O'Neill-McBurney told the Sunday Life she has been left distraught by the episode. 'Jo has been devastated by this,' the source said. 'She has made repeated attempts to have the video removed from the website but has had no success 'She is incredibly frustrated, hurt and frightened.'" Imagine this story with a similar description of the one charged were the genders swapped.
Police called to Swedish family's Ikea nightmare
My Swedish stereotypes reenforced: "Neighbours of a family in western Sweden called the police after hearing banging and screaming inside a nearby apartment, but were surprised to learn that a baby and a set of Ikea instructions were the cause of the commotion."
Klingon warrior elected to N.Y. town board
"J.G. Hertzler, known as Martok to 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' fans, will take his seat in Ulysses, N.Y., in January."