today's news

[_ironman]

Russia's hungry bears dig up graves for food

http://news.ca.msn.com/world/cp-article.aspx?cp-documentid=26124832

[tweeds]

Hotel staff abuse unwitting couple in local dialect instead of renewing their marriage vows in Maldives

[_ironman]

'Implanted chip 'allows blind people to detect objects'

China internet users forced to choose in software row

Hundreds of millions of internet users must choose between China's top internet chat programme and its best selling internet security tool.

They have been told they cannot have both, as a dispute between the two internet giants has escalated.

[broneck]

This guy can stay, we need people like this working for us.

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/canada/Asian+airline+passenger+disguised+himself+elderly+Caucasian/3780056/story.html

[sybaritical]

Sorry, but I think this is hilarious.

Baby buggy black market thrives in the UK

[_ironman]

Baby koala shot 15 times in cruel attack

http://www.news.com.au/national/baby-koala-shot-15-times-in-cruel-attack/story-e6frfkvr-1225949153725

"In a breakthrough that could revolutionize the way leukemia is treated, Canadian researchers have found a way to create blood from a patch of a person’s own skin."

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/leukemia-breakthrough-suggested-in-discovery-that-skin-can-turn-into-blood-cells/article1788954/?cmpid=rss1

Scientists have found a bushcricket species with testicles that account for up to 14% of its body weight.

"Their testes make up some 14% of their body weight - roughly equivalent to a male human with testicles weighing five kilograms (11lbs) each."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11718029

[hamham3001]

Canadian jersey shore...

Lake-Shore !!!!!

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/888994--new-show-lake-shore-highlights-cracks-in-toronto-s-cultural-mosaic

[_ironman]

Facebook expected to launch 'Gmail rival'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11743524

discuss. although no features have been revealed, i personally don't see what they could possibly provide that would make people bother switching over from whatever they are using

[_ironman]

Study: Moms Who Smoke During Pregnancy Might Have Criminal Kids

http://healthland.time.com/2010/11/16/study-moms-who-smoke-during-pregnancy-might-have-criminal-kids/

"Researchers found not only a correlation between maternal smoking and the likelihood of criminal activity in grown children, they also found a dose-dependent relationship: women who smoked heavily during pregnancy (more than 20 cigarettes per day) were more likely than moderate smokers to have adult children with an arrest record."

[Anemone]

Not necessarily today, but this is interesting:

http://kotaku.com/5675176/woman-kills-baby-for-interrupting-farmville-session

Does anyone here actually play this game? What is the appeal? No hate, just asking.

[Vampyrvargfesten]

J. Crew to be taken private for $3 billion

(AP) – 13 hours ago

NEW YORK (AP) — J. Crew says it will be taken private in a deal with two investment firms, including its former parent, worth $3 billion.

The preppy retailer will receive $43.50 per share to private equity firms TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners, confirming media reports Monday. That is a 16 percent premium to the stock's closing price of $37.65.

Shares rose 17 percent in premarket trading before being halted.

CEO Mickey Drexler will remain in that role.

TPG took a majority stake in J. Crew Group Inc. in 1997 and remained majority shareholder until the company went public in 2006.

Private equity buyouts are rising after a lull during the recession. Gymboree Corp. in October agreed to be bought by Bain Capital for $1.8 billion.

J. Crew is based in New York.

Copyright © 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

[Mr Calvin Oscar]

damn shoulda copped

[sensible shoes]

on a boat!

[sybaritical]

Chinese gamer pays $15,000 for 10 minutes on Asia's largest LED screen.

[tweeds]

TV presenter sues Sunday Times in libel for claiming that she "snogged" Salman Rushdie

(say what?)

[_ironman]

Justin Bieber: Adored by Millions of Teens and Apparently One Brazilian Drug Lord

"In the home of "Pezao"—one of the country's most-feared traffickers—they found several tons of drugs, one missile and a hand-painted mosaic of the Biebs. An adjacent wall also featured several posters of the Canadian pop star."

image link below:

http://i1.r7.com/data/files/2C92/94A4/2C81/84DB/012C/93D7/FA99/3CB8/justin%20bieber_FERNANDO%20BIZERRA%20JR_EFE_700.jpg

[Tomas 0010]

Renaissance man finishing up the album

[mrchariybrown]

http://www.truecrimereport.com/2010/12/jose_carrasquillo_racist_rapis.php

proud to call philly my home

[Vampyrvargfesten]

Snowman with noose appalls Idaho home's neighbors

[samsikle]

^^

At Halloween he passed out bullet casings after he said he ran out of candy.

people these days!

[tweeds]

Bomb Squad Detonates 8" Toy Robot After Rush Hour Standoff

[_ironman]

Child exploitation probe nets 57 arrests

http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/cbc-article.aspx?cp-documentid=26668982

"man from Conception Bay South is 51-year-old Robin Barrett, a former Anglican priest who pleaded guilty in September to owning and distributing pornography featuring children as young as six months. He will serve 2½ years in prison."

2.5 years man they need harsher punishments. 6 months old wtf

[Vampyrvargfesten]

J. Crew to be taken private for $3 billion

(AP) – 13 hours ago

NEW YORK (AP) — J. Crew says it will be taken private in a deal with two investment firms, including its former parent, worth $3 billion.

The preppy retailer will receive $43.50 per share to private equity firms TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners, confirming media reports Monday. That is a 16 percent premium to the stock's closing price of $37.65.

Shares rose 17 percent in premarket trading before being halted.

CEO Mickey Drexler will remain in that role.

TPG took a majority stake in J. Crew Group Inc. in 1997 and remained majority shareholder until the company went public in 2006.

Private equity buyouts are rising after a lull during the recession. Gymboree Corp. in October agreed to be bought by Bain Capital for $1.8 billion.

J. Crew is based in New York.

Copyright © 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Sears and Urban Outfitters Circle J. Crew

JANUARY 5, 2011, 12:00 PM

More than a month after agreeing to sell itself to two leveraged buyout firms for $3 billion, J. Crew may have found potential new suitors.

Several companies, including Sears Holdings and Urban Outfitters, have been studying the preppy retailer’s books, with the potential aim of making their own bids, people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday. Others poring over J. Crew’s financials include two other private equity firms, these people said, without naming them.

[blm14]

well that will spell the end of the mr freedom/redwing direction. Either buyer will revert jcrew back to a gap-mall aesthetic. Buy your goodies from them now before it's all crap.

[sybaritical]

Minnesota man busted for sex toy bomb.

[sybaritical]

Russian suicide bomber killed by unexpected SMS from mobile carrier

[sybaritical]

Weather spotting class cancelled due to inclement weather.

[_ironman]

Feds probe Calif. 'sham university' for visa fraud

http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/msnbc-article.aspx?cp-documentid=27497119

"I don't think any of them had any idea this was a sham university," said Susmita Gongulee Thomas, consul general of India in San Francisco.

lol are you kidding me? http://trivalleyuniversity.org/index.htm

[sybaritical]

Thief who killed Goldfish "couldn't leave witnesses"

[_ironman]

Hundreds of people from the United States and Canada want to adopt an Oklahoma stray dog that survived an attempt to euthanize it.