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- Good Deed of the Day: A Parisian Bank Pays It Forward - Jobs & Economy - The Atlantic Cities (5 comments)
- Babette's errant email cripples German parliament (1 comment)
- German beer drinking slide stopped by warm weather (1 comment)
- Irishman makes billion-euro home of shredded notes (1 comment)
- The Scientist Who Controlled People with Brain Implants (1 comment)
German beer drinking slide stopped by warm weather
Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:15 PM EST (Reuters)
A steady slide in beer consumption in Germany was stopped cold last year thanks to warmer weather, the federal statistics office said on Monday. German brewers sold 98.2 million hectoliters of beer last year, down by just 0.1 percent in 2011 after dropping by an average of …
Babette's errant email cripples German parliament
Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2012 4:05 PM EST (Reuters)
The German parliament's email system was hampered for several hours for more than 4,000 staffers and deputies when hundreds of workers responded to an errant email sent by one staffer named "Babette" to all 4,032 co-workers. The flood of emails began when "Babette" acciden …
Irishman makes billion-euro home of shredded notes
Seeded on Wed Jan 25, 2012 7:02 PM EST (Reuters)
An unemployed Irish artist has built a home from the shredded remains of 1.4 billion euros ($1.82 billion), a monument to the "madness" he says has been wrought on Ireland by the single currency, from a spectacular construction boom to a wrenching bust. Frank Buckley built …
The Scientist Who Controlled People with Brain Implants
Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:11 PM EST (io9)
Can you avoid knowledge? You cannot! Can you avoid technology? You cannot! Things are going to go ahead in spite of ethics, in spite of your personal beliefs, in spite of everything.
Good Deed of the Day: A Parisian Bank Pays It Forward - Jobs & Economy - The Atlantic Cities
Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:36 AM EST ()
A Parisian bank paid it forward - quite literally - by canceling the debt of 3,500 of its clients this weekend. Credit Municipal de Paris (also known as the bank of the poor) gave clients with a debt of 150 euros or less a clean slate.
Subway horror as severed head pulls into New York City station and police report FOUR train deaths in one day
Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:20 AM EST (the Mail online)
Subway commuters in New York City were greeted by the gruesome sight of a severed head when they stepped off a train car on Saturday. But perhaps more disturbing is the death was one of four on the city's subway system in less than 24 hours.
The first artificial sweetener poisoned lots of Romans
Seeded on Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:06 PM EST (io9)
Romans used an artificial sweetener, Sugar of Lead, to sweeten and preserve their foods without taking on additional calories.
German city says 'sex meter' a success
Seeded on Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:28 PM EST (Raw Story)
A German city that introduced a surcharge on street prostitutes via kerb-side meters said Monday the programme had been a success and would continue. The Bonn government said a “sex tax” covering levies on sauna clubs, “erotic centres” and automated pay s …
Hamster deluge had owner scurry for help - Metro - The Boston Globe
Seeded on Mon Jan 23, 2012 12:46 PM EST (Boston Globe)
Last week, a man visited the [SPCA's] Nevins Farm animal care and adoption center in Metheun to report that his hamster population was out of control. The man, whose name was not released, estimated he had about 80 hamsters in his apartment.
China driving schools teaching millions the art of war
Seeded on Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:13 PM EST (Reuters)
China is rapidly becoming a country on wheels and its crowded driving schools are racing to churn out licensed drivers as fast as cars roll off the assembly lines. But judging by the daily smash-ups and blatant disregard for even basic traffic rules on China's roadways, qu …
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