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Former U.S. presidential candidate John Edwards indicted!

WASHINGTON - June 3, 2011 - Former Democrat presidential candidate John Edwards was indicted Friday on felony charges linked to his alleged use of campaign money to cover up an extramarital affair.

Edwards faces a six-count indictment "for allegedly participating in a scheme to violate federal campaign finance laws," the Justice Department said in a statement.

The charges,

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Firm claims bin Laden kiled with pork bullet!

LONDON, England - June 2, 2011 - Was Osama bin Laden shot with a bullet soaked in pork fat, denying him a place in paradise?

Yes, if one rather shady website that peddles gun oil containing liquefied pig fat is to be believed.

The makers of Silver Bullet Gun Oil claim it contains 13% USDA liquefied pig fat, thus making the product “a highly effective counter-Islamic terr

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RFID chips may be coming to your food!

LONDON, England - June 1, 2011 - Radio Frequency ID (RFID) tags have found their way into a wide variety of applications. These pellets, which are often roughly the same size as a grain of rice, can help us to be reunited with our lost pets, keep towels inside the hotel, and keep big box stores shipping the right boxes to the right places at the right times.

Someday you may even find

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Pre-crime detector field tested!

WASHINGTON - May 31, 2011 - Planning a sojourn in the northeastern United States? You could soon be taking part in a novel security program that can supposedly “sense” whether you are planning to commit a crime.

Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST), a U.S. Department of Homeland Security program designed to spot people who are intending to commit a terrorist act, has in t

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Tax dollars fund Jello wrestling and shrimp on treadmills!

WASHINGTON - May 31, 2011 – In a new report issued Thursday, the Senate's top watchdog on government waste said taxpayer money has gone to fund such programs as Jell-O wrestling at the South Pole, testing shrimp's exercise ability on a treadmill, and a laundry-folding robot, all funded by the National Science Foundation.

Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) said he identified more than $3

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Aussies to be fined for swearing!

MELBOURNE, Australia - May 31, 2011 - Australians may have a love of plain speaking but new laws are set to curtail some of their more colorful language, with police issuing on-the-spot fines for obnoxious swearing.

The country's second most populous state, Victoria, is due to approve new legislation this week under which police will be able to slap fines of up to Aus $240 (US $257)

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High radioactivity found in Japan nuclear workers!

TOKYO, Japan - May 30, 2011 - Two workers from Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant have been contaminated by high levels of radioactive iodine, the operator said Monday, prompting fears over their long-term health.

The workers, reportedly men in their 30s and 40s, may have already been exposed to radiation levels higher than the recently boosted official annual limit, Japanese m