38 Percent Of Employers Will Lay Off Workers If Minimum Wage Is Hiked
by zzyzzx
on 20 Mar 2014
75 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://washington.cbslocal.com WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – A new study has found that 38 percent of employers will lay workers off if the minimum wage is increased as President Barack Obama ...
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Tenant uses Airbnb.com, leads to unexpected sex party that trashes his Apt
by zzyzzx on 21 Mar 2014 4 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.nydailynews.com/new Tenant uses Airbnb.com, leads to unexpected sex party that trashes his Chelsea luxury apartment Ari Teman rented his home to a man through the apartment-sharing website. But unfortunately ...
by zzyzzx on 21 Mar 2014 4 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.nydailynews.com/new Tenant uses Airbnb.com, leads to unexpected sex party that trashes his Chelsea luxury apartment Ari Teman rented his home to a man through the apartment-sharing website. But unfortunately ...
Turkish Attempt to Ban Twitter Backfires
by zzyzzx on 21 Mar 2014 Posted 12 years ago
http://abcnews.go.com/Technolo Turkish Attempt to Ban Twitter Backfires ANKARA, Turkey March 21, 2014 Turkey's attempt to block access to Twitter appeared to backfire on Friday with many tech-savvy users circumventing ...
by zzyzzx on 21 Mar 2014 Posted 12 years ago
http://abcnews.go.com/Technolo Turkish Attempt to Ban Twitter Backfires ANKARA, Turkey March 21, 2014 Turkey's attempt to block access to Twitter appeared to backfire on Friday with many tech-savvy users circumventing ...
U.S. Pay-TV Subscriptions Fall for First Time as Streaming Gains
by zzyzzx on 19 Mar 2014 5 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ The number of Americans who pay for television through cable, satellite or fiber services fell by more than a quarter of a million in 2013, the first full-year ...
by zzyzzx on 19 Mar 2014 5 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ The number of Americans who pay for television through cable, satellite or fiber services fell by more than a quarter of a million in 2013, the first full-year ...
Permanent erection lawsuit against BMW thrown out
by zzyzzx on 20 Mar 2014 3 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.autoblog.com/2014/0 The California man who claimed that he suffered from a 20-month erection after a four-hour ride on his BMW K1100RS motorcycle (similar model pictured above) has had his ...
by zzyzzx on 20 Mar 2014 3 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.autoblog.com/2014/0 The California man who claimed that he suffered from a 20-month erection after a four-hour ride on his BMW K1100RS motorcycle (similar model pictured above) has had his ...
Atomic Car Revisited: Thorium Could Power A Vehicle for 100 Years
by zzyzzx on 14 Mar 2014 15 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://autos.yahoo.com/news/at A car that could run for 100 years on one tank of fuel? It sounds like a far-fetched idea, but it is just what a company is apparently ...
by zzyzzx on 14 Mar 2014 15 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://autos.yahoo.com/news/at A car that could run for 100 years on one tank of fuel? It sounds like a far-fetched idea, but it is just what a company is apparently ...
'Octomom' pleads not guilty to welfare fraud
by zzyzzx on 12 Mar 2014 7 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://news.yahoo.com/octomom- LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Octomom" Nadya Suleman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to one count of welfare fraud and agreed to return to court next month for a another ...
by zzyzzx on 12 Mar 2014 7 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://news.yahoo.com/octomom- LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Octomom" Nadya Suleman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to one count of welfare fraud and agreed to return to court next month for a another ...
by zzyzzx on 12 Mar 2014 8 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news Customer Says She Found Lizard Head in Salad From Manhattan Chain Restaurant A woman says she found the head of what appeared to be a small reptile in ...
by zzyzzx on 11 Mar 2014 12 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ Police in Tampa, Fla., were flagged down by a group of residents who were appalled by a neighbor they allegedly saw in a sex act with a pit ...
Red light camera at Florida hospital ticketing those seeking emergency help
by zzyzzx on 13 Mar 2014 5 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.foxnews.com/politic Pay two tickets and call me in the morning. Authorities installed red-light cameras near the emergency room entrance at University Hospital in Tamarac to nail traffic violators, but ...
by zzyzzx on 13 Mar 2014 5 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.foxnews.com/politic Pay two tickets and call me in the morning. Authorities installed red-light cameras near the emergency room entrance at University Hospital in Tamarac to nail traffic violators, but ...
Ducks Dying From Starvation As Lake Ice Cuts Them Off From Food Source
by zzyzzx on 13 Mar 2014 Posted 12 years ago
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/20 CHICAGO (CBS) — This bitterly cold winter seems to be wearing down everyone. It's also having a dramatic impact on the ducks who usually flourish along the shores ...
by zzyzzx on 13 Mar 2014 Posted 12 years ago
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/20 CHICAGO (CBS) — This bitterly cold winter seems to be wearing down everyone. It's also having a dramatic impact on the ducks who usually flourish along the shores ...
Older workers face rejection for their age, length of unemployment
by zzyzzx on 11 Mar 2014 15 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.abqjournal.com/3650 Older workers face rejection for their age, length of unemployment As hard as he tried, Michael Duffy couldn't find a job to match the one he'd lost. For ...
by zzyzzx on 11 Mar 2014 15 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.abqjournal.com/3650 Older workers face rejection for their age, length of unemployment As hard as he tried, Michael Duffy couldn't find a job to match the one he'd lost. For ...
Abandoned Spanish villages, given away for free
by zzyzzx on 11 Mar 2014 3 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.google.com/hostedne Cortegada — For sale: hamlet in Spain. Needs work. Price: zero euros. Like thousands of abandoned villages in Spain, A Barca -- with its 12 crumbling stone homes ...
by zzyzzx on 11 Mar 2014 3 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.google.com/hostedne Cortegada — For sale: hamlet in Spain. Needs work. Price: zero euros. Like thousands of abandoned villages in Spain, A Barca -- with its 12 crumbling stone homes ...
Teacher shows sex tape featuring herself to pupils during class by mistake
by zzyzzx on 11 Mar 2014 3 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.independent.co.uk/n A teacher shocked pupils when she showed the class a homemade sex tape featuring herself by mistake. The unnamed teacher said the accident happened when the video got ...
by zzyzzx on 11 Mar 2014 3 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.independent.co.uk/n A teacher shocked pupils when she showed the class a homemade sex tape featuring herself by mistake. The unnamed teacher said the accident happened when the video got ...
by zzyzzx on 10 Mar 2014 7 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://wadiyan.com/2013/03/08/ An Islamic city council in the Indonesian province of Aceh, which follows Sharia, has banned female citizens from passing gas. Sayyid Yahia, mayor of the city, told media ...
Woman Tells Cops She Was Assaulted After Interrupting Her Husband Having Anal
by zzyzzx on 7 Mar 2014 36 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/b Woman Tells Cops She Was Assaulted After Interrupting Her Husband Having Anal Sex With His Girlfriend A South Carolina woman told cops that her husband's girlfriend assaulted her ...
by zzyzzx on 7 Mar 2014 36 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/b Woman Tells Cops She Was Assaulted After Interrupting Her Husband Having Anal Sex With His Girlfriend A South Carolina woman told cops that her husband's girlfriend assaulted her ...
Italian man, 70, hires escort and finds it was sons girlfriend
by zzyzzx on 6 Mar 2014 14 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.dailytelegraph.com. An elderly man decided to hire an escort The man, from the city of Treviso, in Italy’s north, thought it would best be discreet and hired the escort ...
by zzyzzx on 6 Mar 2014 14 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.dailytelegraph.com. An elderly man decided to hire an escort The man, from the city of Treviso, in Italy’s north, thought it would best be discreet and hired the escort ...
'Upskirting' is legal, Massachusetts top court says
by zzyzzx on 5 Mar 2014 8 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://news.yahoo.com/upskirti BOSTON (Reuters) - A man who snapped secret pictures up women's skirts on a Boston subway train - a practice known as upskirting - did not violate the ...
by zzyzzx on 5 Mar 2014 8 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://news.yahoo.com/upskirti BOSTON (Reuters) - A man who snapped secret pictures up women's skirts on a Boston subway train - a practice known as upskirting - did not violate the ...
Windows XP diehards arent going quietly
by zzyzzx on 4 Mar 2014 23 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://news.yahoo.com/windows- Microsoft has a problem: It desperately wants any remaining Windows XP users to upgrade to a newer version of the operating system but a huge chunk of them ...
by zzyzzx on 4 Mar 2014 23 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://news.yahoo.com/windows- Microsoft has a problem: It desperately wants any remaining Windows XP users to upgrade to a newer version of the operating system but a huge chunk of them ...
Woman sues Sprint over posting of intimate photos from traded-in phone
by zzyzzx on 4 Mar 2014 4 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.latimes.com/busines Woman sues Sprint over posting of intimate photos from traded-in phone A Los Angeles woman has sued Sprint Corp., saying that one of its workers browsed through her ...
by zzyzzx on 4 Mar 2014 4 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.latimes.com/busines Woman sues Sprint over posting of intimate photos from traded-in phone A Los Angeles woman has sued Sprint Corp., saying that one of its workers browsed through her ...
by zzyzzx on 28 Feb 2014 19 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://endtimeheadlines.org/da Yahoo link below seems to be busy, but has tons of great comments: http://news.yahoo.com/substitu Substitute teacher, 72, arrested for furiously masturbating in high school hallway A 72-year old ...
Spanish scientists use bacteria from baby poop to make sausages
by zzyzzx on 28 Feb 2014 8 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/20 CASTELLDEFELS, Spain, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- A team of Spanish scientists said they used strains of probiotic bacteria found in baby poop to create pork sausages. The scientists, ...
by zzyzzx on 28 Feb 2014 8 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/20 CASTELLDEFELS, Spain, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- A team of Spanish scientists said they used strains of probiotic bacteria found in baby poop to create pork sausages. The scientists, ...
Quiznos prepares to file for bankruptcy
by zzyzzx on 28 Feb 2014 13 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.usatoday.com/story/ The Denver-based sandwich chain gets ready to file for bankruptcy because of debt and declining sales. Quiznos is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection within the next few ...
by zzyzzx on 28 Feb 2014 13 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.usatoday.com/story/ The Denver-based sandwich chain gets ready to file for bankruptcy because of debt and declining sales. Quiznos is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection within the next few ...
Huge wind turbine farm could cut hurricane wind and storm surge damage
by zzyzzx on 26 Feb 2014 3 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.chron.com/news/hous Research from Stanford University in California holds out hope for hurricane protection that's better and cheaper than a seawall. The study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature Climate ...
by zzyzzx on 26 Feb 2014 3 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.chron.com/news/hous Research from Stanford University in California holds out hope for hurricane protection that's better and cheaper than a seawall. The study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature Climate ...
A dude who had sex with a Hot Pocket is now a Twitter folk hero
by zzyzzx on 27 Feb 2014 3 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.dailydot.com/lol/ho Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” But on Twitter, greatness can be achieved by thrusting into a series of microwaveable ...
by zzyzzx on 27 Feb 2014 3 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.dailydot.com/lol/ho Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” But on Twitter, greatness can be achieved by thrusting into a series of microwaveable ...
Texas City Working To Turn Sewer Water Into Tap Water
by zzyzzx on 26 Feb 2014 1 comment, latest 12 years ago
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/0 NORTH TEXAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – Drastic times call for drastic measures. But what would it take for you to drink tap water that had been recycled straight ...
by zzyzzx on 26 Feb 2014 1 comment, latest 12 years ago
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/0 NORTH TEXAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – Drastic times call for drastic measures. But what would it take for you to drink tap water that had been recycled straight ...
1,000 turn out for 50 casino jobs in Atlantic City
by zzyzzx on 26 Feb 2014 4 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.my9nj.com/Story/248 ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - More than 1,000 people showed up at an Atlantic City casino, hoping to get one of 50 jobs it was offering. The Golden ...
by zzyzzx on 26 Feb 2014 4 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.my9nj.com/Story/248 ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - More than 1,000 people showed up at an Atlantic City casino, hoping to get one of 50 jobs it was offering. The Golden ...
Real Estate Agents in Japan ripping people off
by zzyzzx on 26 Feb 2014 1 comment, latest 12 years ago
http://news.yahoo.com/desperat Desperate singles fall for Japan apartment 'fraud' Tokyo (AFP) - A group of singletons in Japan who claim they were tricked into buying apartments by real estate agents ...
by zzyzzx on 26 Feb 2014 1 comment, latest 12 years ago
http://news.yahoo.com/desperat Desperate singles fall for Japan apartment 'fraud' Tokyo (AFP) - A group of singletons in Japan who claim they were tricked into buying apartments by real estate agents ...
Poll: 71% of Obama voters, 55% Democrats 'regret' voting for his re-election
by zzyzzx on 18 Feb 2014 144 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://washingtonexaminer.com/ Over seven in 10 Obama voters, and 55 percent of Democrats, regret voting for President Obama's reelection in 2012, according to a new Economist/YouGov.com poll. The poll asked ...
by zzyzzx on 18 Feb 2014 144 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://washingtonexaminer.com/ Over seven in 10 Obama voters, and 55 percent of Democrats, regret voting for President Obama's reelection in 2012, according to a new Economist/YouGov.com poll. The poll asked ...
Chinese soldiers too fat for their outdated tanks
by zzyzzx on 20 Feb 2014 5 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://news.yahoo.com/china-so Beijing (AFP) - Chinese soldiers have become so much taller and fatter in recent years that they often find themselves cramped in tanks designed three decades ago, state ...
by zzyzzx on 20 Feb 2014 5 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://news.yahoo.com/china-so Beijing (AFP) - Chinese soldiers have become so much taller and fatter in recent years that they often find themselves cramped in tanks designed three decades ago, state ...
North Korea now most disliked nation in US
by zzyzzx on 20 Feb 2014 4 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://news.yahoo.com/north-ko Washington (AFP) - North Korea has achieved an unenviable feat -- it has surpassed Iran as the most disliked nation for Americans. Only 11 percent of Americans had ...
by zzyzzx on 20 Feb 2014 4 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://news.yahoo.com/north-ko Washington (AFP) - North Korea has achieved an unenviable feat -- it has surpassed Iran as the most disliked nation for Americans. Only 11 percent of Americans had ...
11 arrested for serving human meat at Nigerian hotel restaurant
by zzyzzx on 18 Feb 2014 13 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://iowntheworld.com/blog/? Two human heads were found at an unnamed hotel restaurant and wrapped in cellophane, according to a report out of Anambra, Nigeria, in which police were tipped off ...
by zzyzzx on 18 Feb 2014 13 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://iowntheworld.com/blog/? Two human heads were found at an unnamed hotel restaurant and wrapped in cellophane, according to a report out of Anambra, Nigeria, in which police were tipped off ...
by zzyzzx on 18 Feb 2014 7 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/m Bob Casale, guitarist for the reverse-flowerpot-hat-wearing '80s new wave band Devo, died Monday of heart failure at age 61. Casale was one of the founding members of the ...
Hollywood asks California to cut taxes for the film industry
by zzyzzx on 18 Feb 2014 12 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://dailycaller.com/2014/02 Hollywood asks California to cut taxes — for the film industry You know things are bad when Hollywood liberals are asking California for a tax break. Film Works, ...
by zzyzzx on 18 Feb 2014 12 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://dailycaller.com/2014/02 Hollywood asks California to cut taxes — for the film industry You know things are bad when Hollywood liberals are asking California for a tax break. Film Works, ...
by zzyzzx on 18 Feb 2014 Posted 12 years ago
ttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news Former Democratic congressman arrested in Zimbabwe after making porno films, skipping on his hotel bills, and overstaying his visa Former Illinois Democratic Rep. Mel Reynolds was arrested Monday ...
Trader Joe's ex-president to open store selling expired food
by zzyzzx on 12 Feb 2014 1 comment, latest 12 years ago
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/st Trader Joe's ex-president to open store selling expired food Sell-by', 'best-by' and 'use-by' dates are mostly unregulated and confusing for consumers when it comes to throwing items out ...
by zzyzzx on 12 Feb 2014 1 comment, latest 12 years ago
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/st Trader Joe's ex-president to open store selling expired food Sell-by', 'best-by' and 'use-by' dates are mostly unregulated and confusing for consumers when it comes to throwing items out ...
Black residents reject Trader Joes because it would attract too many white peopl
by zzyzzx on 9 Feb 2014 29 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.infowars.com/black- The Trader Joe's grocery chain has withdrawn plans to build a store in the heart of a predominantly black neighborhood after a black leadership group fought the move. ...
by zzyzzx on 9 Feb 2014 29 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.infowars.com/black- The Trader Joe's grocery chain has withdrawn plans to build a store in the heart of a predominantly black neighborhood after a black leadership group fought the move. ...
The Way Beer Is Helping a Calif. Town Get Through a Historic Drought
by zzyzzx on 5 Feb 2014 1 comment, latest 12 years ago
http://news.yahoo.com/unexpect If Cloverdale, Calif., makes it through one of the worst droughts in state history, it will be in large part due to the efforts of an unlikely source: ...
by zzyzzx on 5 Feb 2014 1 comment, latest 12 years ago
http://news.yahoo.com/unexpect If Cloverdale, Calif., makes it through one of the worst droughts in state history, it will be in large part due to the efforts of an unlikely source: ...
by zzyzzx on 4 Feb 2014 4 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.c ALAMO (CBS SF) – The idea of using drone technology to showcase high-end real estate is taking off with some Bay Area realtors. On Monday, a house in ...
FAA doesn't like beer delivery drones :(
by zzyzzx on 31 Jan 2014 14 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetw http://www.qmHwXf8JUOw Lakemaid Beer is brewed in Stevens Point, Wis., and distributed to several states in the region. But it was a very local delivery that put the company ...
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by zzyzzx on 31 Jan 2014 14 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetw http://www.qmHwXf8JUOw Lakemaid Beer is brewed in Stevens Point, Wis., and distributed to several states in the region. But it was a very local delivery that put the company ...
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