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If you needed any more evidence that the Greek debt-crisis is threatening to throw the world into economic and social turmoil, here it is: British people have taken to puppy-killing.  Or puppy-maiming, but either way you look at it, this story represents the next phase in series of global disasters preceding 2012's much-ballyhooed end of days. More »
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A New Zealand mom's plot to convince school admissions officials that her daughter's rival had an STD went awry recently, mostly because it was totally bizarre. More »
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Ruth Madoff has apparently left her husband — DTMFA, if you will — imprisoned Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, according to tabloid reports of interviews with Madoff biographer and New York Times reporter Diana Henriques. More »
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Nothing like financial fraud to feel perfectly apropos of the time. Even more so: When it's committed by mothers. More »
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You know how one time in high school you made up a fake boy and IM'ed some girl you didn't like as "him" and asked her out on a date, but then you couldn't figure out how to keep things going so you just told her he moved to Florida? That, on a much grander scale, is what happened to Paula Bonhomme. More »
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Today in crimes we didn't know existed: a California family has been charged with defrauding immigrants by pretending to perform marriages that would grant them citizenship. Instead, the fraudsters conducted fake ceremonies, sometimes marrying multiple people to the same spouse. More »
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Good news? Some stores are now making it easier to return unwanted items. Bad news? They're doing it by employing proprietary tracking software that displays each shopper's entire return history. Meet the Return Activity Report. You probably already have one! More »
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It's not much! Filings made in association with a $3.75 million lawsuit include the earnings statement of one of the plaintiffs, the Polish supermodel Anna Jagodzinska. That ledger tallies gigs for American Vogue, Vogue Paris, and an H&M campaign. More »
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"A tawdry text message correspondence between a Florida psychologist and a female patient he treated (and had sex with) helped lead to the doctor's emergency suspension last month." Well, yes. So one would hope. Oh, but it gets much worse: More »
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It's been a year since we first wrote about Megan Meier, the 13-year-old driven to suicide after being tormented on MySpace by a grown woman posing as a made-up boy named Josh Evans. The trial of that woman, 49-year-old Lori Drew, began yesterday. Drew is being prosecuted in federal court for cyberfraud under a 2005 telecommunications law. The details of the first, highly emotional, day in court are after the jump, including heartbreaking testimony from Megan's mom, Megan's last words, and the prosecution's assertion that Lori "fully intended to hurt" Megan. More »
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• Just to prove to American voters that they are really unfeeling, the Republican National Committee released word today that the California Republican Party is filing an FEC complaint against Barack Obama for his visit to his dying grandmother, who passed away today. Is anyone home over there? [Washington Post]
• If you weren't already aware, Barack Obama doesn't want to see your underwear. Panty-flinging should remain metaphorical. [Politico]
• Sarah Palin is definitely not releasing her medical records. I want to be angry about this, but I wouldn't want reporters pawing around my gynecological exams either. [CNN]
• Republican Senator Orrin Hatch, having lived the last 8 years with his head firmly up his ass, thinks that the U.S. will "lose a lot of stature throughout the world" if we elect Obama. [Politico]

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An unknown couple paid for Girl Scout cookies with a fake $100 bill, reports USA Today. When the Scouts asked why it looked strange, the couple told them it had been washed. The girls gave the pair of con artists $93.50 in change after the purchase, and the exchange eradicated the Scouts' earnings that day. A local resident ended up donating $100 to the troop, but is there a patch for "Feeling Stabby"? [USA Today] More »
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