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Girl Prodigy Types 119-Words A Minute • Prosecution Allowed To Seek Death Penalty Against Casey Anthony
• Meet Mackenzie, a child prodigy who can type 119 worlds per minute (the average professional adult types 50-70 wpm). "It makes me feel powerful," she said. "I'd like to get to at least 200." • More »Uganda Drops Death Penalty From Anti-Gay Bill
Uganda has eliminated the death penalty and life imprisonment from its anti-gay bill, in the hopes of pleasing some religious leaders. But the bill now includes counseling to "attract errant people to acceptable sexual orientation." [Bloomberg]Shock Therapy
In the video after the jump, the lamp is finally tried for stomping out the letter I in the Pixar intro. As punishment, he's supplied with a little too much electricity. [College Humor via Buzzfeed] More »Rabbit Thieves Executed In Eighteenth Century Britain
Britain's National Archives is posting online records of crimes from the 18th and 19th centuries. At the beginning of this period, over 200 crimes were punishable by death, including forgery, wearing blackface, and "stealing from a rabbit warren." [TimesOnline]Poll: Animal Pelts More Objectionable Than Death Penalty
A poll found 35% of Americans consider wearing fur morally wrong, while only 30% consider the death penalty unacceptable. Even worse: Having a baby outside of marriage (45% opposed), homosexual relations (47%), and abortion (56%). [Gallup via U.S. News]Whistleblower: FBI Should Have Stopped Roeder, Prevented Tiller Slaying
Colleen Rowley, who in 2002 criticized the FBI on its failure to follow up on would-be 9/11 hijacker Zacarias Moussaoui, now says the Bureau could have prevented George Tiller's assassination if it had investigated Scott Roeder more thoroughly. More »Prejean vs. Prejean: A Comparison
Does Obama Need A Little (Not Mc) Kaine To Save The World?
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