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    Hiroine Protagonist: Yes, spending billions on mega-events is definitely the way to go here! Good thinking, Brazil! more »
    Lymed: 68 men too many. more »
    PhillyLass: You know what? If I found myself in a subway car with a lunatic like the one described in the NYC incident, I would hope like hell that it was being o... more »
    i'm a bottle: I'd buy a picture with me standing next to Sarah Palin -- with the credit card I swiped from her purse on the way out. more »
    Acquanetta: I would pay 15 bucks for a photo of Sarah Palin standing next to me. I'll be the one wearing the "I'm With Stupid" t-shirt. more »
    Jack_Burton: I almost went to see Palin "for shts and giggles" yesterday, but the images on the TV news of many people camped out at the Costco discouraged me. St... more »
    LouisiAnna: Please, Jezebel.com. I beg of you, I love the Round-Up but it's impossible to read in this style. Why can't it be published like the Dirtbag? I have t... more »
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    nerdycellist: You don't want to know how much I paid to have my picture taken with William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. But I'd still pay twice that before I gave Sar... more »
    Spike49: Does anyone have positive stories about experiences with a doula? My only interactions have been negative (a close friend had her doula leave midway t... more »
    PaintedTrollop: If the sport of ski jumping isn't well enough developed for women, shouldn't the Olympic Committee close down the men's program, too? more »
    joiful: Of course the police don't think foul play was involved. Black women don't get abducted, they simply go missing, indefinitely. Just like the little g... more »
    yvanehtnioj: Swiss women couldn't even vote in national elections until 1971. How did I not know this? What the what? more »
    lurkerbynature: Sarah Palin . . . charging for photos at events, just like such stellar, current media figures as Lou Ferrigno. Although, last I checked, getting you... more »
    whats_in_a_name: Sarah Palin: learning from amusement parks since 2009. more »
  • #snapjudgment

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  • #leftovers

    Take A Picture With Palin For Only $15 • Man Married To Video Game Takes It On Honeymoon

    • Cameras and recording devices have been banned from all of Sarah Palin's book tour appearances, but a spokesman announced people can pose with her and buy a copy later online for $15 and up. • More »
  • #breaking

    Four Police Officers Shot, Killed Near Air Force Base In Washington State

    According to Seattle's NBC affiliate, KING5, four police officers have been shot and killed at a coffee shop in Parkland, Washington, near McChord Air Force Base. There are few details at this point; the story is still developing. [KING5][King5SeattleTwitter]
  • #lawandorder

    Prosecutor In Amanda Knox Trial Pushes For Life In Prison

    After seven hours of closing arguments, the prosecutor in the Amanda Knox trial has rested his case, stating that he believes Knox and her ex-boyfriend, Rafael Sollecito, should both spend life in prison should they be convicted of murder. More »
  • #leftovers

    Pornographer Plans Movie Based On Dugard • Woman Marries Dead Fiancé

    • An adult filmmaker has announced plans to release a movie based on Jacyee Dugard's life, called Abducted Girl: An American Sex Slave. • More »
  • #sicksadworld

    North Carolina Mother Accused Of Human Trafficking After 5-Year-Old Daughter Disappears

    Less than a week after her 5-year-old daughter, Shaniya Davis, was reported missing, Antoinette Nicole Davis has been arrested and charged with "human trafficking, felony child abuse, prostitution, filing a false police report, and resisting, delaying, or obstructing police." More »
  • #asorryapology

    Garrido Apologizes For Kidnapping Jaycee Dugard

    In a letter sent to CNN affiliate KCRA yesterday Phillip Garrido wrote, "I want to apologize to every human being for what has taken place," adding that "through the spirit of Christ" he's been cured of his sexual deviancy. [CNN]
  • #aftermath

    How Parole Officers Failed Jaycee Dugard

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  • #swissdiss

    Swiss Reject Second Polanski Bail Offer

    Swiss authorities have rejected a higher bail offer Roman Polanski made this week, saying he's still considered a flight risk. Polanski's previous offer of house arrest with his Gstaad apartment as collateral was rejected. His lawyer says he'll appeal. [AP]
  • #truecrime

    Bay Area Homecoming Dance Becomes Scene Of Brutal Crime

    Brace yourself for the most stomach-turning story in a long time: on Friday, a 15-year-old girl was brutally gang-raped after a homecoming dance in a suburb of San Francisco, while as many as 15 teenage boys stood around, doing nothing. More »
  • #leftovers

    Russian Miracle Baby Celebrated With Prayers, Shrine • Bride Slaps Around Spanish Cop

    • Hundreds of Muslim pilgrims have lined up to catch a glimpse of this Russian baby, who supposedly has verses from the Koran inscribed on his leg, which appear and fade every few days. • More »
  • #sicksadworld

    Body Of Missing Florida Girl Found In Georgia Landfill

    Ugh: Authorities identified a body found in a landfill as Somer Thompson, 7, who disappeared Monday. Says Somer's aunt: "I don't think there's anything worse...to kill a child and dump her in the dump like a piece of trash?" [AP]
  • #badvertising

    We Hate When That Happens!

    You know those times when you throw a rockin' house party and meet a cute guy with tousled hair and then ten minutes after everyone leaves he becomes a violent psycho who tries to break into your house? More »
  • #copycatcrime

    Woman Studied Bobbitt Case Before Castrating Father

    New Yorker Brigitte Harris, who's accused of murdering her abusive father, testified yesterday that she only meant to castrate him. She said she destroyed his penis on the stove so it couldn't be reattached, like John Bobbitt's. [NY Daily News]
  • #sicksadworld

    Female Pastor Sentenced To Life In Prison For Abusing Adopted Daughters

    65-year-old Jessica Banks, a former pastor, has been sentenced to two consecutive life sentences plus 36 years and 8 months, after being found guilty of drugging and sexually and physically abusing her five daughters, aged 4 to 11. More »
  • #gunsroses

    Man Robs Woman, Then Asks Her For A Date

    Columbus, Ohio police say 20-year-old Stephfon Bennett robbed a couple in their home on Sunday with two other men, then returned two hours later to ask the woman out. She recognized him and he was arrested. [N.Y. Daily News] More »
  • #cybersleuthing

    Craigslist Killer Case Proves The Internet Isn't Really Anonymous

    In the new Vanity Fair Maureen Orth reports on the role the internet played in the crimes committed by alleged "Craigslist Killer" Philip Markoff, and his capture. Like most of us, he didn't realize how little privacy people have online. More »
  • #shestheboss

    "Godmothers" Begin Taking Control Of Crime Syndicates

    According to the Associated Press, there has been a sharp rise in "Godmothers," women who are taking control of the Naples-based Camorra crime syndicate after their husbands pass away or get sent off to jail. More »
  • #bunnybandits

    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]
  • #indignities

    I've Got A Little Puzzle For You

    A man dressed as an Oompa Loompa to promote a comedy show was arrested and held in in a Floria mall, to the hilarity of bystanders, who shouted, "Let the Oompa Loompa go!" Sure that made him feel better. [People]
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