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Posted 11/23/09 by bajaboy
Canadian, who was on sick leave, shown having fun at Chippendales, on trip.
Photos on Facebook have cost a Canadian woman her long-term sick leave benefits.
Nathalie Blanchard has been on leave from her job at IBM in Bromont, Quebec, for the last year.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported she was diagnosed with major depression and was receiving monthly sick-leave benefits.
But w. . .
Posted 11/23/09 by bajaboy
Hong Kong is a vibrant city chock-full of people — so much so that the quality of life for those at the bottom tier is atrocious. And I’m not talking about, “Oh my goodness, I have to share a bathroom with my brother and sister.” I’m talking about up to 18 strangers being smashed into a tiny 625 square foot flat with just one toilet to share.
One such former cage-dweller is Chau Kam-chuen. M. . .
Posted 11/23/09 by bajaboy
A 39-year-old Southern California man has been arrested for misdemeanor child annoyance after allegedly paying a teenager $31 to spit in his face.
The Ventura County Sheriff's Department says Charles Hersel was arrested Wednesday in a sting operation at a mall in Thousand Oaks. He's free from jail pending a court hearing.
A sheriff's statement says Westlake High School students claimed . . .
Posted 11/23/09 by bajaboy
A teenager from Dorset has been told by the NHS that he must wait until puberty to have a sex change.
The boy, known as Georgie Smith, has wanted to be a girl since he was a toddler.
He said: "I'm old enough to know what I want. What I want is to be a girl."
His mother Carole, 41, has criticised the NHS for preventing treatment until Georgie reaches puberty – meaning that his hormones . . .
Posted 11/23/09 by bajaboy
MOAB, Utah, -- A 48-year-old man who has not used money in nine years and resides in a desert cave in Moab, Utah, said he loves his simple existence.
Daniel Suelo said he shops for clothes by going through garbage and he is content with living an existence in which he does not have to worry about a job, mortgage or other concerns that most people have to deal with, The Denver Post reported.
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Posted 11/23/09 by bajaboy
MELBOURNE, Australia – A kangaroo startled by a man walking his dog attacked the pair, pinning the pet underwater and slashing the owner in the abdomen with its hind legs.
The Australian, Chris Rickard, was in stable condition Monday after the attack, which ended when the 49-year-old elbowed the kangaroo in the throat.
He said he was walking his blue heeler, Rocky, on Sunday morning when . . .
Posted 11/23/09 by bajaboy
A car crash victim who was believed to have been in a coma for the past 23 years has been conscious the whole time.
Rom Houben was paralysed but could not let doctors know that he could hear every word they were saying, reports the Daily Mail.
"I dreamed myself away," said Mr Houben, now 46, who doctors thought was in a persistent vegatative state.
Doctors conducted a series of coma tes. . .
