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From AlGore.com, a request for signatures as Big Al goes to Washington.

Help me send a message to Congress:
Now is the time to act on global warming.

I know from personal experience that the only thing that will make Washington really take notice and do something to solve the climate crisis is the prospect of millions of committed citizens taking action. It’s time to join together and make that happen.
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Sign the postcard to your representative demanding real action on global warming below and I’ll personally deliver it to Washington in March. I’ll keep you up to date on how things are going by email.
http://www.algore.com/cards.html?sc=M0001

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Woman, 85, Beats ‘Devil’ Out of Rabid Cat
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) – Bleeding from three bites and wearing only the housecoat she had on to retrieve her newspaper, an 85-year-old woman upended an attacking, rabies-crazed cat in the street in front of her home and, with her hand tight around its tail, beat the feline into submission against a nearby utility pole.
full story here

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_germany_satnav

A 46-year-old German motorist driving along a busy road suddenly veered to the left and ended up stuck on a railway track — because his satellite navigation system told him to, police said on Sunday.

The motorist was heading into the north German city of Bremen “when the friendly voice from his satnav told him to turn left,” a spokesman said.

“He did what he was ordered to do and turned his Audi left up over the curb and onto the track of a local streetcar line. He tried to back up off the track but got completely stuck.”

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The poster of this video blocked embedding so you’ll have to follow this link. It’s worth it — had me going for a few seconds. This is good! The caffeine spider is pretty amazing.

More work from this artist here

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LONDON (Reuters) – British police said Friday they were hunting a man who stole a urinal from a pub toilet.

The suspect walked into the Royal Oak pub in Southampton, on the English south coast, ordered half a pint of beer and then made several visits to the men’s toilet.

There he carefully removed a white urinal from the wall, stuffed it into a rucksack and was captured on closed circuit television walking out with the bulging sack on his back.

Reuters story

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The Corporate Scrooge Contest Results
America’s worst office Christmas parties, gifts, and bonuses.

“During my time with the company as a consumer electronic service engineer, the annual Christmas bonus given to all employees was a bag of potatoes,” he writes. Apparently a relative of the boss owned a potato farm.
http://www.slate.com/id/2155906

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