May, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Premier Colin Barnett rejects pre-abortion 3-D ultrasound idea

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WESTERN Australian Premier Colin Barnett says he does not support a backbench MP’s proposal for women seeking abortions to first undergo 3-D colour ultrasound imaging and view the foetus. State Liberal MP and former pastor […] […]

Trial hears Jayant Patel told patient his bowel didn’t like his body

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SURGEON Jayant Patel told a patient he needed to ‘whip out’ the man’s entire bowel because it ‘doesn’t like your body’, a court has heard. Dr Patel has pleaded not guilty to the grievous bodily […] […]

US’s most dangerous drugs kingpin or Kingston’s Robin Hood?

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HE is described as Jamaica’s most powerful man, an alleged drug lord with close ties to the island’s Government, revered as a God-like benefactor in the Kingston district that he rules – and wanted in […] […]

Guinness finds Minnesota man is tallest in US

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ROCHESTER, Minn. — Guinness World Records has recognized a Minnesota man as the tallest man in the United States. The Guinness World Record Association measured Rochester’s Igor Vovkovinskiy (voh-kov-IN’-ski) at 7 feet, 8.33 inches tall […] […]

4 NY teens hurt when driver holds breath, faints

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WHEATLAND, N.Y.—Police say four upstate New York teenagers who tried to hold their breath for the time it took their car to go a third of a mile were hurt when the driver fainted. Authorities […] […]

Livermore man arrested in Kentucky on suspicion of luring girl to have sex

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A Livermore man has been arrested in Kentucky on suspicion that he flew to the state to have sex with a 15-year-old girl he met online. Robert Alderman, 23, was arrested at an Erlanger, Ky., […] […]

10 injured during turbulence aboard flight to LA

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LOS ANGELES—Authorities say 10 people were injured during severe turbulence on a United Airlines flight from London to Los Angeles that was diverted to Montreal. United Airlines spokeswoman Sarah Massier says United Flight 935 reported […] […]

Ky. toddler gets drunk on gin and tea; stepfather charged

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A 23-year-old man was arrested after his 2-year-old stepdaughter was rushed to the hospital passed out drunk. Raymond Jackson of Crescent Springs, Ky., is charged with first-degree criminal abuse, a felony punishable by five years […] […]

18 people call over acrobat HIV scare

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EIGHTEEN people have responded to a national appeal for information from anyone who had unprotected sex with a HIV positive circus acrobat. African-born Godfrey Zaburoni has been remanded in custody after being charged with knowingly […] […]

Children in care raped, bashed – report

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CHILDREN in Victoria’s out-of-home care system are being raped, bashed and are prostituting themselves, a report reveals. Some children are placed temporarily in motels and caravans as the system struggles to meet demand for places. […] […]