1. Pets: Trained biologist Leyla Schimmel says the two donkeys that they have in their backyard would only bray on the rare occasion her 12-year-old daughter is late in getting them their food, but her neighbours disagree they want the donkeys out-- UPI
2. You take a green laser pointer, shine it at something= the robot picks it up. You points it elsewhere, the robot delivers it there- "Turn The World Into A Clickable Interface And Robots Will Obey Your Commands"- Gizmodo- but what's the point?
3. More than 30,000 steelworkers clash in China- when workers learnt that Jianlong Steel would buy a majority share. Workers didn't want that, and so in the clashes Janlong general manager Chen Guojun was beaten to death- China Digital Times (CDT)
4. Who will buy this?- Used Condoms for Best Buy- Best Week Ever
5. If you have been reading this blog, you would definitely be aware of the threats that machines have for man (corpse eating robotic soldiers, flesh eating alarm clocks and so on)- scientists get wise - "Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man" - New York Times
6. Jerry Gray was arrested for criminal child neglect because her son, 14-year-old Alexander Draper, was obese (555 pounds, to be exact): even if it is some genetic malfunction, she is to blame, yes- www.nj.com
7. This is messy: Labs patent results and sue universities that test for them- how clever is that? "There are even allegations that certain labs have gone so far as to send blood samples to a university lab, order testing for patented indicators, then sue that university for infringement."- Slashdot. Can get worse than that.
8. About 250,000 bees removed from home- UPI
9. This is not actually dumb, but cute- a Chinese couple married clothed in thousands of living bees.
"Li Wenhua and Yan Hongxia are both enthusiastic beekeepers"- Ananova. It shows.
10. Man takes a homeless and hungry man inside a restaurant and feeds him- man gets thanked by the homeless man when the homeless man mugs him and runs away with his cash- www.kmph.com
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