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Conjoint Twins Successfully Separated in Memphis

Joshua and Jacob Spates were conjoint twins for seven months after their birth. Now, they are recuperating in the pediatric intensive care unit of a Memphis hospital they were successfully separated through a 13 hours operation. Dr. Max Langham, who led the team that operated the twin, revealed Wednesday that they are happy and celebrating for Joshua and Jacob are in good condition. They successfully separated the twins who were joined at the spine and were sharing the  rectum, muscles and nerves, last August 29. And just two weeks after, they twins remains healthy and they are now using their legs and are now trying to crawl. The team is composed of 34 members who spent 13 hours separating the twins, separating their column bone, nerves and muscles and then repairing the … Read entire article »

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Falcon Heene, the Baloon Boy, and the Flying Saucer-like Baloon

Falcon Heene is a 6-year old boy who made the whole world watch a flying saucer-like baloon above the Colorado air. Falcon is one of the 3 sons of  Richard Heene, a weather chaser and an amateur scientist. It was learned that on that day, his 2 brothers were on the roof of their house in the Fort Collins, Colorado, with a camera. They’re commenting on what Falcon did on the ground where the baloon-like craft was tethered. It was reported that Falcon got into the baloon-like craft when it was loosen by himself. Mercury News reported, Officials from Larimer, Weld and Adams counties worked this afternoon with the Federal Aviation Administration and assistance from the 9News helicopter to track the balloon. It was aloft about three hours, sometimes drifting as high as 8,000 feet. The … Read entire article »

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Curt Schilling

After the death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the name “Curt Schilling” became the buzz in the internet. But who is Curt Schilling? In the Wikipedia entry for the Curt Schilling, it was stated that “Curtis Montague Schilling (born November 14, 1966 in Anchorage, Alaska) is a former American Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher. He helped lead the Philadelphia Phillies to the World Series in 1993 and has won World Series championships in 2001 with the Arizona Diamondbacks and in 2004 and 2007 with the Boston Red Sox. Schilling retired with a career postseason record of 11–2.” What make his name a buzz today? Well, according to the report, Curt Schilling is interested of the Senate Seat that Senator Kennedy vacated upon his death. Rumors said that Mr Schilling will be running for … Read entire article »

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Jaycee Dugard Daughters Pictures/Photos

After Jaycee Lee Dugard has been rescued from the hands of his captures for 18 years, people are curious on the looks of her daughters whose father is her capture, Phillip Craig Garrido. It can be recalled that Philip Craig Garrido along with his wife Nancy Garrido kidnapped Jaycee Lee Dugard when she was still 11 years old 18 years ago near Jaycee’s home. The step-father of Jaycee Lee saw the incident and using his bicycle he tried to pursue the kidnappers who were riding in a gray sedan but he failed to stopped them. For 18 years Philip Craig Garrido heldJaycee Lee, abused her sexually and fathered two duaghters who are now 15 and 11 years old. The three were housed in the series of tents in the backyard of Mr … Read entire article »

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Even Monkeys Have Human Characteristics

Some said that Filipinos love monkey business but I haven’t heard somebody said that monkeys have human characteristics until the result of the research on monkeys did by the team of US and Italian scientists was released. It was already known that human prefers to be with other who try to imitate their gestures, postures or mannerism although those who are being imitated don’t know that the others are imitating them. And before the study was done, it was not yet known that these characteristics was true with the monkeys. But the result of the study proved that monkeys love the people who monkey them around . According to the study, monkeys love to be with those scientist who tried to imitate them than those scientists who did not. The monkey used … Read entire article »

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Saudi TV Sex Bragger, Jailed

Mazen Abdul-Jawad, an employee of the Saudi Airlines who appeared last July 15, 2009 in the LBC TV’s program, “Bold Red Line”, was sent to jail since Friday for bragging about his sex adventure. The 32-year old Arabian started talking during his TV appearance about his sexual experience when he was still 14-year old, and then showed his room where most of his sexual adventure happened and his sex toys. This segment shocked the Arabian viewers which resulted to the complaint of almost 200 Arabian people against him. The Arabian office of the Lebanon based satellite TV station LBC-TV was closed by the Arabian authority for airing the interview of Mr. Mazen Abdul-Jawad. Saudi Arabia was the origin of the Islam religion that strictly enforces the Islam teaching of the segregation of men … Read entire article »

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Bad Weather Breaks Communication Cables, Affects PLDT & Smart

Submarine communication cables within the APCN 2 (Asia-Pacific Cable Network) which connects countries in the Asia Pacific region of which Philippine landing point is in Batangas Bay, Batangas City, was broken due to the bad weather. The fault occurred in between China, Malaysia, Taiwan and Singapore yesterday and affects the communication services of PLDT and SMART. Smart’s mobile subscribers may experience difficulties in communicating their loveones abroad and those who are using Smart Bro and Smart Bro Plugit will experience slow connection when visiting websites hosted abroad. On the other hand, PLDT is currently re-routing traffic to the other cable system. It’s the second time since 2006 the internet connection of PLDT and Smart was affected by the fault in the submarine fiber optic cable system due to the natural problems. In December … Read entire article »

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Wille Revillame “Cory Aquino’s Cortege” Scandal

On Monday during the transport of former president Cory Aquino’s body to the Manila Cathedral, the controversial host of the Wowowee, Willie Revillame made a remark that made Filipinos irked and found him disrespectful to the Madam Aquino. While one of the contestant of the “Willie of Fortune” segment of the show was dancing, the ABS-CBN management decided to simultaneously show the live coverage of the cortege and the Wowowee. Wille Revillame, who was upset on what had been shown, asked the ABS-CBN management live through his show to stripped off the live coverage of the cortege because according to him, “…nagsasaya kami dito… I don’t think na dapat ipakita yan…” Although the avid fans of the Wowowee did not consider it a disrespect to the former president because they knew what Willie … Read entire article »

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Baby Elephant Trapped in Manhole

A baby elephant used by Mahout in begging fell into the drainage ditch and trapped for 3 hours. Elephants in Thailand are made to play tricks to appeal tourists. And according to the report, this baby elephant was driven by a Mahout when it fell to the manhole of the drainage in Rayong province, Easter Thailand. But the elephant did not just sit in the drainage but put its front legs into the edge of a meter square edge of the hole and its eyes were shown as if pleading men to help its own out of the drainage ditch. The rescuer widened the hole using a bulldozer and took 3 hours to successfully took the elephant out of the hole. … Read entire article »

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Patrick Kane Arrested Over Taxi Change

The NHL (National Hocky League) 2008 Best Rookie, Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhalks was arrested over a dispute with the taxi driver. According to the report, Patrick Kane, 20, along with his cousin, James Kane, 21, rode a taxi from the hub of the Chicago’s night life. The fare would be $13.80 and the two paid the cabbie $15. When the driver informed them that he did not have 20 cent for the $1.20 change, the two allegedly took back the $15 then punched him, grabbed him by the throat and broke his eyeglasses. Police said that the driver suffered cuts on the face and his eyeglasses were broken. The two kanes were charged with felony robbery and misdemeanor counts of theft of services and criminal mischief. … Read entire article »

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