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Weekly News Roundup: Burning Bunnies and Stolen Hands

roundup-pic_web• Waste not, want not: Stockholm burns culled bunnies for heating fuel.

• Helicopters search for radioactive rabbit poop near the Hanford nuclear reservation. Workers to begin removing the poop soon, which might be the worst job ever.

• Mathematician predicts an ESPN fantasy—a Dodgers-Yanks World Series. FOX Sports also has its fingers crossed.

• Doctors enjoy the five-fingered discount by pocking watches, severed hands from hospitals.

• Think technology is invasive now? A new camera is under development that could capture your entire life.

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October 16th, 2009 1:26 PM Tags: crime, poop, rabbits, rocks
by Brett Israel in Blog Roundup, Crime & Punishment, Scat-egory, Technology Attacks! | 2 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

  • Christina Viering

    Burning culled bunnies? Ick.

  • http://www.kilotonemerver.com mavrodim

    mavrodim Hallo, always great to see other people through the hole world in my searching, I really appreciate the time it should have taken to put together this awesome article. Cheers…

    Hallo, always great to see other people through the hole world in my searching, I really appreciate the time it should have taken to put together this awesome article. Cheers…





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