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Australian Radio Station Cancels Entire Show After Radio Prank Has Fatal Consequences
SCA, the company that owns the network responsible for the radio show has made some harsh rulings in the aftermath of the suicide. Company Wide Suspension of Prank Calls The company that owns the radio station responsible for the Kate Middleton radio prank says it has “terminated” the show … and will implement “a […]
Psy Says Airport Made Him Do ‘Gangnam’ Dance
Rapper Psy Gets Stopped AT Immigration – To Teach Them The Gangnam Style Dance! The Interview The mega Famous Rapper, Psy, sat down in am interview with CNN a few days ago to discuss his life and rise to fame after the super hit made him an international celebrity of epic proportions. International Fame One […]
Bionic Eye Gives Partial Sight to Blind
In Australia, ground-breaking research leads scientist to develop the world’s first bionic eye. A patient in Australia, Dianne Ashworth, who has severe vision loss due to the inherited condition retinitis pigmentosa, was fitted with an early prototype bionic eye in May this year during surgery at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in […]
Watch This Curious Koala Bear Swim to A Canoe and Climb Right In
A Curious little koala swims to check out a canoe and climbs on in. A koala surprises a group of people in Australia by swimming across a river towards their canoe and climbing in it.
Why Do Olympians Bite Their Medals?
Olympians sometimes pretend to bite their medals while posing for pictures, Olympics expert David Wallechinsky says that photographers actually request the pose.A possible reason for the beginnings of this trend is emulating the biting of coins that handlers used to do, as to verify the authenticity. Gold medals for the 2012 Olympics contain only 1.34% gold or about 6 grams. The […]
France Rallies to Beat United States in Men’s 4×100 Swim Relay
France beat the United States in the men’s 4×100-meter swimming relay on Sunday, with Michael Phelps and the United States taking a silver medal. The medal is the 17th for Phelps, and puts him one behind Larisa Latynina, a Soviet gymnast who earned nine golds, five silvers and four bronzes between 1956 […]
Cabbie turns taxi into hotel for Olympics
A London cabbie turns his taxi into a hotel-for-one during the Olympic Games. CNN’s Rosie Tomkins checks it out. Take the scarcity and expense of hotel accommodations in London this mix that with the missing revenue of London Cabbies (due to the restricted Olympic Lanes) and you would get something like a taxi-bed. One driver seen an opportunity while he […]
Ryan Lochte was barred from wearing his custom grill on the medal stand
Is there a dress code for the medal stand at the Olympics? American swimmer Ryan Lochte wanted to wear his custom red, white and blue grill, which represents his country, on the medal stand after winning the 400 IM. But some IOC official informed him that wearing his bling would result in failure to […]
Protests on opening day of Olympics
As to be expected, with an international gathering of this size, just hours before the opening ceremonies London was dealing with protesters. Taxi Drivers Protest Traffic Sanctions Imposed During the Games…. Cab drivers argue the traffic lanes — which are restricted to Olympic officials and athletes — should also be available to taxis. […]