Non-IT News Thread
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@JaredBusch said:
@scottalanmiller said:
South Korea to control history textbooks used in schools
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34504142The US is more insidious about it, but all governments do this to some degree or another.
It's waaaay worse in the South, always has been. Churches still control or have great influence over literally everything here.
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We'll leave him alone as long as he stays in Canada.
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Federal Perkins Loan: Colleges May Have to Return Federal Funding After Loan Program Expiration
The Perkins Loan program, established in 1958, expired Sept. 30. Senator Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., called it "outdated and unnecessary," and blocked the Senate from voting on it.
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Doctors Hospital: Sisters Adopted Separately Are Reunited After Being Hired by Sarasota, Fla., Hospital
Meagan Hughes and Holly Hoyle O'Brien were hired three months apart at Doctors Hospital. A DNA test confirmed their relationship after they compared stories of being adopted from South Korea.
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Round Rock High School: Video Shows Police Officer Grabbing Student's Throat at School
The Texas city's police department said they are investigating after a video circulating on social media shows one of its officers grabbing the throat of Gyasi Hughes, 14, while he was being detained.
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Tenkiller Ferry Lake: Driver Dies After Her Car Goes Off Bridge and Into Oklahoma Lake, Officials Say
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said a car crash drove the driver's car off the road and into the Tahlequah, Okla., lake. A dive team is recovering the unidentified female victim and the vehicle.
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Seriously Facebook, what the F* is wrong with you?!
http://www.epbot.com/2015/10/banned-from-facebook-over-thanksgiving.html
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aiVM6-4qvvA/Vh00_2ZCgXI/AAAAAAABp9c/ZIe7ZN9DPbI/s640/NudeTurkeyPost.jpg
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It seems to be dripping some..... icing.
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Jersey Devil: Image Purports to Show Winged Creature in New Jersey
Dave Black, of Little Egg Harbor, sent NJ.com an image of a figure that "spread out leathery wings and flew off" over a golf course. The creature is said to inhabit the southern part of the state.
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http://imgick.nj.com/home/njo-media/width620/img/entertainment_impact/photo/18935715-mmmain.jpg
What is wrong with that state?
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Florida woman broadcasts herself while driving drunk around Lakeland, Florida. Local Periscope watchers contact police and pinpoint her location using landmarks visible on the video stream.
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Mexico: 'Jalisco crime boss' Quintero held by police
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-34527157 -
Mumbai man found alive in mortuary dies two days later
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Alive in the morgue, dead in the hospital. #onlyindiathings
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Actually that just happened in Honduras too.
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Not to be outdone by India.... #onlyamericanthings
Man injured by pine cone in San Francisco park sues the US government for $5m
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https://twitter.com/WhoaCo/status/654137337257922563
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