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Huge Turnout for First Marijuana Job Fair

Huge Turnout for First Marijuana Job Fair:  More than 1200 people flocked to what was billed as the first marijuana-industry job fair in Denver.  I don’t smoke pot anymore - so I didn’t bother to apply - because I knew I couldn’t pass the drug test.

Former Miss USA Arrested on DUI Charges:  Former Miss USA Rima Fakir has apologized to fans after being arrested in Highland Park, Michigan on DUI Charges.  No apology needed.  Hell, if I had to spend much time in Highland Park, Michigan, I’d get drunk too.  That said, I’ll bet mother Fakir is very upset. 

UK Police Shut Down Highway to Search for Man’s Penis:  After a distressed 40-year-old man was found by the side of the road off the A66 highway in Middlesbrough, U.K. with his penis severed, police shut down all 4 lanes of traffic to search for the missing member.  Living in LA, I see people get cut-off on the highway all the time, but this is over the top.

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Broken Nail Set Off Salon Attack:  A customer of a New Jersey nail salon has been charged with aggravated assault and a weapons offense after she became so upset one of her nails broke that she squirted nail polish into the eyes of salon employees.  Witnesses say this had the employees seeing red.

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Model Suing Playboy for Using her Butt as a Golf Tee:  Playboy model Liz Dickson is suing the magazine after she was injured by a golf club during a 2012 golf-themed nude photo shoot where the magazine asked her to lie on her stomach and insert a golf tee between her buttocks.  Well that sounds about par for the course.  Seems the balls kept ending up in the “rough.”  Talk about a hole in one. 

New Snail Venom Painkiller Extremely Potent:  Scientists say an experimental drug made from snail venom and judged to be about 100 times more potent than morphine, has shown early signs of promise in numbing pain, raising hopes in the hunt for new, non-addictive medications.  Unfortunately, research has only been moving at a snail’s pace.

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Prolonged Sitting Linked to Premature Death:  A new study links a sedentary lifestyle and prolonged sitting to diabetes and cardiovascular disease, which contribute to premature death.  So next time someone asks you to come on in and have a seat, you can pretty much assume that they’re trying to kill you.   

Florida Man Killed for Taking Photo:  A Florida man stabbed his boss to death and then told police he did it because his boss took a photo of him without his permission and posted it online.  In his defense, the man claimed that he was just cleaning his knife when it went off.

Video Catches Colombian President Wetting Himself Onstage:  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos kicked of his reelection campaign with a speech to supporters in Barranquilla this weekend, but videos uploaded to YouTube of the event showing the president appearing to wet himself onstage are raising questions about the 62-year-old's health.  Some are calling posting this dirty politics, but others say it all Depends on who “leaked” the videos.

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