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Friday, August 26, 2011

Creepy Humour and Little (sad or whatever) Facts of the week + NEWS

Today: Allen's dad's "girlfriend" has been seeing another man. How he found out? Facebook! Ouch, that is a bad blow right? I feel awful for him.. :/

Creepy joke: Allen kissed me the other day and whispered: "Katrina..."
Joke? Yes, thank god! Funny? Not really I think this feel into the creep factor..
:p (secret: Katrina is my sister who is 2 years older)

Less than 6% of Peruvian women attend higher education.. (Hulu fact)

NEWS:
-Hurricane Irene has caused some NYC citizens to evacuate!
-Earthquake in Washington D.C. the other day
-Libyan Rebels take back Tripoli and put bounty on Muammar el-Qaddafi.
-UN building in Abuja, Nigeria was recently attacked by a suicide bomber
-An arson attack on a casino in northern Mexico on Thursday that left 52 people dead has thrown a spotlight on the growth of gambling houses throughout the country and their role in organized crime. (NY TIMES)
-It was a good week for Timothy D. Cook.
Apple has awarded its new chief executive a million shares of Apple stock that at the current share price are worth about $383 million. Half of the stock will vest on Aug. 24, 2016, five years from now, and the other half will vest in 2021. (BITS)
-Taiwan is warning ships passing through the Bashi Channel south of the island to stay alert of a strong typhoon. (NY TIMES)
-The Texas Supreme Court ruled that it was constitutional for strip clubs that serve alcohol to charge a $5-per-customer fee.
-A task force set up by the Obama administration to alleviate political tensions instead led to immigrant groups and supporters marching out of public hearings across the country.
-A report by the Institute of Medicine found that the chickenpox vaccine can cause illness many years later, but that there is no evidence that the vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella causes autism.
-Global Rates of Obesity Doubled in 30 Years
Even as blood pressure and cholesterol levels have dropped, weight gain is sharply higher, especially in the West, three new studies say.

THANKS NY TIMES! and that I deemed was the most relevant news of the week!

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