Spider crawls in woman's ear, lives there for 5 days -

Spider crawls in woman's ear, lives there for 5 days - 



That old urban legend about spiders crawling into your orifices while you sleep has come true. A woman who checked into China's Changsha Central Hospital Wednesday (Aug. 8) with an itchy ear learned she had a small spider dwelling in her ear canal, according to news reports. It had crawled inside five days earlier while she slept.
At the hospital, heebie-jeebie-inducing pictures of the patient's ear canal revealed a stocky, hairy, four-eyed arachnid peering out at the camera, much to doctors' and the patient's surprise.
Amid concerns that disturbing the spider would cause it to "instinctively drill its barbs deeper, scratching the ear canal," local news sources reported that doctors succeeded in removing the creature by pouring saline solution into the ear canal and flushing it out.
As the spider's outstretched foot emerged from her ear, the patient, identified only as "Ms. Lee," reportedly "almost started crying."


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Doctors remove Lego from boy’s nose after 3 years -

Doctors remove Lego from boy’s nose after 3 years - 


A little boy can breathe a little easier now after doctors removed a Lego piece from his nose.  The toy had been stuck up his nose for three years.
Issak Lasson, 6, began having sinus problems when he was three. His parents brought him to several doctors before finding the real problem. A Lego tire had been stuck up the child’s nose for years.
Issak doesn’t remember putting the Lego piece up there. His parents say since the toy was removed, he has more energy, more of an appetite, and he can finally sleep soundly.


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Newspaper apologizes for adding LOL to dead man’s photo caption -

Newspaper apologizes for adding LOL to dead man’s photo caption - 





As reported by the U.K.’s Press Gazette, the tweet spread quickly. A spokesman for the paper’s parent company told the Gazette:

The caption error in today’s Western Mail is under internal investigation. We apologise for any offence this error may have caused.
Hat tip to McClatchy Watch.

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http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/regret-the-error/184576/newspaper-apologizes-for-adding-lol-to-dead-mans-photo-caption/

“Not having a Facebook account could be the first sign that you are a mass murderer” -

“Not having a Facebook account could be the first sign that you are a mass murderer” - 



If you’re a Facebook holdout, or have chosen to abandon the social media hangout for any number of reasons, be prepared to be labeled a misfit — or worse.

The net has been abuzz this week about a story attributed to a German newsmagazine in which a psychologist concluded that accused killers Norwegian Anders Breivik and Colorado theatre gunman James Holmes’s slim social media presences were suspicious.

“Not having a Facebook account could be the first sign that you are a mass murderer,” is how tech news site slashdot summed up Der Taggspiegel's story.

With a global population of seven billion and about 955 million registered Facebook user — technological and economic barriers notwithstanding — that’s a scary proposition.

However, an immediate concern may be the weight placed on the social network by employers.

While the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services have backed off earlier demands for the Facebook passwords of workers to check their profiles for troubling behaviour, it’s still seen as a tool to vet potential employees.

“Anecdotally, I’ve heard both job seekers and employers wonder aloud about what it means if a job candidate doesn’t have a Facebook account. Does it mean they deactivated it because it was full of red flags? Are they hiding something?” asked a Forbes.com writer.

And the dating game tells a similar story.

Slate advice columnist Emily Yoffe told one woman: “I’m fine with people not having a Facebook page if they don’t want one. However…. If you’re of a certain age and you meet someone who you are about to go to bed with, and that person doesn’t have a Facebook page, you may be getting a false name. It could be some kind of red flag.”

For the digital generation, that kind of sentiment is understandable, said Queens University media professor Sidneyeve Matrix.

“Facebook really is the way that you vet folks that you like, you cross paths and socialize with,” she said. “There’s a lot of common sense wisdom there, because we do want to vet people.”

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http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1239000--people-who-don-t-join-facebook-are-suspicious-say-pundits