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Company Denies Man Lost Job Over Playgirl Spread
A company that helps businesses handle personnel issues denies it forced one if its Connecticut employees out of his job after it was discovered he’d posed nude in Playgirl magazine. Durham resident Daniel Sawka filed a federal civil rights lawsuit last year against Roseland, New Jersey-based ADP Inc. alleging sexual harassment. The company responded Monday. Sawka worked as a sales …
Running Away From Your Record – Maryland Elections
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Male Hummingbirds Are Dicks
It’s easy to believe that these graceful, dazzling little birds that dance innocently around flowers wouldn’t hurt a fly. But it turns out that male hummingbirds can be surprisingly belligerent, using their long, sharp beaks as weapons to jab rivals in the throat while fighting over females. Because males and females have evolved different shaped beaks, and better weapons are …
Facebook’s “I Voted” Sticker Was A Secret Experiment
You might think it’s just a decorative gimmick — a cute electronic version of the “I Voted” sticker you get upon exiting the polling station. And Facebook says it’s just doing its civic duty by encouraging its users to vote. But there’s a lot more to it than that, as Mother Jones reported last Friday. For the last few elections, …
DNA From Toliet Lead Police To Burglar
Police in Albuquerque say a man suspected of a $250,000 heist should have flushed the evidence he left behind. KOAT-TV reports (http://goo.gl/V3OmEg ) investigators tied Ramon Herrera to the September burglary using DNA left on a toilet. Police say the 33-year-old relieved himself while taking $250,000 worth of jewelry from a home while the owners were on vacation, but he …
SWAT Team Sent To Collect Debt From 75-Yr Old Man
Officials in the Town of Stettin, a town of less than 3,000 in Marathon County, Wisconsin, sent armored vehicles and 24 armed officers to collect an $86,000 debt from 75-year-old Roger Hoeppner earlier this month, action that raises anew the issue of police militarization, which assumed center stage during the police response to protests over the shooting of an unarmed …