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Parents to Change Record-Setting 10,000 Cloth Diapers
By Susanna Baird - AOL NewsCloth nappies in hand, parents around the world will join up Saturday for the Great Cloth Diaper Change, a coordinated diapering they hope will set a new world record for the most cloth diapers changed at the same time. California mother Judy Aagard, owner of Tiny Tots Diaper Service and Baby Boutique, brainstormed the event as an Earth Day gathering for the Tiny Tots community. After contacting Guinness World Records and with the support of the nonprofit Real Diapering Association, she took the event worldwide. At 9 a.m. PDT Saturday, approximately 10,000 parents from 24 countries will ...
Cops Bust Rubber Robbers Accused of Stealing 700,000 Condoms
By not in system - AOL NewsKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian police say they have recovered about 700,000 condoms that were stolen while being shipped to Japan two months ago. Mohamad Shukri Dahlan, police chief of Malaysia's northern Perak state, says authorities found hundreds of boxes of condoms at a warehouse and a home last week. Police arrested six men who allegedly were storing the condoms in hope of eventually selling them. Getty Images Malaysian police have recovered about 700,000 condoms recently stolen while being shipped to Japan. The arrested suspects face 10 years in jail if convicted in the ...
For Some, Banana-Smashing on New Year's Eve Is A-Peeling
By David Moye - AOL NewsMost New Year's Eve traditions involve alcohol, but for a growing number of people, smashing a banana is the most appealing way to ensure the New Year will be fruitful. This bizarre tradition is officially called "the Banana Smash" and, according to organizer John Podeszwa, has been around since 1992, when a few folks in Minnesota came up with the fruity concept. "It began on Xerxes Avenue South in Minneapolis as a good way to do away with all the bad juju from the previous year," Podeszwa told AOL News. "I came up with the idea of writing the date on a banana, but the ceremony was ...
Wild Monkey Kills Newborn Malaysian Baby
By Hugh Collins - AOL News(Oct. 7) -- A baby girl in Malaysia died after being attacked in her home by a wild monkey. The monkey snatched the 4-day-old girl, bit her and then dropped her from the roof of the family home in the state of Negeri Sembilan in western Malaysia on Wednesday, The Guardian reported. The child's mother was in the bathroom. The monkey was likely foraging for food and dropped the baby after hearing the family's cries. "We frantically searched all over the house and saw her body covered in blood lying outside the house," grandfather A. Valayutham said. The family took the baby, who had not ...
Muslim World at Odds Over French Burqa Ban
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsNICE, France (Sept 15) -- A top cleric at Egypt's most respected mosque broke with many other global Islamic leaders by saying today that he supports France's decision to ban the full face-covering Islamic veil. Abdel Muti al-Bayyumi, a member of the Al-Azhar mosque council, said there is nothing in Islamic law or the Quran that calls for a full-face veil. The French Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to ban such garments as the burqa, a one-piece garment with a fabric grid before the eyes, and the niqab, a facial veil that leaves only the eyes visible. Claude Paris, AP Kenza Drider, ...
Biotech Lab in Malaysia Raises Security Concerns, Despite U.S. Connection
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyA ProPublica investigation published Tuesday raises concerns about a biotech laboratory being built in Malaysia that will handle deadly pathogens such as anthrax, plague, SARS and the Ebola virus. The stated mission of lab, developed by the Malaysian government with the Maryland-based firm Emergent BioSolutions, is to produce vaccines against fatal and contagious agents that could be used in terrorist attacks. But critics worry that the facility could be used for offensive, instead of defensive, purposes in a country that has been tied to several terrorist plots over the past decade. They ...
Police Arrest More Than 5,000 for World Cup Gambling
By Hugh Collins - AOL News(July 16) -- Police in China, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia arrested more than 5,000 people as part of a massive crackdown on illegal soccer gambling tied to organized-crime networks. This was big money: Cops estimated that these gambling dens -- all 800 of them -- handled a tasty $155 million of action during the 31 days of the World Cup. Interpol A man suspected of illegally betting on World Cup matches is taken into custody. "The results we have seen are impressive," Jean-Michel Louboutin, Interpol's executive director, said in a statement. "As well as having clear connections to ...
Get Your Racing Fix on a Non-NASCAR Sunday
By Geoffrey Miller - AOL NewsSo somewhere in between the waking up, the egg hunts, possible early spring yardwork, a Sunday dinner, and church -- if that's your thing -- you're gonna be wondering what to do without 500 miles of NASCAR action tomorrow. Well, screw the lawn mower and forget about cleaning the bathroom. Here's some ways to get the racing fix on the boob tube today. All times Eastern, because I'm too lazy and ignorant to find out the rest. They just confuse me.7:30am - Back in the Day, SPEED Channel- Total apologies if you're up this early, but hey, it's retro NASCAR and a decent show, despite its VH1 "Pop-up ...
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