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Vegas 98 arrests

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Vegas 98 arrests – Im not sure how many arrests occur on a normal night on the strip but multiple arrests isn’t that much of a surprise, however 98 is quite a lot and these arrests are all linked.

Vegas 98 arrests

So why so many arrests? It seems it’s linked to a protest by workers from a non-unionized casino protesting for contracts. Most Vegas casinos and hotels are unionized and workers get free healthcare and benefits such as a penion. Workers protesting and mounting their civil disobedience campaign outside the Cosmopolitan casino just want a contract with similar rights and it ended with almost 100 arrests!

I think most sane people would agree they have a right to protest and should expect what other casinos offer so I hope they make some progress with the press they are getting.

More details can be found on abc.

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1,000-year-old Chinese bowl

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1,000-year-old chinese bowl - 1,000-year-old items don’t just turn up at garage sales…. Or do they! A 1,000 year-old Chinese bowl purchased 2nd hand for $3 has just sold for a massive $2.2 million, wow!

1,000-year-old Chinese bowl

Originally purchased for only $3 at a second hand sale someone got the steal of a lifetime with a 1000 year old Chinese bowl. It recently sold at a Sotherby’s auction for a stunning $2.22 million. That’s $2,200,000…. Look at those 000000s!!!

The bowl is from China’s Northern Song Dynasty which lasted from 920 to 1027 and of course is a rare and interesting piece in amazing condition for it’s age. The bowl was only estimated to sell for around $200k (still a hell of a lot!).


So, dust of your antique hunting and get yourself down to those second hand stores, garage sales and job lot auctions! Of course we all know it’s not as simple or likely as that.

Awesome story though. I’m just stunned someone needs a bowl bad enough to pay over $2 million for it!

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Related: Penny Sells For $1.38 Million

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$3 bowl for $2.22 million

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$3 bowl for $2.22 million – $3 turned into $2.22 million! And another reason to pick up those interesting looking items at garage sales!

$3 bowl for $2.22 million

Originally purchased for only $3 at a second hand sale someone got the steal of a lifetime with a 1000 year old Chinese bowl. It recently sold at a Sotherby’s auction for a stunning $2.22 million. That’s $2,200,000…. Look at those 000000s!!!

The bowl is from China’s Northern Song Dynasty which lasted from 920 to 1027 and of course is a rare and interesting piece in amazing condition for it’s age. The bowl was only estimated to sell for around $200k (still a hell of a lot!).

So, dust of your antique hunting and get yourself down to those second hand stores, garage sales and job lot auctions! Of course we all know it’s not as simple or likely as that.

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Awesome story though. I’m just stunned someone needs a bowl bad enough to pay over $2 million for it!

Related: Penny Sells For $1.38 Million

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Citigroup to pay $730m

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Citigroup to pay $730m – Oh it’s only $730million that Citigroup are paying to settle a class action lawsuit…. YES, THAT IS $730m, Yikes!

Citigroup to pay $730m

So why this astronomical amount that Citigroup seem quite blase about?

Citigroup to pay $730m

Citigroup to pay $730m

The class action law suit was brought against Citigroup by bondholders related to the 2008 financial crisis. It was alleged that buyers of bonds were misled regarding exposure to subprime mortgages and similar high-risk securities before the crisis from May ’06 to Nov ’08.

Although Citigroup still denies the allegations they are saying the payout is part of a series of moves to put the crisis behind them and carry on.

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More details on this settlement and previous settlements can be found on Yahoo.

Now, Citigroup was bailed out by the public after the crass and they were one of the worst affected institutions. However I can’t find any sympathy for them and still hold none even though they seem to be playing the beaten puppy. I have opinions of how the bank mess should have gone down even though I am no finance whizz.

Personally I think the people should have been bailed out. Citigroup and such organisations should have been allowed to fail if that was their fate and people should have been given a check to take to a more reliable, less scumbag based, banking institution. Local banks that still have grounding in the community would be a great start.

I’d love to hear why this couldn’t have happened?

Related: Has Citigroup Repaid TARP?

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Miracle chicken eggs

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Miracle chicken eggs – Not content with a double yolker alone a Chinese chicken has been pumping out double yolkers with a 2nd egg inside!

Miracle chicken eggs

The giant eggs weighing nearly half a pound have been being laid by a chicken belonging to 87 year old Granny Yang who lives in the Guizhou area.

About 3 weeks ago Granny thought her chicken was on the verge of death as it popped out the first of the triple sizes monsters, since then there have been 5 more.

Each egg is abnormally large, contains two yolks and just like a babushka another perfectly formed one yolk egg inside! It has to be seen to be believed and it can be in the video below.

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Granny says she feeds the chicken on rice only! It makes you wonder what steroids the rice is on!

I’m sure this is just a blip in the chickens egg laying blueprints and hopefully it will pass as I bet they are painful!

Would you eat these eggs or do they worry you that something is wrong with them?

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Rabies organ transplant

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Rabies organ transplant – A man from Maryland has sadly died from the organ transplant that should have saved him. Rabies was the cause but oddly it took hold over a year after the transplant.

Rabies organ transplant

The donor from Georgia died from encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain, back in 2011 but was not tested for Rabies as it is very rare and not everywhere has the facilities to do so. His Kidney’s, Heart and Liver were all transplanted in September 2011.

A year and a half later, the Maryland man who received the kidneys has died of rabies originating from his transplant. The other recipients show no signs of the disease but are having shots.

At first it dumbfounded doctors as the amount of time passed in unprecedented  The only previous time rabies has been transferred via donor all patients died within a year.

It’s incredibly sad when the thing that saved you ends up killing you and hopefully this may at least encourage talk about creating some kind of system when donors have died from such brain issues. Although Rabies is rare maybe this could have been stopped with post-transplant shots as precaution.

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More details can be found on CNN.

Our thoughts are with the victims family.

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Police officer delivers baby

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Police officer delivers baby – Help from a police officer after being pulled over for speeding isn’t normal but this case was extremely different from most!

Police officer delivers baby

An Iowa city police officer pulled over a black SUV for speeding and was shocked when told a baby was in process of being born. The actual head and arms were out. Everyone was in shock with the mother shouting oh my god! The police officer helped assist the birth, wrap the baby in a blanket and escorted the couple to the hospital.

Here is the officer talking and the actual footage from the video cam as shown on CBS.

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California bikers marriage proposal

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California bikers marriage proposal – A crazy marriage proposal has taken place on the I-10 freeway, close to West Covina in California. Watch the report in the video below.

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Ohio woman, 106, finally gets high school diploma

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Ohio woman, 106, finally gets high school diploma – A 106 year old lady may have taken her time but she finally has a high school diploma. Congrats!!!

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4 killed in shooting spree

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4 killed in shooting spree – Sad news as 4 people and a gunman were killed in a shooting spree.

4 killed in shooting spree

From the YouTube description:

“Police in upstate New York stormed an abandoned building Thursday morning where a man suspected of a deadly shooting rampage at a car wash and barbershop had been holed up for hours, killing the man after he fired on a police dog.

Kurt Myers, 64, was killed by police who had surrounded a block of small businesses in the village of Herkimer since Wednesday afternoon.

SWAT teams went into the building around 8 a.m., trooper Jack Keller said. The shootout occurred in the basement.”

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Full details are available below in the video.