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RIP? Hosni Mubarak, at 84: Hosni Mubarak, the former dictator of Egypt who was ousted during last year’s Arab Spring, has been declared clinically dead at the age of 84 — though his lawyers say he is not dead yet. He had fallen into a coma after a heart attack and stroke.
Mubarak was sentenced to life behind bars on June 2 for suppressing a revolt against his rule in February 2011 during which nearly 850 protesters were killed.
[reuters]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5vww4dXPu1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg)
RIP? Hosni Mubarak, at 84: Hosni Mubarak, the former dictator of Egypt who was ousted during last year’s Arab Spring, has been declared clinically dead at the age of 84 — though his lawyers say he is not dead yet. He had fallen into a coma after a heart attack and stroke.
Mubarak was sentenced to life behind bars on June 2 for suppressing a revolt against his rule in February 2011 during which nearly 850 protesters were killed.
[reuters]
Posted Without Comment of the Day: Xi’an Up Close, an investigative program that airs in China, has become an international laughingstock after airing this report Saturday about a “mystery mushroom” that was discovered by villagers in a rural part of the city. (Subtitles are uploader’s translations.)
News channel Xi’an TV released this statement today:
An open letter to all netizens and viewers: Hi everyone, one of our news reports which aired last night has made everyone laugh. This incident has been widely followed, shared and commented on. As our reporter was still very young and unwise to the ways of the world, this report has brought great inconvenience to everyone. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone from the bottom of our hearts for your criticism and correction. Please forgive our oversight!
(Not Safe For Work — mushroom is actually sex toy.)
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Apple’s desktop computers will get redesigned, says anonymous Apple exec
After today’s incredibly tiny update to the Mac Pro, you might be wondering if Apple plans to kill off the venerable desktop. Apparently, that’s not the case. New York Times technology columnist David Pogue spoke to an anonymous Apple executive who said that the company’s desktops are getting a makeover, perhaps by 2013.
This report might ease the worries of some Mac-heads, including Instapaper founder Marco Arment, who bluntly claimed earlier today that “The message is clear: Apple doesn’t give a s*#( about the Mac Pro.” The Mac Pro hasn’t had a full redesign since its release in 2006, and its basic look and feel is similar to the Power Mac G5, a machine that initially came out nine years ago.
A 32-year legal mystery over the death of a baby in Australia’s outback came to an end on Tuesday when a coroner found a dingo was responsible for the death of infant Azaria Chamberlain, a case that split national opinion and attracted global headlines.
The coroner’s finding ends a three-decade fight for justice by Azaria’s parents, Michael Chamberlain and Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, who was jailed for three years over her daughter’s death before she was later cleared.This saga began in August of 1980, or before most of the people reading this were probably born. While not a surprise, the decision ends a decades-long legal saga that was one of Australia’s most well-known and controversial.
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Want to grow your own veggies but don’t have a sunny backyard? Check out the incredible Kitchen Nano Garden concept by Hyundai. Definitely a gardening gadget straight from The Jetsons.
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For when farmer’s markets are too grungy and dirty for your lifestyle.
Finally, there is definitive proof: The presidential candidate was born in the United States, and his father was not.
Yes, Republican Mitt Romney appears eligible to be president, according to a copy of Romney’s birth certificate released to Reuters by his campaign. Willard Mitt Romney, the certificate says, was born in Detroit on March 12, 1947.
His mother, Lenore, was born in Utah and his father, former Michigan governor and one-time Republican presidential candidate George Romney, was born in Mexico.
READ MORE: Romney’s birth certificate evokes father’s controversy
We’ll just leave this here.
