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Man dies at South Dakota hot dog eating contest
Posted: Jul 08, 2014 10:36 AM EST Updated: Jul 08, 2014 10:37 AM EST

CUSTER, S.D. (AP) - A Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in western South Dakota turned tragic when a contestant choked to death.

Walter Eagle Tail, 47, of Custer, died at a hospital Thursday after attempts to save him at the scene failed, Custer County Sheriff Rick Wheeler told the Rapid City Journal (http://bit.ly/1n3EKRD" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ).

"There was someone doing CPR when we arrived," Wheeler said. "He probably just suffocated. It got lodged in his throat and they (paramedics) couldn't get it out.

"It all happened within minutes," the sheriff said.

The Custer Chamber of Commerce, which sponsored the contest, canceled a pie-eating contest scheduled for Friday.

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Forgotten Vials of Smallpox Found in Storage Room
ATLANTA — Jul 8, 2014, 12:03 PM ET
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer
Associated Press

Government officials say workers cleaning a storage room at a research center made a startling discovery last week — decades-old vials of smallpox forgotten in a cardboard box.

The only other known smallpox samples are in super-secure labs in the U.S. and Russia.

Officials say the six vials of freeze-dried virus were sealed and pose no immediate danger. The virus usually has to be kept cold to remain alive and dangerous. The Centers for Disease Control and Preventions says these were stored at room temperature.

Further tests will determine if the samples are dead.

The vials were found at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland and may have been stored there since the 1950s.

One of the most deadly diseases in history, smallpox was declared eradicated in the 1980s.

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Woman Confesses To Filming Porn In Church After Tipster Recognizes Her Breasts
The Huffington Post | By Andres Jauregui
Posted: 08/12/2014 11:26 am EDT Updated: 08/12/2014 11:59 am EDT

This isn't your run-of-the-mill confession.

A woman in Austria admitted to filming a pornographic video inside a church after a tipster recognized her breasts.

In a video posted online, the woman, whose face is not shown, undoes her top and caresses her breasts while holding what appears to be a Bible and a rosary. The New York Daily News reported that at least two porn videos featuring the same woman were filmed at the same church in June.

According to the Austrian Times, Bernhard Pauer, a priest with the Diocese of Linz, went to police after parishioners said they recognized their church in the video.

After the footage was screened on local television, a tipster came forward and said he recognized the woman's breasts. Horsching police were then able to track down the 24-year-old amateur video star, who confessed. She now faces charges of offending religious feeling and desecration of a church.

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Mother charged after son sets himself on fire for Facebook video
WINSTON-SALEM N.C. Tue Aug 12, 2014 9:42am EDT

(Reuters) - A North Carolina woman is accused of helping record her teenage son set himself on fire after he doused his body with fingernail polish as part of a social media stunt, police said.

Janie Lachelle Talley, 41, watched as her 16-year-old son attempted to complete a "fire challenge" video for Facebook on July 29, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said on Monday. The boy suffered minor burns on his chest and neck.

The video showed others put out the fire.

"The mother of the victim was present and aware of what her son doing and facilitated the recording," a police statement said.

Police arrested Talley on Aug. 6 and charged her with contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile, according to the statement.

The "fire challenge" has been spreading on social media with people pouring flammable liquid on themselves, lighting it, trying to quickly extinguish the fire and then posting a video online.

(Reporting by Colleen Jenkins; Editing by Bill Trott)

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mmmc_35 wrote:Found out the other day the local high school social studies class teaches about "white privilege".

Anyone have thoughts on it?

wab wrote:

mmmc_35 wrote:Found out the other day the local high school social studies class teaches about "white privilege".

Anyone have thoughts on it?

Is the school sponsored by The Huffington Post?

Otis Day wrote:Boris, I was thinking about ya yesterday as I was sitting in Shorewood, IL. having a Portillos Italian Beef and Cheddar on a croissant. Had to top it off with a chocolate cake shake, OMG It was fantastic.

Otis Day wrote:We make runs to Chicago, Shriners Hospital for my daughter, and cannot get away without pizza or Italian Beef. Since we were there about 8 weeks ago and had Giordanos, Portillos it was.

wab wrote:For what it's worth, I've had Portillos shipped from Chicago to here in Dallas. It's not "exactly" the same, but it's pretty damn close.

wab wrote:For what it's worth, I've had Portillos shipped from Chicago to here in Dallas. It's not "exactly" the same, but it's pretty damn close.