Good evening, I'm Anthony J. Scoobington, with WSCB TV.
A burgeoning population of huge pythons--many of them turned loose by their owners when they got too big--appears to be devouring large numbers of raccoons, opossums, bobcats and other mammals in the Everglades, said a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Scientists fear the pythons could upset the Everglades' environmental balance in ways that are difficult to predict. Upon hearing the news of large snakes devouring things, hundreds of homosexual males have flocked to the Everglades.
Every year, about 795,000 people in the U.S. suffer a stroke. While some strokes are caused by bleeding in the brain, more are like a clogged pipe. Called ischemic strokes, a clot blocks blood flow, starving brain cells to death unless that circulation is restored fast. Research found that nationwide, hospitalization rates for ischemic strokes have jumped by about a third among people ages 15 to 44 over the past decade. Aside from the information value of this story, it was given to you due to the fact you read the words "clogged pipe" once and "stroke(s)" four times.
In Kabul, Afghanistan 22-year-old woman has been strangled to death, apparently by her husband, who was upset that she gave birth to a second daughter rather than the son he wanted, police in Kunduz province said Monday. Upon telling him that the sex couldn't be determined without going to the doctor's he told authorities, "I thought when you hit it from the back and bust you'll have a son. My bad." Whether or not he used the ambilical cord to strangle the woman has not been released.
According to the Congressional Research Service, Washington has sent an average amount of $2 billion annually to Egypt since 1979. The aid is soon to be cut off after U.S. officials found out that the Egyptian government lied about needing the money to keep the lights on in the pyramids.
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