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Tall People Live It Up
Listen up! According to a new survey that included over 400,000 participants, taller people are more likely to experience joy and happiness and judge their lives more favorably than people of average or below-average heights. Psychologists think that because people of above-average stature are statistically more likely to have higher levels of income and education that they also have a more positive outlook on life.
Do, Dump, or Marry? Nicolas Sarkozy
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is quite the ladies' man. He's been married to two different women since becoming president in 2007 and got caught checking out a young woman at the last G8 conference in Italy. (Was he or wasn't he?!).
Wandering Eyes: Does Video Pardon Obama and Sarkozy?
Yesterday, this picture of Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy stirred up a commotion across the Internet. President Obama a man? Good God, no!
Week in Weird News: Sarkozy Tells Obama to Kiss Like French
- Sarkozy Teaches Obama How to French Kiss — President Obama accepted the typical French greeting of cheek kisses from a French student on Friday, after President Sarkozy encouraged him to accept the gesture.
- Woman Kicks Cleaning Husband to the Curb — A woman in Germany divorced her husband because he cleaned too much.
- Obama Is the New Colonel — Two fried chicken restaurants in New York City have taken some heat for putting Obama's name on their signs. One city councilman plans demonstrations next week outside of Obama Fried Chicken and Obama Fried Chicken & Pizza.
- Workers Find Live Grenade in Texas Attic — Roofers in Texas found a live World War II-era grenade in an attic this week. An FBI bomb technician was called in and the grenade was detonated at a nearby shooting range.
- Rocket Fuel Chemical Found in Baby Formula – Samples of powered infant formula contain traces of a chemical used in rocket fuel, according to a new government study.
- Israel's Female Leaders Erased From Photos — Ultra-Orthodox Jewish newspapers in Israel Photoshopped two female Israeli cabinet members out of a printed photo, because it is improper to print images of women.
Front Page: Sarkozy Calls For Global Regulator at G20
- At the G20 conference, French President Sarkozy has called for a "global regulator" that could reach inside US borders since the crisis "didn't actually spontaneously erupt in Europe." Obama maintains that there will be no ceding of sovereignty to such a regulator. — New York Times
- A man died during G20 protests in central London.
Carla Bruni — The 21st Century's Marie Antoinette?
Outrage over bailed out executives taking home large bonuses and financing expensive trips all on the taxpayer's dime seems more than reasonable. And I can only imagine how angry those who lost their life savings to Bernard Madoff must be at the fact that the alleged swindler is still living in luxury on Park Avenue. But another set of rich people, who have arguably done nothing wrong, are gaining the public's wrath.
Sarkozy Collects Stamps? 10 All-American Presidential Hobbies
French President Nicolas Sarkozy revealed yesterday that he really likes collecting stamps. It sort of surprised me that the supermodel seducer has such a harmless hobby. The little known fact also got me curious about American presidents' pastimes.
Mediterranean Union Agrees to Rid the Middle East of WMDs
Nicolas Sarkozy, seen below with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, relished his role as host of 43 nations from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, launching his new Mediterranean Union. At the culmination of the meeting held in Paris yesterday, the nations' leaders condemned "terrorism in all forms" and agreed to "pursue a mutually and effectively verifiable Middle East Zone free of weapons of mass destruction."
Sarkozy's brainstorm has achieved the bold initiative of bringing together warring and impoverished nations alongside wealthy and industrialized nations to form the Mediterranean Union.
The Way We Became the G-8 Bunch: The Summit Episode
The G-8 Summit gets underway in Hakkaido, Japan today; a three-day meeting of the leaders of the eight countries invited, plus a representative of the European Union.
Grown from the concept of a forum of the major industrialized democracies after the 1973 oil crisis, more have been invited until 1997 when the last member, Russia, was invited at the initiative of then US President Bill Clinton.
The guest list is at the edge of controversy this year, as major climate issues are at hand, and two of the worst polluters (China and India) aren't invited.
Real Bullets Used in French Military Demonstration Injuring 17
The French military accidentally used real bullets instead of blanks, during a demonstration this weekend, injuring 17 people, including three children.
The demonstration, intended to showcase hostage-freeing techniques, left a 3-year-old child in critical condition. Chief Bernard Lemaire said the soldier who fired the real bullets has been detained, as the apparent accident has not been ruled out as a criminal act.
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