Reddit on October 5, 2010: Top Posts and Discussions

Tuesday, Oct. 5th 2010

News on 10/5/10

Australian study: the only effect of legalizing prostitution is an improvement in the health of sex workers
r/worldnews · cojoco · 1130 pts
Firefighters Let Family's House Burn Down Because Owner Didn't Pay $75 Fee. He hadn’t forked over $75 for the subscription fire protection service offered to the county’s rural residents, so when firefighters came out to the scene, they just stood there
r/news · dulieu · 922 pts
Hungary declared a state of emergency on Tuesday, the day after a torrent of toxic red sludge from an alumina factory tore through local villages, killing three people and injuring 100 more
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 676 pts
An Israeli military court on Sunday convicted two soldiers of using a Palestinian child as a human shield by forcing him to check for booby traps during the 2008-2009 Gaza war.
r/worldnews · dulieu · 343 pts
Tax minimum wage workers - Minimum wage workers should be taxed to help boost the public finances, business leaders claimed today.
r/worldnews · galt1776 · 231 pts
A Saudi prince murdered his servant in an attack which had a "sexual element"
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 224 pts
The Great British Venn Diagram: What the difference is between England, Great Britain, the British Isles and the United Kingdom
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 224 pts
The worst-ever chemical accident in Hungary: "It's an ecological catastrophe"
r/worldnews · advancedthought · 185 pts

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Sports on 10/5/10

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Math Teacher Fail.

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The Circle of Life [Pic]

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Never Forget.

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Exactly.

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Yes, but can Google Chrome or Firefox do THIS?

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My dad had to wear a patch for a while- to keep people from staring at Disneyland, I decided we should be twins. Success!

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I'm a PC and I'm a Mac

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It's a boy!

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Reddit on October 5, 2010

Tuesday, Oct. 5th 2010

News on 10/5/10

Australian study: the only effect of legalizing prostitution is an improvement in the health of sex workers

Firefighters Let Family's House Burn Down Because Owner Didn't Pay $75 Fee. He hadn’t forked over $75 for the subscription fire protection service offered to the county’s rural residents, so when firefighters came out to the scene, they just stood there

Hungary declared a state of emergency on Tuesday, the day after a torrent of toxic red sludge from an alumina factory tore through local villages, killing three people and injuring 100 more

An Israeli military court on Sunday convicted two soldiers of using a Palestinian child as a human shield by forcing him to check for booby traps during the 2008-2009 Gaza war.

Tax minimum wage workers - Minimum wage workers should be taxed to help boost the public finances, business leaders claimed today.

A Saudi prince murdered his servant in an attack which had a "sexual element"

The Great British Venn Diagram: What the difference is between England, Great Britain, the British Isles and the United Kingdom

The worst-ever chemical accident in Hungary: "It's an ecological catastrophe"

Politics on 10/5/10

Can we make this happen!? Redditor suggests overturning Citizens United ruling because "If corporations are people, then the stock market is unconstitutional since slavery (the trade/exchange/purchase/sale of people) is prohibited under the Thirteenth Amendment"

Reddit, I got my CA mail ballot today...wanted to share my joy voting YES on 19!

Dear Reddit, I'm traveling from the USA and my dad just went to a hospital in Germany for 6 stitches and it cost 28.50 euro! This would have cost hundred if not thousands at an American hospital.

A reminder, as the times square bomber gets sentenced, It was a MUSLIM street vendor who alerted the police. Shouldn't demonize them all.

Jon Stewart: "20 years ago Christine O’Donnell on MTV said ‘Masturbation is a sin.’ And they’ll play it, and they’ll ridicule it, and the voters will be like, ‘Yeah, I don’t have a job.’ That’s how the Democrats will blow it.”

Sports on 10/5/10

NHL to allow finishing moves in fights

"The players who took part ... were completely fake." Last month, impostors pretending to be Togo's national soccer team traveled 3,500 miles from West Africa to the Persian Gulf, where they played a match against the national team of Bahrain.

The Tiger Woods' "cigar man" meme goes historic

Wade strains hamstring, leaves preseason opener

Dwyane Wade already injured, as predicted by the Onion - Chris Bosh is next

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