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February 28, 2014

Man suing McDonald's for $1.5 million because they only gave him one napkin

Webster Lucas headed to a McDonald's in Pacoima, California, on jan. 29, 2014, and ordered a Quarter Pounder Deluxe. He had no problem with the food itself, but says that he got only one napkin in his bag.

Upon going to the counter to ask for more, Lucas claims the McDonald's manager would not give him any more napkins because he had already been given some.

Lucas, obviously enough, was unhappy and let it be known:


http://www.examiner.com/article/mcdonald-s-napkin-lawsuit-man-suing-mcdonald-s-for-only-giving-one-napkin
February 25, 2014

Teen Who Planned His Own Funeral Makes Unprecedented Recovery, Creates Charity

Sometimes, a terminal medical diagnosis allows for a few extraordinary opportunities -- like meeting celebrities, driving in fast cars and planning for your ashes to be shot out of a cannon.

While Deryn Blackwell did check those first two items off his bucket list, the last one, thankfully, has not come to fruition. Instead, Deryn shocked the medical community by fighting back against the odds.

The 14-year-old from Watton, England, was diagnosed with both leukemia and Langerhans cell sarcoma, an extremely rare cancer, according to his website. In December, doctors told him that he had three days to live, and Deryn went to an end-of-life hospice, according to BBC News.

"We had accepted it. We'd all accepted it," Deryn’s mother, Callie Blackwell, told BBC of her son’s diagnosis.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/24/teen-survives-cancer_n_4848954.html?&ir=Good+News&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000026
February 24, 2014

Cardinal: Many feel excluded from Church because of doctrine

Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, general secretary of the synod, told the Vatican newspaper that the responses show “much suffering, especially by those who feel excluded or abandoned by the Church because they find themselves in a state of life that does not correspond to the Church’s doctrine and discipline”.

The volume of responses, which also include about 700 submissions from Catholic groups and individuals, demonstrates great interest in the synod’s plans to discuss the family when it meets at the Vatican from October 5 to October 19, said the general secretary.

By urging bishops around the world to conduct the broadest consultation possible given the brief amount of time allotted, synod officials “sparked a spontaneous reaction that may seem surprising, but is actually proof of how necessary it is to go out of our offices” to where people really live, he said.

The results compiled by the bishops’ conferences, he said, show “the urgency of recognising the lived reality of the people and of beginning a pastoral dialogue with those who have distanced themselves from the Church for various reasons”.


http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2014/02/24/family-synod-responses-reveal-great-suffering-among-catholics-says-cardinal/
February 20, 2014

Nun sentenced for nuke plant break-in: "Please have no leniency with me"

In her closing statement, Rice asked the judge to sentence her to life in prison, even though sentencing guidelines called for about six years.

"Please have no leniency with me," she said. "To remain in prison for the rest of my life would be the greatest gift you could give me."

She said the U.S. government was spending too much money on weapons and the military, and she told the judge about the many letters of support she had received, including one from youth in Afghanistan.

"This is the next generation and it is for these people that we're willing to give our lives," she said.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/18/nun-nuclear-plant_n_4811373.html
February 18, 2014

Pork pie causes wedding brawl

We have no idea what pork pie is, but it looks good enough to start a brawl over.

Police in West Yorkshire, England tweeted that a "large fight at a wedding" over the weekend started because of a pork pie.

"All started over a pork pie apparently! #clubclosed #dayruined," the agency tweeted.

The brouhaha began at about 7:20 p.m. when officers responded to an "ongoing disturbance" at the Harold Club in Bradford, The Telegraph reports. Police closed an entire section of the property to "prevent any further problems," but the incident was reportedly brought under control quickly.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/18/wedding-brawl-pork-pie_n_4807851.html
February 16, 2014

U.S. Olympians adopting stray dogs from Sochi

Amanda Bird already was missing her Australian shepherd puppy Sammy when she arrived for the Sochi Olympics.

Then her first sight stepping out of the airport was of one of the many stray dogs around the Olympic Park in Adler and even here in the mountains whose safety has become a cause among animal rights supporters and some athletes such as American ski slopestyle silver medalist Gus Kenworthy.

Kenworthy is arranging for a litter of four puppies to return with him to the United States for adoption. Bird, U.S. press officer for bobsled/skeleton and former athlete in those sports, also plans to adopt a dog, sparing it from exterminators hired by the government to rid the Olympic area of pets left behind when families were forced to move for construction and a population swelled by lack of spaying and neutering.


http://www.nwcn.com/lifestyles/pets-and-animals/US-Olympic-team-adopts-Russias-stray-dogs-245691451.html?c=n&fb=y&can=n
February 15, 2014

Inmate escapes prison to spend Valentine's Day with girlfriend; gets arrested again

An Arizona jail inmate who escaped by climbing two walls and crawling through razor wire and was reportedly meeting his sweetheart on Valentine's Day is back in custody.

The Pinal County Sheriff's office says in a release that inmate Joseph Andrew Dekenipp was arrested in the town of Coolidge, a few hours after he escaped Friday from the county detention center.

The office says he would undergo treatment for serious cuts he got from the wire.

The Arizona Republic reports that the 40-year-old Dekenipp was arrested without incident after he arrived at a saloon and grill where he was to meet his girlfriend.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/15/joseph-andrew-dekenipp_n_4794016.html
February 12, 2014

Dublin archbishop: Homophobic = Godophobic

Diarmuid Martin spoke out against homophobia following two high profile incidents in Ireland over the last month, including prejudice directed at a politician because of his sexuality.

According to the Irish Independent, the Archbishop said: “God never created anybody that he doesn’t love. Anybody who doesn’t show love towards gay and lesbian people is insulting God.

“They are not just homophobic if they do that – they are actually Godophobic because God loves every one of those people.

“Certainly the sort of actions that we heard of this week of people being spat at because they were gay or ridiculed . . . that is not a Christian attitude. We have to have the courage to stand up and say that,” he added.


https://attitude.co.uk/2014/02/archbishop-dublin-hate-gays-hate-god/

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