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08/09/16 Recapping Facebook, Identity Document, Politics Of China, Chen Surname, Guangzhou, Asia, Politics Of East Asia, Dogs, Hong Kong, South China

August 09, 2016

Here's Why You Can't Remember Anyone's Name - from The Huffington Post
Asthmatic US otter gets an inhaler - from BBC News: World
Kansas Governor Wants To Teach Residents How To Prepare For Zombies - from The Huffington Post
Tourists say Pompeii is cursed - from Fox News
Husband's Facebook Post About 'Cheating' On His Wife Isn't What You Think - from The Huffington Post
Man Discovers Grandparents' 100-Year-Old Wedding Cake - from The Huffington Post
Utah neighborhood uses decoy packages on porch to discourage thieves - from Boing Boing
India couple attacked over beef rumour - from BBC News: World
Washington D.C. plans giant 'Star Wars'-themed snowball fight - from Mashable
Fetching Sticks May Injure Dogs, Claim Vets - from Popular Science
Martin Shkreli Is Considering Destroying The Wu-Tang Clan Album He Paid $2 Million For Because He Wants To Be A Real-Life Supervillain! - from Perez Hilton
Chess player 'used Morse code to cheat' - from BBC News: World
108-year-old message in a bottle washes ashore - from Boing Boing
This Little Girl's Wonder Woman Lunchbox Was Banned From Her School - And You Won't BELIEVE Why!! - from Perez Hilton
Researchers found a way to make 3D printing look hyper-realistic - from Mashable
Boy, now 18, who found 'bizarre' dinosaur species excited 'kids will be talking about me' - from Fox News
Evander Holyfield: Mitt Romney 'can throw a jab' - from CNN
Fishermen catch massive eel - from Fox News
Does A Foreign Accent Mess Up Our Memory Of What's Said? - from NPR
Aussie Sheep Station Under Fire For Cursing At Animals - from The Huffington Post
20-Year-Old Wisconsin Cheddar Cheese Sells For $209 A Pound - from The Huffington Post
Judge Michael Cicconetti's Unorthodox Sentences Include Walking 30 Miles, Getting 'Pepper Sprayed' - from The Huffington Post
Woman legally changes name to silly Facebook name to get back on Facebook - from CNET
Flyer downs $190 bottle of cognac - from BBC News: World
China police tell man he was executed 10 years ago - from BBC News