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UsernameTaken at 01:27 PM JST - 31st August

My second typhoon season in Tokyo - but I think last year was very mild. Do they ever shut down businesses and schools and send people home during these things?

Posted in Typhoon brings heavy rain to Tokyo area at 01:27 PM JST - 31st August
UsernameTaken at 03:49 PM JST - 26th August

I was watching the original on cable the other night. I believe that the Japanese title was "Subway Panic".

Posted in The state of Washington at 03:49 PM JST - 26th August
UsernameTaken at 02:28 PM JST - 21st August

Where I come from he would have dragged by his goolies into a cop car and allowed to examine the thickness of a phone book, very closely.

Well, hooray for police brutality! Definitely something to be proud of.

Posted in Man feigns death for 3 hours to avoid police questioning in Osaka at 02:28 PM JST - 21st August
UsernameTaken at 12:10 PM JST - 16th March

‘‘I wonder whether it is appropriate for an 18-year-old student to advance to the medical department of a university just because he or she has a good scholastic record,’’ said the specialist in neurosurgery. ‘‘More important is whether the student is mentally prepared to render service to other people.’’

I…

Posted in Japanese hospitals eye N American-style medical schools at 12:10 PM JST - 16th March
UsernameTaken at 01:55 PM JST - 25th November

Eleventy Billlllion Dollars!!!!

Most people don't realize that the Canadian economy is based enirely on maple syrup and spam emails.

Posted in Facebook welcomes court ruling against Canadian spammer at 01:55 PM JST - 25th November
UsernameTaken at 04:17 PM JST - 11th August

I'd like to congratulate dimpleGel. In the future, Internet Scholars will point at this post as a textbook lesson in "How to Spot a Concern Troll; 2008 Election Edition".

User's first post on the message board? Check.
The required "I'm a Democrat, but..." line? Check.
Adding minor criticism of actual…

Posted in Anti-Obama books are best-sellers at 04:17 PM JST - 11th August
UsernameTaken at 01:38 AM JST - 4th August

Picture of the Day is good for telling me what I missed but does anyone know a good English website that lists events like these before they take place?

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UsernameTaken at 01:36 AM JST - 4th August

Second degree murder? Is that above or below first degree murder in the 'bad' scale? (Sorry I am confused)

It isn't really a badness scale.

First Degree means that the homicide was premeditated (planned in advance). Second Degree simply means that the homicide wasn't premeditated. Manslaughter is when the homicide…

Posted in Canada bus killer ate part of victim at 01:36 AM JST - 4th August