This Week in the Mercury
Thursday, April 26, 2012
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Posted by Alex Zielinski on Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 9:29 AM
For Shame: TSA employees at LAX airport are caught being bribed to look the other way when a group of narcotics traffickers pass through their aisle.
Sex, Solved: A surgeon claims he has found the official G-Spot organ. It's proven debatable.
Fern Gully, Assemble: A potentially detrimental bill passes in Brazil, easing rules on how much land each farmer must preserve as forest.
Together at Last: Dull, Scotland and Boring, Oregon team up to form a largely unexciting friendship.
He's Human: The celibate Dalai Lama tells Piers Morgan that "Oh, yes" he is tempted by women. Shucks.
Teens do the Darnedest Things: Those hoodlums are now apparently downing hand sanitizer for a buzz. Purell me, bro.
Today in Terrible News: Bombs zero in on two Nigerian newspaper offices, destroying the buildings and killing journalists.
Today in Joyful News: That adorable dog that boarded a TriMet bus without a collar reunites with her owner.
EXTREME: A free-runner "engaged in an extreme sport called Parkour" misses his mark on the Steel Bridge and falls into the Willamette. A fisherman pulls him out.
Finally: The Black Keys "Lonely Boy" cover you've been waiting for.
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