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PX:Direct Restraints. Oddities / UFO With S-Shaped Fin Photographed Over Netherlands Castle - possibly next-gen rotating wing aircraft? C-section babies more likely to be obese. Taylor Townsend dispute: USTA cuts funding until No. 1 junior loses weight | Beyond the Baseline. Taylor Townsend, 16, is the world’s top-ranked junior, but the USTA is threatening to cut off support until she loses weight and focuses on her fitness. (Getty Images). Taylor Townsend is America’s top-ranked junior girl. In fact, at 16, she’s the No. 1 junior girl in the world. At 15, she scored her first pro-level win, beating a player twice her age to progress to the second round of qualifying at the U.S. Open last year. Earlier this year she captured the Australian Open juniors title in both singles and doubles — the first American girl to accomplish that since Lindsay Davenport at the 1992 U.S. Unfortunately none of these results — Townsend is the first American junior girl to reach No. 1 since the ITF combined singles and doubles rankings in 2004 — is enough to insulate her from criticism from her coaches about her fitness.

When they refused to pay her way to the Open, her mother, Shelia, had to step up to foot the bill to bring Townsend to New York. The USTA is not alone. Chimps Throwing Poop And 29 Other Mind Blowing Ways That The Government Is Wasting Your Money. Why do chimpanzees throw poop? The federal government would like to know and is using your tax dollars to investigate the matter. Every single year, we all send huge amounts of our hard-earned money to the federal government.

We hope that they will spend that money wisely. Unfortunately, that is simply not the case. You are about to read some examples of how the government is wasting your money that are absolutely mind blowing. Anyone that claims that there is not a lot of waste that can be cut out of the federal budget is lying to you. Our politicians have racked up the biggest pile of debt in the history of the world and they are spending our money on some of the stupidest things imaginable.

The following are 30 mind blowing ways that the government is wasting your money.... #1 In 2011, the National Institutes of Health spent $592,527 on a study that sought to figure out once and for all why chimpanzees throw poop. Normally, the SEC does not go after anyone. . #7 The U.S. . #19 The U.S. Capricious God Violently Shakes Ant Farm Day After Bestowing Orange Slices Upon Colony. APPLETON, WI—Less than 24 hours after their god bestowed two delicious orange slices upon them, local ants reported the capricious deity had picked up the entire ant farm in which they live and shaken it violently, leaving many to wonder what they had done to incur the all-powerful being's deadly wrath. "Yesterday, when we received his bountiful gift of sweet fruit, we thought we had pleased him mightily with the tireless labors of our digging," worker ant #103 said Saturday as she helped to rebuild the underground passages and chambers the vengeful god had completely decimated without warning.

"But now he has laid waste to everything we, his followers, have erected to his glory. Why? Why has he done this to us? " "Must we dig in different directions, or perhaps dig even longer and more complex tunnels? " the ant continued. "He has given us no clear sign, no indication of what he wants from us! "As the old proverb says, 'Marcus giveth and Marcus taketh away,'" the queen added.

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NFL draft preview: Defensive ends As the NFL draft nears — it takes place May 8-10 — we're taking an 11-day, position-by-position look at what's out there and what the Bears need. In May 1974, Tribune delivered 2 Watergate bombshells Obama denounces racist comments reportedly made by NBA owner Cubs can't take advantage of Brewers' injuries Northwestern women win at Wrigley Blackhawks thrilled to have Brent Seabrook back. Living in Japan. Change.org - Start, Join, and Win Campaigns for Change. The 5 Creepiest Unsolved Crimes Nobody Can Explain. Dear Internet: We have to admit something -- we've been getting kinda cocky, recently. Whether we're explaining the phenomenon of alien abduction, debunking every textbook ever or doing some third thing, we've been spending a lot of time acting like we have all the answers.

And it's started to go to our heads. But that all changes now. If unsolved mysteries are good enough for Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey, then by golly, they're good enough for us. So, in apology for our hubris, please enjoy this Cracked Classic, as well as these similar articles about unsolved mysteries and also that one article where we solved a bunch of mysteries no one else could 'cause we're so smart and dammit, we're doing it again. Please forgive us. We need you with us, Internet. There are unsolved crimes, and then there are the kind of creepy, "What the hell could possibly be going on here" capers that keep the cops, and anyone who hears about them, up at night. But more on that in a moment. NBC Hit For Editing Ksenia Afanasyeva Gymnastics Routine Out Of Olympics Broadcast. 10 of the world's biggest unsolved mysteries: Go figure.

Hot and Covered...TOKYO SKY TREE x mina perhonen. "Improvement of functionality"— ©TOKYO SKY TREE Tobu Tower Sky Tree is four days, has announced the staff to wear uniforms, etc. observatory of the "Tokyo Sky Tree". Design, brand "Peruhonen Mina" is due to (Mr. Akira Minagawa designer), the same uniform is worn from the time the opening of May 22, 2012. The uniform was announced, the staff "sense and the future of innovation as a symbol of new Japan" was appointed "design represents the heart of hospitality" to have a sense of anticipation happily to the eye, a leading designer in Japan, to wear rice that was the concept of three-conscious comfort of the "Improvement of functionality. " — Director — Induction — Information — Ticket Counter — Shop May 22, 2012 (Tuesday) scheduled to open "Tokyo Sky Tree Town ®".Staff uniforms to be worn by its core, such as the observatory of the Tokyo Sky Tree was announced.

Design, serves as the chief designer Akira Minagawa, Mina Peruhonen.