Two men working at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole station got into a "drunken Christmas punch-up". One man, an unidentified Raytheon employee, was injured so bad he couldn't be treated at nearby McMurdo station and required an emergency medical evacuation to a New Zealand hospital. The other man was flown back to the US.
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The 28 year old was said to be drinking heavily during the 2 hour private session with dancer Vicky Gloria. He was later taken to a room to sleep it off. He was found dead an hour later.
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Dr. Adam Hansen, chief resident of general surgery at Mayo Clinic Hospital, is facing disciplinary action for snapping a photo of Sean Dubowik's penis, which has a tattoo reading "Hot Rod", during surgery and sharing it with colleagues.
"I got a strange call after my surgery from a doctor who said there was a problem. He said Hansen was on the phone and would explain," he said.
"He told me he didn't want me to read about it in the newspaper first," Dubowik said.
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Shigeru Ishiba. Japan's defense minister says the time has come to prepare for the inevitable visit from extraterrestrials.
"If they descended, saying 'People of the Earth, let's make friends,' it would not be considered an urgent, unjust attack on our country," Ishiba said.
"And there is another issue of how can we convey our intentions if we don't understand what they are saying," he said.
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In a dispute over the temperature in their home, Cheryl Grucz fired a gun at her husband, missed, and shot their flat screen television instead.
She said her spouse is dealing with a family member dying and a recent stroke and was "taking it all out on me."
"No, I'm not," he chimed in from a phone in the basement, where he was hiding until police arrived.
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