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Sadly, there's usually no shortage of candidates in the category of "news that makes you want to give up."
· An Egyptian scholar is calling for the death penalty for people who import a device that allows women to fake virginity on their wedding night. (BBC)
· It takes a lot to claim the title of "stupidest poll on Facebook." But a quiz asking whether Barack Obama should be assassinated wins easily. (TPM) The Secret Service is investigating. (AP)
· A teenage boy -- who would have guessed? -- has been arrested in the duct-taping of a cat, which was then put it in a shopping bag, and left it in a neighbor's back yard. (PennLive.com)
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