British reality contestant bashes blacks, gays, fatties and the ugly

Seeded on Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:32 AM EST (Newsvine)

PUBLIC schoolgirl Lucy Buchanan has sparked a new Channel 4 reality show scandal after rubbishing black people, the overweight and gays. Wealthy Lucy, 18, spouted a stream of bigotry before appalled fellow contestants on Shipwreck.

entertainment, britain, bbc, racism, reality-tv, shipwrecked

China: 'No Fatties' (Can Adopt Our Unwanted Children)

Seeded on Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:44 AM EST (CNN)

China is imposing new restrictions on foreign adoptions, barring applicants who are unmarried, obese, over 50 or who take antidepressants, according to U.S. adoption agencies.

china, world-news, adoption-restrictions

Is it Racism or Just a Hatred of Change-of-Address Forms?

Seeded on Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:17 PM EST (The Louisville Courier-Journal)

Two Louisville Metro Council members walked out of a heated public meeting Monday night arranged to discuss whether 22nd Street should be renamed Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

race, politics, louisville, dr-martin-luther-king-jr, street-naming

Death is My Right

Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:03 AM EST

Dr. Jack Kevorkian is back in the headlines. He's going to be paroled in June, after serving 8 years in prison and becoming so frail from diabetes and hepatitis C that he's likely to die in a year.

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assisted-suicide, politics, jack-kevorkian, euthanasia

George Michael on Marijuana

Seeded on Sat Oct 21, 2006 5:03 PM EDT (CNN)

George Michael praised marijuana and apparently smoked a joint during a recently taped television interview, prompting criticism from anti-drug campaigners Friday.

entertainment, marijuana, odd-news, singer, south-bank-showquot