Jacko a Muslim?

BELEAGUERED pop star Michael Jackson has converted to Islam and changed his name to Mikaeel, according to UK reports.

The 50-year-old singer, who was once photographed wearing a traditional Arab women's veil, reportedly became a Muslim in a ceremony at a friend's house in Los Angeles.

Meanwhile, a London court was told that an Arab sheik showered Jackson with money, cars and trips worth millions of dollars in return for the singer recording and performing new songs.

Sheik Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the second son of the King of Bahrain, is suing Jackson for about $10m.

The singer claims the cash was a gift.

The court heard that Jackson was a long-term guest in the sheik's palace. Al Khalifa says he lent Jackson millions of dollars to help shore up his finances and subsidise his lifestyle.

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Surgeons create and transplant new lung part from patient's own stem cells

They took an airway from a dead donor, stripped away the cells that cause rejection, then replaced those cells with stem cells from her hip, lung and nose to create the different types of cells like cartilage in the body part. No chance of rejection and the operation was successful. They want to create a larynx within 5 years.

Mt Isa Mayor picks up award for sexist comments

The Mayor of Mount Isa in north-west Queensland has picked up a Golden Ernie Award for suggesting that unattractive women should move to his mining town to find themselves a husband. 

Mt Isa Mayor picks up award for sexist comments - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

God’s Facebook page

God’s Facebook page via College Humour

Google finally adds video chat

I haven't tested it out yet, but Google has finally added video chat. About 5 years after everyone else, but hey, at least they've got it now.

Real life Egyptian Incredible Hulk

Among his claims:

• He has been medically tested to have the strength of 30,000 men (260 horsepower), by sampling his legs and spine (huh?)
• He has exemption from working because he might hurt people he’s working with
• He’s not allowed to go to a police station or jail
• He deserted the army for fear of hurting people, was put in jail, then was given a pardon by the president and released
• He can’t demonstrate his strength (eg lifting a car) because the burst of energy required might cause him to go on a rampage
• He won’t shake hands for fear of breaking all the bones in the other person’s hand
• He has never slept in his life since the day he was born
• He has four wives at any one time (he’s been married 28 times) because he must have sex 15 times a day, every day, so when one wife gets tired he moves onto the next
• He drinks melted butter and eats raw mutton, which would kill a normal man

Priest 'smashes chair' over Italian restaurant owner's head as nuns kick him in the stomach - Telegraph

The clergyman and nuns allegedly hit and kicked the 49-year-old man in an argument over the lease on the restaurant, which is owned by the Catholic Church. ……………

"I came down to try to calm things down but the priest hit me with a chair and I ended up on the floor. Then the two sisters started kicking me, insulting me with unrepeatable words," the unnamed owner said in a statement.

He was taken to hospital with injuries to his neck and bruising to his abdomen.

Priest 'smashes chair' over Italian restaurant owner's head as nuns kick him in the stomach - Telegraph

Police in Pakistan stop wedding between children

Police in Pakistan stopped a wedding between a 7 y.o. boy and a 5 y.o. girl that was to end a family feud. The legal age of consent in Pakistan is 18.