-The National Institute of Health announced they would be sending 300 research chimpanzees into retirement sanctuaries at the tax payers expense. They would live in minimum groups of seven, have 1000 square feet per chimp, have access to outdoors and the opportunity to forage for food - most of which privileges I have except I don't like crowds. An activist was quoted "A chimpanzee should no more live in a lab than a human should live in a phone booth."
- The NY Times reported that a police helicopter crashed thru the roof of a Glasgow, Scotland pub on the eve of the St. Andrew's holiday and while the band was playing. Unfortunately, there were fatalities. This seemed to be a departure from normal protocol as during a raid the police usually came thru the front door.
-The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, with their interest in Africa, have promoted a contest to build a better condom - "the next generation" There were 812 ideas submitted, whittled down to 11 winning designs and now move to the next round. The author of the article stated that "people were encouraged to erect a better condom."
http://www.triplepundit.com/2013/11/gates-foundation-building-better-condoms/
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