We Kno News http://x2see.com/knonews Just another X2see.com weblog Sat, 11 May 2013 00:13:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 en 10 years later, ‘Star Wars Kid’ speaks http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/10-years-later-%e2%80%98star-wars-kid%e2%80%99-speaks/ http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/10-years-later-%e2%80%98star-wars-kid%e2%80%99-speaks/#comments Sat, 11 May 2013 00:13:10 +0000 http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/10-years-later-%e2%80%98star-wars-kid%e2%80%99-speaks/ Star Wars Kid was one of the first breakthrough Internet memes. But whatever came of the kid parodied by millions as he clumsily swings his imaginary lightsaber with reckless abandon? He recently spoke out publicly for the first time, sharing his thoughts on being arguably the first large-scale victim of cyberbullying. “What I saw was [...]

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]]> http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/10-years-later-%e2%80%98star-wars-kid%e2%80%99-speaks/feed/ Bold turkey: woman hits cop to kick smoking habit http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/bold-turkey-woman-hits-cop-to-kick-smoking-habit/ http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/bold-turkey-woman-hits-cop-to-kick-smoking-habit/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 22:48:11 +0000 http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/bold-turkey-woman-hits-cop-to-kick-smoking-habit/ SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Think you've heard of every way possible to quit smoking? Etta Mae Lopez came up with a new one: slap a cop and go to jail, where smoking isn't allowed.

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]]> http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/bold-turkey-woman-hits-cop-to-kick-smoking-habit/feed/ With cicadas come cicada-killing wasps http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/with-cicadas-come-cicada-killing-wasps-2/ http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/with-cicadas-come-cicada-killing-wasps-2/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 21:24:42 +0000 http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/with-cicadas-come-cicada-killing-wasps-2/ The cicada invasion is about to begin. Bring on the cicada-killer wasps. Residents from North Carolina to Connecticut are bracing for the Brood II cicada invasion, 17 years in the making. The numbers are staggering. According to Charlotte, N.C., NBC station WCNC, Gary Hevel of the Smithsonian Institution says as many as 1 trillion lie [...]

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]]> http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/with-cicadas-come-cicada-killing-wasps-2/feed/ With cicadas come cicada killing wasps http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/with-cicadas-come-cicada-killing-wasps/ http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/with-cicadas-come-cicada-killing-wasps/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 21:24:42 +0000 http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/with-cicadas-come-cicada-killing-wasps/ The cicada invasion is about to begin: Bring on the cicada killer wasps. Residents from North Carolina to Connecticut are bracing themselves for the 17-year cicada invasion of Brood II, and the numbers of the insects are staggering: One billion cicadas per square mile. Insects outnumbering humans 600 to 1. Gary Hevel of the Smithsonian [...]

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]]> http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/with-cicadas-come-cicada-killing-wasps/feed/ Calif. woman hit cop to go to jail to quit smoking http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/calif-woman-hit-cop-to-go-to-jail-to-quit-smoking/ http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/calif-woman-hit-cop-to-go-to-jail-to-quit-smoking/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 19:50:48 +0000 http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/calif-woman-hit-cop-to-go-to-jail-to-quit-smoking/ SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Think you’ve heard of every way possible to quit smoking? Etta Mae Lopez came up with a new one: slap a cop so you’ll go to jail, where smoking isn’t allowed.

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]]> http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/calif-woman-hit-cop-to-go-to-jail-to-quit-smoking/feed/ Movie theater publicity stunt results in police response http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/movie-theater-publicity-stunt-results-in-police-response/ http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/movie-theater-publicity-stunt-results-in-police-response/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 19:28:12 +0000 http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/movie-theater-publicity-stunt-results-in-police-response/ The manager of a movie theater in Jefferson City, Mo., is defending himself after a publicity stunt resulted in a police response last weekend. KMIZ reports that management of Goodrich Capital 8 Theaters hired an actor to dress in full tactical gear (complete with a fake gun) and walk into the movie theater during the [...]

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]]> http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/movie-theater-publicity-stunt-results-in-police-response/feed/ Man awarded $59K for being wrongly diagnosed as near death http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/man-awarded-59k-for-being-wrongly-diagnosed-as-near-death/ http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/man-awarded-59k-for-being-wrongly-diagnosed-as-near-death/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 19:16:16 +0000 http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/man-awarded-59k-for-being-wrongly-diagnosed-as-near-death/ It’s everyone’s worst nightmare: Being diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only months to live. Of course, there’s always the extremely rare chance it was all a mistake. Luckily for a traumatized Mark Templin, it was an incorrect diagnosis—one that resulted in an almost $60,000 settlement. In 2009, Templin had gone to the Fort [...]

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]]> http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/man-awarded-59k-for-being-wrongly-diagnosed-as-near-death/feed/ Man awarded $59k for incorrect death diagnosis http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/man-awarded-59k-for-incorrect-death-diagnosis/ http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/man-awarded-59k-for-incorrect-death-diagnosis/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 19:16:16 +0000 http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/man-awarded-59k-for-incorrect-death-diagnosis/ It’s everyone’s worst nightmare: Being diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only months to live. Then, after several months, learning it was all a mistake. Mark Templin was recently awarded an almost $60,000 settlement for just such an agonizing experience. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy pointed to Dr. Patrick Morrow’s “negligent failure to meet [...]

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]]> http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/man-awarded-59k-for-incorrect-death-diagnosis/feed/ Durango, Colo., area couple gives up catwalk fight http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/durango-colo-area-couple-gives-up-catwalk-fight/ http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/durango-colo-area-couple-gives-up-catwalk-fight/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 16:39:45 +0000 http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/durango-colo-area-couple-gives-up-catwalk-fight/ DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — A Durango area couple is giving up their fight to keep a 13-foot escape route for their cats outside their Colorado apartment.

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]]> http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/durango-colo-area-couple-gives-up-catwalk-fight/feed/ Celebrity panda at center of Thai-China deal http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/celebrity-panda-at-center-of-thai-china-deal/ http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/celebrity-panda-at-center-of-thai-china-deal/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 11:28:58 +0000 http://x2see.com/knonews/2013/05/10/celebrity-panda-at-center-of-thai-china-deal/ BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s celebrity baby panda Lin Ping is almost 4 years old now. It’s time to move to China, find a mate and have cubs.

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