A McDonald’s in Weymouth is giving customers a whole new experience.

This re-designed restaurant on Bridge Street offers a lounge area complete with sofas, armchairs, large flat screen televisions and wireless Internet access.
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The dye in your blue jeans could soon be used to kill cancer cells, say scientists.

UK researchers are employing tiny gold “nanoparticles”, 1/5000th the thickness of a human hair, to deliver the chemical compound directly into cancer cells, tearing them apart instantly.
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. A former teacher’s aide who prosecutors said stripped naked before students in a classroom and touched herself in a seductive manner has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison.

A judge sentenced Schmeca White, a former Greene Intermediate Center classroom aide, on Wednesday, ordering her to also register as a sex offender and serve four years on probation after her release from prison.
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Condom sales and bookings at several of South Korea’s pay-by-the-hour “love motels” surged in the aftermath of North Korea’s nuclear test, according to statistics released Thursday.

South Koreans are used to living in the shadow of war, and life has continued as normal across the country in the wake of the Oct. 9 explosion. But statistics on the number of condoms sold in recent weeks suggest that despite their apparently blasé reaction to the North’s nuclear bluster, many South Koreans may be seeking solace in sex.
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I was perusing the comedy videos and YouTube and came across this. I’m a big fan of Dane Cook, but with the cartoon to go with it, it’s even better.

A $5m prize for Africa’s most effective head of state is being launched by one of the continent’s top businessmen. UK-based mobile phone entrepreneur Mo Ibrahim - who was born in Egypt - is behind the plan to rate governance in 53 African countries each year.
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NEW YORK: A new fast food is making its debut at US fairs this fall - fried Coke.

Abel Gonzales, 36, a computer analyst from Dallas, tried about 15 different varieties before coming up with his perfect recipe - a batter mix made with Coca-Cola syrup, a drizzle of strawberry syrup, and some strawberries.
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