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Without further ado here are the 2008 Darwin awards.

Eighth Place
In Detroit , a 41-year-old man got stuck and drowned in two feet of water after squeezing head first through an 18-inch-wide sewer grate to retrieve his car keys.

Seventh Place
A 49-year-old San Francisco stockbroker, who ‘totally zoned when he ran,’ accidentally, jogged off a 1 00-foot high cliff on his daily run. (more…)

Judge’s Ban on the Use of the Word

“Rape” at Trial Reflects Trend

Saturday 07 June 2008

by: Tony Rizzo, The Kansas City Star

Protesters decry a Nebraska court’s ban on the use of the word “rape” in court. Such language bans are becoming an increasingly common practice.
(Photo: Lincoln Journal Star)

    It’s the only way Tory Bowen knows to honestly describe what happened to her.

    She was raped.

    But a judge prohibited her from uttering the word “rape” in front of a jury. The term “sexual assault” also was taboo, and Bowen could not refer to herself as a victim or use the word “assailant” to describe the man who allegedly raped her.

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