AP - A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other Friday, killing at least 43 people in this eastern city and wounding about 100, police said. It was the fourth major attack in Pakistan this week, indicating Islamist militants are stepping up violence after a period of relative calm.

AP - At least two mass graves containing dozens of people killed by the Nazis have been found on property used by the Austrian army, government officials said Friday. An army statement suggested some of the remains may be that of U.S. pilots shot down and imprisoned during World War II.

The Christian Science Monitor - Conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh said this week he’d go to Costa Rica for medical treatment if Congress passes proposed reforms to the US healthcare system.

AP - An 18-year-old Mississippi lesbian student whose school district canceled her senior prom rather than allow her to escort her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo said she got some unfriendly looks from classmates when she reluctantly returned to campus Thursday.

Filed under: Videos, Niche Going, Weird

Will Doig at The Daily Beast decided to do a little investigative research into the field of Zentai, a popular Japanese practice of "cocooning oneself head to toe in a skin-tight bodysuit." The type of bodysuit used by Charlie in "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."

Some of Doig's subjects claim that Zentai brings them the comfort of feeling wrapped in a "full body security blanket." And who are we to judge?

Well, we're the Internet. And when people wear full-bodied suits showcasing bumps, nubs, nooks and crannies (and other things that look like grapes) without revealing their faces -- like an iPod commercial, but NSFAnyone -- the internet's core is shaken, not stirred. Urlesque, however, has chosen to merely report and let you decide.

And with that said, here are some smokin' hot vids of Zentai in full effect on YouTube (a public forum in which users knowingly upload material for all to see).

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President Barack Obama delayed a scheduled Asian trip on Friday as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi forecast final passage of sweeping health care legislation in days.

President Obama's upcoming trip to Indonesia and Australia will be delayed a few days, the White House says.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife remained hospitalized Friday with serious injuries suffered when a tractor-trailer rear-ended the minivan she and their daughter were riding in on a suburban Virginia interstate, officials said.

The House of Representatives voted unanimously Thursday to impeach a federal judge from Louisiana.

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is appointing an independent counsel to take over his office's investigation into the administration of New York Governor David Paterson.

Filed under: Videos, Time-Wasters, Animals

Zoos are nice, but after a while the experience becomes pretty predictable. Look, it's a monkey. And another monkey. And oh, God, they're doing that thing to each other again. Enter: A snow storm!

Are zoos even open during snow storms? No matter. If a panda plays in the snow at the zoo and there's no one there to see it, it's still totally worth watching. Who doesn't want to watch a panda brave a brutal snowstorm? Or watch it eat bamboo in a snowstorm and act like nothing's happening?

 

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A final agreement nearly in hand, President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders are about to embark on one last sales job that will determine the outcome of the president's signature health care overhaul.

House Democrats said Wednesday that they will ban earmarks directed to for-profit companies.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says it is difficult to have any negotiations with Israel unless it revokes plans to build new homes on disputed land in Jerusalem, Abbas' top negotiator said Thursday.

President Obama will announce Thursday new details of his free trade agenda that is intended to grow the economy, a White House official said.