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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Filed under: Fashion, Weird, Art / Design

Finally ladies, a high fashion, high-heel, where form fully meets function. With London-based designer INSA's 10 inch elephant dung heels, you'll never have to worry about stepping in sh*t again.

These pre-dipped pumps are inspired by Chris Ofili's "The Holy Virgin Mary," a controversial elephant dung rendering of the Virgin, which former NYC mayor Rudy Guiliani famously tried to ban from the Brooklyn Museum. INSA even went so far as to source her dung from the same family of elephants Ofili used more than 15 years ago. Talk about dedication.

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Utah's House majority leader says he paid a woman $150,000 to keep silent about going nude "hot-tubbing" with her when she was minor a quarter century ago.

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For all the Soccer Moms in the house who like their clever, webby venn diagrams, let me hear you say YEAH!

(Or just leave a comment below.)

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Democrats have set a date to begin what they hope is the final phase of health care debate in Congress.

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has appointed a former chief judge of the State Appellate Court to oversee two investigations of Gov. David Paterson.

President Barack Obama is donating the $1.4 million from his Nobel Peace Prize to helping students, veterans' families and survivors of Haiti's earthquake, among others.

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Illustrator Christoph Niemann's clever interpretations of different mediums -- including coffee stains, leaves, LEGOs, and cables -- appear every week in the New York Times' Abstract City. This week, he takes on Google Maps, creating stories with all the different highways and byways of the mapping service.

 

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House leaders have concluded they cannot change a divisive abortion provision in President Barack Obama's health care bill and will try to pass the sweeping legislation without the support of ardent anti-abortion Democrats.

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In a world where infinite giant teddy bears emerge from the sea and try to cross the street, pigeons are their greatest enemy and cars give them pause. After a few seconds of watching cyriak's cycles, it wouldn't be unreasonable to assume that it's going to be the same thing over and over again for the next three minutes. Trust us, this couldn't be further from the truth. It turns into pure pandemonium. The bears get bigger and clumsier, they eat people, and their world is literally turned upside down. Just watch it. We can't say how it'll make you feel exactly, but you definitely won't be disappointed.

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