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Woman Fired Because Of Her Genes

9:20AM | May 4, 2010 | posted by PIX 11 News | comments: 1

Imagine being fired from a job for your genes. No, not the jeans that you wear, but the genes that make up who you are.

That's exactly what happened to one woman from Connecticut.

Pamela K. Fink claims that she was fired from her job when she opted to undergo a mastectomy after testing positive for for one of the genes that is linked to an increased risk for breast cancer. Working for about four years for Stamford-based Mxenergy, Fink was recently in her local newspaper for receiving a flowing review from her employer, according to the Stamford Advocate newspaper. But things made a turn in the wrong direction soon after the article.

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Funeral Home Loses License, Accused of Stacking Bodies in a Garage

9:40AM | May 6, 2010 | posted by PIX 11 News | comments: 2

Losing your loved one is already a hard process. Imagine finding out that the funeral home that you chose to have your loved one buried was stacking the bodies.

Investigators found out that one Maryland funeral home had stacked about 40 bodies on top of each other, leaking fluid, in a garage! Chambers Funeral Home & Crematorium in Riverdale, Maryland has since lost their license.

Some of the bodies were cadavers donated to a local university for research, while other bodies came from other funeral homes. Instead of being cremated, investigators were alarmed at how they were stored in the garage while awaiting cremation.

Upon investigation, found was a large pile of 12 by 12 feet of body bags with human remains on the floor of the garage in front of a removal van. There was visible leakage from the body bags including a bad stench.

Due to the leakage from the bags, the writings were illegible and hence unable to identify the remains.

No word yet on where the funeral home will get their license back.

Written by Tania Breton

Back to the Future Wedding Proposal

7:30AM | May 17, 2010 | posted by PIX 11 News | comments: 1

Wedding proposals can come at any time and any place. And with video recording on cell phones, I think we've pretty much seen some memorable ones.

So saying this particular proposal is "impressive" should mean that it is extremely unique.

Corey Goldfeder's "back to the Future" themed proposal is said to be that impressive. Using a green screen made of disposable napkins and some borrowed chroma-key equipment, Corey set about replacing Michael J. Fox with footage of himself in a Marty McFly costume. He also dubbed conversation with Doc Brown about whether or not the time was right for him to propose to his girlfriend.

He then rented a local movie theater and had the owner sign a fake signage.

As Corey and his girlfriend went to go watch the film, on came the proposal scene. As his onscreen persona looked out into the audience, the real Corey got down on one knee and proposed, while their friends and family popped out from the corners of the theater.

This is the perfect way for a couple who met at a costume ball dressed as a girl from the 50's and Marty McFly, to get engaged.

This Wedding is Brought to You by the Letters Q & U

11:51AM | May 19, 2010 | posted by PIX 11 News

There are many laws and rules when it comes to holy matrimony. Kari Nagu, a teacher in Florida, has broken each and every one of them.

Nagu, a kindergarten teacher, was teaching her class the letters of the alphabet, but instead of just telling the students that the letter "Q" is always followed by the letter "U," she decided to show them instead. Kari Nagus, the kindergarten teacher, joined two of her students in holy matrimony. She performed the entire process of a typical wedding.

Each child in the class played a different role in the wedding: the bride, groom, usher, ring bearer, flower girl, bridesmaid, carpet roller (laying a long sheet of yellow paper) and wedding photographer. They were each instructed to arrive to school in their finest clothing, and ready to play their part.

The wedding began with the bride's father escorting her down the aisle to give her away. (The wedding guests included classmates, parents, and other relatives.) Continuing with the procedure, Nagus used the wedding ceremony to illustrate to her students that the letters Q and U always go together and depend on each other to make the sound "qwa." She has been staging these Q - U weddings for seven years. "Part of our curriculum is teaching every single letter," said Nagus. "Q is a very difficult letter. It's hard to remember, a hard sound."

This ceremony is used to show the "union" of the two letters.

Written by Tania Breton

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