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Worst. Barmitzvah. Ever

Drunken janitor stealing your party ice and trying to sell it back to you? Check.Guests stuck in the elevators? Check.Pianist suffering a heart attack? Check.Custodian stopping band and threatening to lock everyone out of building? Check.No toilet paper? Check.Claim that Bar Mitzvah boy is not Jewish? Check.
Congratulations, you’ve just had the Bar Mitzvah from hell!
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That BBC Professionalism at Work

John Sweeney, BBC investigative journalist, March 2006
“One recipe for investigative journalism is to find the largest
crocodile in the pond and give it a poke in the eye with a sharp stick
and see what happens next.”
John Sweeney, May 2007:
“I fell into his elephant trap.”
I suggest he gives up hunting.

Breaking News: Gaddafi in Coma

The Jerusalem Post is reporting that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is in a coma, having been rushed to hospital after a blood clot was discovered in his brain.
 
Updates (Israel time)
 
12:15PM: The Palestinian Ma’an news agency is reporting that he suffered a stroke, and is in serious condition.
 
1:40PM: An Italian government source has reportedly said that Gaddafi called [...]