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...sure very few people have. "I want to celebrate life and the imperfections inherent in my raw materials," Singh says. "My designs therefore come out very edgy." He is currently preoccupied with figuring out how to turn other kinds of leftovers-such as fiberglass resin that's sprayed on plastic bathtubs-into furniture. "I keep believing that if I do this, this world would be nicer," he says. There might be a few more teak trees left standing...
...cast off the sketchiness and “make people realize that there is decent food in there.” Only time can tell whether the Kong’s quest to overcome its rep is a feasible endeavor. Until then, drunken revelers can collect vodka-soaked plastic animals in peace...
...government believes that use of the scanner will greatly improve airline safety. A full body X-ray scan can reveal carefully concealed plastic weapons or liquid explosives that metal detectors miss. A 30-second scan in place of a pat-down or strip search would also greatly expedite travelers’ painfully slow passage through security...
...Russell DeBusk, 20, all white, were drunk and out to use their car headlights to stun and then shoot deer. When that turned into an inebriated fiasco, said DeBusk, "We agreed to break into a church and one of our number decided to light a jar of plastic flowers." Things got out of hand after that...
...Since the scare began, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has confirmed 16 pet deaths, although anecdotal evidence suggests thousands more may have died because of the poisonous food. The FDA points to the inexplicable appearance of melamine, an industrial binding chemical used in plastic furniture, cookware, and in fertilizers overseas, as the likely cause. Lab tests found it in wheat gluten, a gravy thickener used in wet pet food. (Wheat gluten is also used in human food such as baked goods and meat substitutes, but there is no indication the tainted wheat gluten has made it into human food...