Top 10 less expected consequences of the recession

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The recession is hitting harder and harder and in rather peculiar, unexpected ways. At least so far. We decided to compile a list of such signs collected in the past week.

10. A large number of parents are abandoning their children at local hospitals where social workers dial 911, yet manage to escape custody.

9. Unemployed and mentally disturbed, hungry youngsters assault captive Pandas desperately seeking hugs.

8. Cartographers chart new economic territories.

7. The Baghdad Mayor wants to give his city-dwellers a subway as substitute for running water and electricity.

6. Ginger kids become scapegoats for economic uncertainty based on Southpark teachings.

5. Unwilling to watch their sperm bank investments and certain other body parts in free fall, Guy Ritchie & Madonna file for divorce.

4. No longer willing to trust politicians with decision-making but lacking the cojones to overtake government, DARPA scientists attempt to imitate brain with neural network.

3. Hoping to change course and following US recent elections example, astronauts dump tools in space.

2. PC Magazine tries to save money by cutting ties with reality.

1. You know the economy is bad when even brothels are laying off.

Sources

1. ABC: Parents Leave Kids With 'Safe Haven' Loophole
2. ABC: Economic Tough Times Hit Nevada Brothel
3. ABC: Ashley Dupré: 'I've Made So Many Mistakes'
4. AP: Panda in China zoo bites student who wanted a hug
5. CBC: Map: Global recession watch
6. CBC: Baghdad subway
7. CBC: Assault on red-haired student investigated as hate crime
8. CBC: 20 B.C. students sent home for kicking red-haired classmates
9. CBC: Madonna Divorce
10. CBC: Tools in Space
11. BBC: DARPA's IBM-Led Neural Network Project Seeks To Imitate Brain
12. TRF: PC Magazine to shut down print edition

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