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  • Pay by weight passenger airline fares launched in Samoa

    April 5, 2013
    A small airline named Samoa Air, based in you’ve guessed it, Samoa, has begun to charge passengers by weight. As of January 1st 2013, they’ve been charging between 1.32 and 3.80 Talas (about .57¢ to 1.69$ Canadian) per kilogram. The company’s chairman Chris Langton says the move, a bold...

  • The biggest losers?

    December 2, 2010
    Two obviously obese women, Ailene Brown, 28, and Shmeco Thomas, 37, both from Oklahoma City, face charges of allegedly using their body fat to conceal $2600 worth of stolen store merchandise . Security Staff caught them stuffing items under their stomach fat and breasts, with one managing to conceal a pair of leather boots...