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Bad day at the office? Probably not as bad as this man’s poor co-workers, who faced his destructive rampage. A 3-minute video of the incident is naturally making its rounds on YouTube and the Web. The video is set to Verve’s song “Bittersweet Symphony” and shows the man throwing computer monitors and whiteboards, tearing down cubicle walls, and taking a sledgehammer to the office copier.

Many have speculated the video is a fake, citing co-workers who stick around instead of fleeing the scene. There is also a video from a second angle, which seems a bit convenient. Taken from a cell phone, this video includes sound and shows a security guard using a Taser to subdue the worker. We do not hear “Don’t tase me, bro!” as the language appears to be Russian.

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake centered in southern Illinois shook the Midwest early Friday, surprising residents unaccustomed to such a powerful temblor.  I woke up to a shaking bed, and my house shook and dishes rattled for about 30 seconds.  At left is an official seismograph of the quake.

The earthquake was one of the strongest ever recorded in Illinois and occurred just before 4:37 a.m. It was centered six miles southeast of West Salem, Ill., and 66 miles west of Evansville, Ind.  There was minor damage and no injuries reported.

The quake shook skyscrapers in Chicago, 230 miles north of the epicenter, and in downtown Indianapolis, about 160 miles northeast of the epicenter.  In Louisville, the quake caused bricks to fall off part of a building near downtown.

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A Canadian truck driver suffering from diabetic shock drove at high speed into oncoming traffic on an Edmonton highway for 20 minutes. The fiery finale was caught on home video, showing the truck as it hits a concrete guard rail on an exit ramp, goes airborne, and plunges 100 feet below onto railroad tracks, where the truck explodes in a huge fireball. The driver, 25-year-old Mark Santos, was killed, but fortunately nobody else was seriously injured.