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The owner of a small computer company in Germany has fired three nonsmoking employees because he says they were threatening to disturb the peace after they requested a smoke-free environment.

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Also, you’re invited to comment on the article. What’s your opinion? Have national, state and local governments gone overboard in requiring that many businesses not allow their employees or customers to light up?

Have some businesses also gone too far by no longer allowing smokers to light up anywhere on business property?

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PHOTO: A smoker in olden days lights up.

An exploding dog has been blamed for an overheated chimney that sparked an alert at a Darwin, Australia, pet crematorium Jan. 2, 2008. Read the full story at Australia’s ABC News.

PHOTO: This is a similar, but not the same, explosion. They’re similar in that they’re both exposions, although the above-pictured blast may have nothing to do with an exploding dog.

Experts are trying to identify a huge metal container that has washed up on a beach in the Western Isles. Read the amazing report from the BBC.

PHOTO: Mystery container.