Tiny tattoos could help diabetics ditch needles

Eight-year-old Julia Balobeck needs to prick her fingers so many times each day that the tips of her digits have started to turn numb and black. Even at her age, she understands that the needle sticks are crucial to keep track of her blood sugar levels and manage her Type 1 diabetes, but she’d really like someone to find a better way.

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Man doesn't pay for 'Only God can judge me' tattoo

God might not be the only one passing judgment on a man who skipped out on paying $200 for a religious tattoo at a parlor. Denton police are investigating a nonpayment complaint filed by a tattoo artist who inscribed "Only God can judge me" on a customer's arm. The Denton Record-Chronicle reported Thursday that the artist finished the work, which included a pair of praying hands, and presented the bill.

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Tattoos come of age in Asia at Singapore show

His parents were against it, but student Shendon Goh smiled as a tattoo of a skull with a knife through it reading "Live Free or Die Hard" was drawn on his right calf at the first annual Singapore Tattoo Show on Saturday.

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Couple decide to tie the knot at tattoo parlor

Some say it with diamonds. But a couple wanted tattooed knuckles to seal their matrimonial bond. Tracy Fox, 24, and her 22-year-old groom, Nick Adams, tied the knot in a Waterbury tattoo parlor on Halloween, married by a justice of the peace dressed as a witch.

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Marines extend tattoo ban for some public jobs

The Marine Corps is no longer allowing troops who have extra-large tattoos on their arms to serve as recruiters or security guards at U.S. embassies.

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Tattoo artist sets record with number of tattoos

Oliver Peck may be seeing the number 13 in his dreams.

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Men Shoot Themselves in Tattoo Attempt

Getting a tattoo can be a painful proposition, but usually it's just the needle you have to worry about. Two men trying to trace a loaded .357-caliber Magnum as a pattern for a tattoo accidentally shot themselves, the Otero County Sheriff's Department said Monday.

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Tattooed Privates Prove Not So Private

A surgeon faces a disciplinary hearing for snapping a photo of a patient's tattooed genitals during an operation and showing it around to other doctors.

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Retiree Tattoos Cremation Plans on Arm

Retired pipefitter, Army veteran and cancer survivor Russell Parsons says he's not afraid to die — and he's got the tattoo to prove it.

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Marines Ban Big, Garish Tattoos

Five tattooed skulls stretch from Marine Cpl. Jeremy Slaton's right elbow to his wrist, spelling out the word "Death." He planned to add a tattoo spelling "Life" on his left arm, but that's on hold because of a Marine policy taking effect Sunday.

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Tattooing to Become Legal in Oklahoma

The law legalizing tattooing in Oklahoma goes into effect Wednesday and the state Department of Health has been busy fielding questions from people who want to get licenses to practice the ancient art.

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Inmate Charged With Tattooing Killer

An inmate accused of forcibly tattooing a slain 10-year-old girl's name onto her killer's forehead in an Indiana prison was the victim's cousin, a family friend said.

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Inmate Has Victim's Name Tattooed on Him

An inmate serving a life sentence for molesting and murdering a 10-year-old girl named Katie was apparently forcibly tattooed across the forehead by a fellow prisoner with the words "KATIE'S REVENGE," authorities say.

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Woman Wakes Up, Finds Tattoo on Ankle

Hillary Snyder said she isn't going to let her boyfriend's antics get under her skin. Snyder, 20, awoke recently to find she had been tattooed by her boyfriend while she slept.

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Survey: 24 Percent Between 18-50 Tattooed

A sun shines on Dan Yu's back, alongside a swimming koi fish. A tree soon may grow on his arm. "Your body's an empty canvas, so you almost want to continue to add to it," said Yu, 28, as he showed off his tattoos.

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Boffins in America are working on biodegradable, flexible electronic devices printed on silk, which could be implanted in the human body and would decay naturally over time. Applications could include LED displays inlaid beneath the skin, or direct nerve-controlled interfaces.

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Prosecutors say Gonzalez, 27, held his son down against his will while Gorman, 21, inked a quarter-sized gang insignia on the boy's hip.

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A lay judge slept his way through a court case which resulted in the convictions of two gangsters for forcing an 18-year-old boy to cover an offending tattoo, one of the men has claimed in his appeal to the Supreme Court.

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Check out Eberle Funches of Panama City Beach. She's the winner of the Panama City News Herald's first tattoo contest.

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A former police officer has pleaded not guilty to allegations he posed as his twin brother to have sex with a woman, and then raped her when she realized the ruse and tried to leave.

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A 27-year-old man from northern Sweden has certain regrets about drinking a full bottle of vodka after waking up the morning after with a six inch penis tattooed on his leg, newspaper Aftonbladet reports.

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Taylor said: "I was signing autographs one time when this woman asked: 'Can you sign my stomach? I'm going to get it tattooed on!' I was like: 'Yeah, alright. Sure.' I signed it really big across her stomach. She came back an hour later with it tattooed on.

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MyBrandz.com has declared Sept. 7 to be "Free Tattoo Day in San Francisco." But there is a catch. You will only receive a free tattoo if you choose to be branded for life with a corporate logo.

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Trying to look a bit more business-like when you look for a job in a recession? Feeling a need to remove ``Sally'' from the biceps when you're about to marry Harriet? Well, South Florida's tattoo removal places have a deal for you.

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A good blog on finding a tattoo studio

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from hot to hilarious

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One of the great debates among pet owners is identification of pets: microchip vs. tattoo, especially on dogs.

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A fishy new trend for tattooing tropical fish has been condemned by marine experts in China.

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I almost hate placing this story in the odd news category; there is something poignant and visceral in the raw emotion this story provides.

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Tattoos in the movies have a storied history, from the simple, classic LOVE/HATE knuckle tattoos in The Night of the Hunter to the slick and sexy additions to Angelina Jolie's existing body art in last summer's Wanted.

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Cain was branded on his forehead. The town of Bethlehem was once renowned for its tattoos, applied by pilgrims as if to commemorate Jesus' stigmata. During the Renaissance, tattoos of astrological signs were thought to confer cosmological powers.

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TERRY GARDNER, a legal secretary in California, returned home from work recently to find two police officers waiting. They said her brother had told them he thought she might be having a breakdown because she had shaved her head.

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A judge says jurors in the trial of a California man accused of setting a deadly wildfire will get to see photos of a flame tattoo on his arm.

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It took a trip to Panama for me to gain perspective on how mainstream tattooing has become upon American skin. The arm bands, ankle adornments and completely sleeved forearms weren't to be found during my week away.

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Swedish cops are on the look-out for a quintet of tattooed girls who dragged a 50-year-old man off his bicycle, pulled down his trousers and smalls and "sexually molested" the poor bloke.

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"Kimberley only made her admission after being caught on a hidden camera by Belgium TV show De Jakhalzen saying the only thing she hadn't been sure of were the stars on her nose."

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----There is a Photo of the guy who did the tattooing. He's a little much for me to look at! LOL----

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A Belgian teenager has told police how she emerged from a tattoo parlor with 56 stars over one side of her face, rather than the three she had asked for, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

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A teenage girl is suing a tattoo artist for £8,500 after she allegedly asked him for three stars on her face - but ended up with 56.

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Recently my wife and I were in an Old Country Buffet Restaurant in New Jersey when I was floored to see an assault rifle tattoo highly visibly on the neck of a middle aged Caucasian chap.

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