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Video grandsalamiRoad rage incident caught on camera
A road rage wreck caught on camera shows an altercation with a motorcycle and a car that resulted in a SUV flipping on the highway.
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Dog snack dupes dozens of parents, store apologises
More parents have admitted mistakenly trying to feed their children dog food after a pet snack pack featuring a well-known kids cartoon was put next to chips in a supermarket. The store owners have apologised after dozens of horrified parents have said they bought the Scooby Snacks for their youngsters from the Whanganui Pak'n Save this week to eat at school and kindergarten.
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7 days ago
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A new poll shows the public is overwhelmingly opposed to 'Hard Brexit'
A new poll shows that 69% of respondents disagree with the Prime Minister's "Hard Brexit" policy of leaving the European Union customs union. The poll, carried out by polling organisation Survation and published in The Mail On Sunday, found that core parts of the Prime Minister's Brexit strategy are unpopular amongst the public.
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10 days ago
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Ice Cube is making a movie about Dock Ellis' LSD no-hitter
One of baseball’s most famously outrageous games is headed to the big screen with the help of Ice Cube. On June 12, 1970 — exactly 47 years ago — pitcher Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates while high on LSD. You’ve heard the story before, but now we’ve learned that Ice Cube plans to retell it as a motion picture with his son in the starring role.
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2 weeks ago
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Netflix’s ‘Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events’ Casts Nathan Fillion, Tony Hale for Season 2
Netflix has added five new cast members to the second season of “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events,” Variety has learned. Nathan Fillion, Tony Hale, Sara Rue, Lucy P…
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3 weeks ago
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Muslim children forced to drop 'religious' names in western China
Children under 16 told ‘overly religious’ names such as Saddam, Hajj and Jihad must be changed amid pro-Communist rallies across Xinjiang region. Muslim children in China’s far western Xinjiang region are being forced to change their “religious” names and adults are being coerced into attending rallies showing devotion to the officially atheist Communist party.
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3 weeks ago
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This face filter technology can turn you into a statue or an oil painting
A team of researchers led by a professor at the Czech Technical University in Prague has created an AI-powered algorithm that can animate faces in the style of another photograph. In other words, a bidding war between Snapchat and Facebook is probably about to begin. The short sample video posted by Professor Daniel Sýkora is reminiscent of recent projects like this one, where researchers were able to manipulate video of people speaking in a way that made it seem like...
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1 month ago
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Canada to apologize for discrimination because of sexuality
Canada's government plans to apologize to Canadians who have faced injustice because of their sexuality. A special adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on LGBT issues said Wednesday that the government will acknowledge the role that legislation and policies played in the past discrimination.
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1 month ago
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Volvo credits Tesla for creating EV demand, says they will stop developing diesel engines to focus on EVs
Today, Volvo Chief Executive Officer Hakan Samuelsson said that the current generation of diesel engines will be the automaker’s last and that they will instead focus on electric vehicles. And he also gave credit to Tesla for launching demand for electric vehicles, which actually plays right into the automaker’s mission.
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1 month ago
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'Arrested Development' Officially Renewed for Season 5 at Netflix
The streaming giant has finally confirmed that it's ordered a fifth season of the cult comedy. Creator Mitchell Hurwitz and the entire series regular cast — including Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter, Will Arnett, Tony Hale, Portia de Rossi, David Cross and Alia Shawkat — will return for the new episodes, which will premiere in 2018.
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1 month ago
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Trump once demanded Edward Snowden’s execution for giving ‘serious information’ to Russia
Before he was president, before he had broad authority to declassify government secrets as he sees fit, Donald Trump took a hard line against revealing classified information. Specifically, he took a hard line against Edward J. Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor who leaked troves of top-secret NSA documents on vast surveillance programs. Snowden said his widespread disclosures were in response to what he described as the government's systemic surveillance of innocent citi...
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1 month ago
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What happened to "America First?"?
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1 month ago
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Jordan ‘holds Israel responsible’ for killing their citizen who was stabbing a policeman
A shockingly violent video shows the Jordanian citizen attacking the Israeli police officer in a frenzy; the Hashemite kingdom denounces the ‘terrible crime’; the wounded police officer says from his hospital bed: ‘You have to fight to save civilians and your life. I tried to do everything for my family.’
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1 month ago
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Tennessee makes community college free for all adults
Tennessee is about to become the first state in the nation to make community college free for all adults. Lawmakers approved legislation Wednesday that will expand the Tennessee Promise program that launched in 2014. It made tuition and fees free for recent high school graduates enrolled in a community college or technical school. Now, adults who don't already have an associate's or bachelor's degree can go for free, too, starting in the 2018 fall semester.
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1 month ago
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Dashcam captures frightening Oklahoma crash involving school bus
Footage of a school bus dashcam shows the moment a vehicle packed with children narrowly missed a major crash. The video, captured last Wednesday in Oklahoma City, shows a car moving into the right lane as a truck driving in the opposite direction suddenly crosses into oncoming traffic. The vehicles crash, the truck flips and then it slides toward the school bus – stopping just as it slightly hits the school bus.
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1 month ago
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France on extra high alert for May Day as protesters march against Le Pen
France will be on extra high alert on Monday as workers and protesters use the traditional 1 May marches to stage a show of force against the far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen. Up to 250 events have been planned across France on a day of symbolic importance in the Front National calendar when it holds its annual gathering to honour the party’s heroine, Joan of Arc.
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1 month ago
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Exclusive: T-Mobile wants to redefine the way you buy phones
While AT&T and Verizon are all focusing on supplying you with a range of services – as opposed to just wireless communications – chief rival T-Mobile is snapping up all the wireless subscribers it can. Having reinvented the contract and what unlimited really means, T-Mobile’s next Uncarrier move looks set to take on the way you pay for your phone.