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3 days ago
Current Event jasontYorkie stays with missing toddler all night, alerts search party with 'weak bark'
A loyal Yorkshire terrier stayed with a missing 3-year-old girl in a dense cornfield in Missouri all night -- and heroically led a search party to them with a "weak bark," authorities said. Remy Merritt and her dog, Fat Heath, had gone missing Thursday night in Qulin, triggering a desperate search that brought in some 150 volunteers, authorities said.
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5 days ago
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Trump takes credit for winning World Cup bid
President Donald Trump on Friday took credit for winning the bid to host the 2026 World Cup along with Canada and Mexico, writing online that he “worked hard on this, along with a Great Team of talented people.” “Thank you for all of the compliments on getting the World Cup to come to the U.S.A., Mexico and Canada. I worked hard on this, along with a Great Team of talented people,” the president wrote. “We never fail, and it will be a great World Cup! A special thanks to Bob Kraft for ...
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6 days ago
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Canadian foreign minister won’t rule out sanctions targeting Trump Organization
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland says she is not ruling out potential retaliatory sanctions against the Trump Organization in response to the U.S. president's recently announced tariffs. Freeland was asked by a Canadian lawmaker during a question period Tuesday whether the nation's government has considered sanctions targeting Trump's businesses, rather than the American people, in response to Trump's tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, according to the Canadia...
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9 days ago
Comment jasont
Gotta appreciate a company that's willing to make fun of itself once in a while.
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9 days ago
Level Up jasont
Level 27
jasont is now level 27 with 1,436,125 XP.
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9 days ago
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If that car isn't drive-able I will cry!
Posted in: Cyberpunk 2077 – official E3 2018 trailer
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9 days ago
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Is this good news for bitcoin?
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9 days ago
Comment jasont
November couldn't be here soon enough. VOTE THEM ALL OUT.
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9 days ago
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Marvel Studios Boss "Won't Rule Out" Marvel TV Crossovers
When Marvel expanded from the cinematic universe onto television with Agents of SHIELD, there was a lot of potential for crossovers between the big and small screens. But those two worlds have grown further and further apart over the years, with sporadic mentions or references here and there. But Marvel Studios President Kevin Fegie isn't shutting the door on characters such as Luke Cage or Jessica Jones appearing in the Avengers movies, as he said at the Produced By Conference 2018 in Los ...
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10 days ago
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Skirts for Sweden male train drivers
A dozen male train drivers in Sweden have circumvented a ban on shorts by wearing skirts to work in hot weather. The workers, who operate the Roslagsbanan line north of the capital Stockholm, have been wearing skirts to work for the past two weeks. Employer Arriva banned the drivers from wearing shorts after taking over the running of the line in January.
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11 days ago
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Women see through flashy cars and bling
When a man throws money around on flashy cars, people intuitively interpret this behavior as a sign that he is more interested in short-term sexual relationships than in romantic commitment. This is according to Daniel Kruger of the University of Michigan and Jessica Kruger at the University at Buffalo in the US, in a study published in Springer’s journal Evolutionary Psychological Science.
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13 days ago
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Fatal Tesla Autopilot crash driver had hands off wheel: U.S. agency
The driver of a Tesla Inc Model X car using Autopilot did not have his hands on the steering wheel in the six seconds before a fatal crash in California in March, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.
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13 days ago
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Too bad it was in a losing effort. Being down 3-0 sucks! :(
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2 weeks ago
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Johnny Knoxville Breaks Down Every Injury of His Career
Johnny Knoxville breaks down all the injuries of his career. From pepper spray and taser guns, to breaking his ankle crossing the LA river, to getting shot by a rocket over a lake and getting landed on by a motorbike..
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2 weeks ago
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Grab drivers in Southeast Asia are now convenience stores, too
Drivers of Southeast Asia-based Grab can now become mini convenience stores. That’s because the ride-hailing company, which bought out rival Uber’s local business earlier this year, has teamed up with U.S. startup Cargo to sell a selection of items to passengers during their ride.
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2 weeks ago
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Finding the Hidden Mountains Beneath Antarctica's Ice
How researchers revealed the continent's undiscovered topography.
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2 weeks ago
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Someone attached a massive Canon lens to a Game Boy Camera, and it actually worked
The Game Boy Camera isn't exactly the first thing that comes to mind when you think "high end." The unusual peripheral, released in 1998, could be inserted into the Nintendo handheld's cartridge slot to give you a lo-fi digital camera capable of capturing a 128x112 black and white image. Now, a full 20 years later, someone's managed to make the thing work with a massive Canon zoom lens.
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2 weeks ago
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Pentagon says nearly 500 civilians killed in US military operations in Trump's first year
The Pentagon has told Congress it estimates that nearly 500 civilians were killed as a result of US military actions in the first year of the Trump administration. "(The Department of Defense) assesses that there are credible reports of approximately 499 civilians killed and approximately 169 civilians injured during 2017" as a result of military operations in Iraq and Syria targeting ISIS, operations in Afghanistan targeting the Taliban and ISIS, and operations in Yemen against al Qae...
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3 weeks ago
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Zuckerberg set up fraudulent scheme to 'weaponise' data, court case alleges
Mark Zuckerberg faces allegations that he developed a “malicious and fraudulent scheme” to exploit vast amounts of private data to earn Facebook billions and force rivals out of business. A company suing Facebook in a California court claims the social network’s chief executive “weaponised” the ability to access data from any user’s network of friends – the feature at the heart of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
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1 month ago
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Muslims are forced to eat pork in China's Islamic 're-education' camps
Former inmates have told of the horror after being detained in China's indoctrination camps for Muslims, where they were physically and mentally tortured. Around 900,000 to one million Muslims are estimated to have been detained in such re-education camps in China's western province of Xinjiang as Beijing tries to clamp down on potential separatist movements.
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1 month ago
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My name is Wil Wheaton. I live with chronic Depression, and I am not ashamed.
Before I begin, I want to warn you that this talk touches on many triggering subjects, including self-harm and suicide. I also want you to know that I’m speaking from my personal experience, and that if you or someone you know may be living with mental illness, please talk to a licensed and qualified medical professional, because I am not a doctor. Okay, let’s do this.