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Woman gets pregnant 13 times in 10 years to avoid jail sentence
A Chinese woman sentenced to life imprisonment for corruption in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region was able to evade a prison sentence for a decade by adopting a novel, if slightly extreme, tactic - getting pregnant 13 times before finally being sent to jail by a court.
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Toddler has Minions Fart Gun confiscated for posing airport security 'threat'
A family in Dublin has discovered the harsh reality of airport security restrictions after their toddler’s Minions toy was confiscated for posing a ‘threat’. The toddler had a Minions Fart Gun taken off them at Dublin Airport on Saturday because toy guns – especially those with a trigger mechanism – are on the prohibited items list.
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After China’s fake Rolex - now there’s a fake Goldman Sachs
China has been accused of pirating movies, handbags, Rolexes -- even cars. Add Goldman Sachs to the list. Goldman Sachs (Shenzhen) Financial Leasing Co. has been operating in the city just across the border from Hong Kong using a nearly identical English and Chinese name as the New York-based financial institution, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. It claims on its website to be one of the city’s largest financial leasing firms.
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Scott Walker: U.S.-Canada wall a 'legitimate' idea
It's not just the southern border: Wisconsin's Scott Walker says it's "legitimate" to discuss building a wall separating the United States from Canada, as well.
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Tourists horrified by showers at Auschwitz entrance
Museum defends decision to keep visitors cool during summer despite complaints that sprinklers resemble Nazi gas chambers.
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Porn app took secret photos of users
A malicious Android app that held people to ransom has been discovered by researchers at security firm Zscaler. Adult Player appeared to offer pornography, but secretly took pictures of users with the phone’s front-facing camera. It then locked the user’s device and displayed a demand for $ 500 (£330) which was difficult to bypass. One security expert told the BBC that ransomware was a lucrative and growing area of cybercrime.
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Someone built a meth lab inside a federal research facility, and it exploded
Somebody built a methamphetamine lab inside a federal research facility, and a security guard was injured when it exploded. Chemical & Engineering News reports that the explosion took place July...
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Chinese tech companies reportedly hiring 'cheerleaders' to motivate programmers
At least one tech company in China appears to be taking a page out of Silicon Valley's infamous "workplace culture" handbook by offering its employees some rather unique benefits — one of which includes personal cheerleaders. The country's government-run news service China.org.cn reported last week that internet companies "across China" are hiring "pretty, talented girls that help create a fun work environment."
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Bigfoot hunters hampering search for suspects in $6.5 million Texas marijuana farm bust
Texas Game Wardens and local law enforcement busted a $6.5 million marijuana growing operation in Delta County, northeast of Dallas, this weekend. According to Texas Parks & Wildlife, Delta County deputies and game wardens recovered approximately 6,550 marijuana plants – some as tall as 10 feet – from a one-acre section of the Cooper Wildlife Management Area on Saturday.
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Owner Of Beverly Hills LaFerrari Does Not Have Diplomatic Immunity, Reportedly Flees Town
The story of the Ferrari LaFerrari and Porsche 911 GT3 that were caught on camera speeding through a Beverly Hills neighborhood, ignoring stop signs and narrowly avoiding pedestrians, has taken another turn for the weird. Having been confronted by a video journalist, the cars’ owner — who’s name has not been released — reportedly told the man he had “diplomatic immunity” and could have him “killed and get away with it.”
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Teen prosecuted as adult for having naked images – of himself – on phone
A teenage boy in North Carolina has been prosecuted for having nude pictures of himself on his own mobile phone. The young man, who is now 17 but was 16 at the time the photos were discovered, had to strike a plea deal to avoid potentially going to jail and being registered as a sex offender. Experts condemned the case as ludicrous. The boy was, however, punished by the courts, and had to agree to be subject to...
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Man sexually attracted to playground equipment banned from anywhere with a slide
Christopher Johnson, was arrested after simulating a sex act with a slide
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Police: Woman jumps from car after seeing spider, causes crash
The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a car crash involving a school bus and a "driverless" vehicle near Syracuse, Indiana, that left a 9-year-old boy injured.
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More people have died from selfies than shark attacks this year
A 66-year-old Japanese tourist has died, and his travel companion has been injured, after falling down stairs while attempting to take a selfie at the Taj Mahal. The man's death raises the selfie-related death toll this year — to 12. To put that in perspective, in 2015 there have so far been eight deaths caused by shark attacks.
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Petition Urges Pope To Bless Metro 'So It Actually Works'
But will that be enough?
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Life sucks when you're in ISIS, defectors say
Islamic State defectors have revealed why they jumped ship in an eye-opening report that lists boredom and a lack of luxury cars among the factors. The paper based on the testimonies of 58 former m...
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Questions raised after shock belt used at Texas murder trial
A potential death penalty trial in East Texas is set to resume on Monday after it was put on hold when a judge was said by a TV station to have had a shock belt used on the defendant for misbehaving. James Calvert, 45, of Tyler, Texas, is on trial in Smith County, where prosecutors allege he beat and fatally shot his former wife at her home and abducted their 4-year-old son in October 2012.
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Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe shouts 'We are not gays' during UN address
Zimbabwe's infamously outspoken President Robert Mugabe, who has ruled the country for over three decades, went on a tirade against extended human rights to gay people in his country during a speech at the UN General Assembly on Monday. "We reject attempts to prescribe new rights that are contrary to our values, norms, traditions and beliefs," said Mugabe, rallying against perceived international interference in his country's affairs.
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1,500-pound rogue cow has been eluding capture for months in Central NY
Police hope a farm device used to feed cattle will help corral a cow that has been on the loose for months in a Central New York town. Officers in New Hartford have put feed in a headlock feeder and placed the device along a road outside Utica where the rogue cow has been spotted. Headlock feeders have locking mechanisms that trap a cow's head while it's feeding.
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Wedding guests receive bill for missed meals
Note accompanying invoice asked for reimbursement and explanation for why they didn't attend.
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