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Earlier this year, Barack and Michelle Obama's official portraits were unveiled at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. The exhibit displays paintings of every United States president and first lady, and the Obamas broke up a long, long, long line of white people. To mark the historic occasion, they commissioned…
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Halloween is supposed to be a time when people explore their creative side and wow us all with their cool costumes, but there are some people who take it too far. Halloween is supposed to be scary and spooky, not bigoted and offensive. Sadly, not everyone seems to get that,…
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By now, you have likely heard various reports of a 'migrant caravan' on its way to the United States. Depending on who is reporting, the estimates have varied from around 3,500 to 7,000, with some claiming that the group have little intention of entering the States, while others claim its…
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As adults, we celebrate Halloween by donning skimpy costumes, getting wasted at a party, and perhaps doing the walk of shame home at two in the morning. But as a kid, Halloween was a more wholesome time. We got to wear real costumes of our favorite characters, be they superheroes,…
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On Monday of this week (29th October), reports emerged that Abu Moaaz - a bomb maker for the terrorist group, ISIS - accidentally killed himself. According to a source speaking to Baghdad Today, "An Islamic State bomb maker lost his life Monday while trying to manufacture explosive charges in Diyala province." The source…
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Today is October 31, which means that it's finally Halloween again! This is the season for watching scary movies, going out trick-or-treaters, and best of all, going to costume parties. Yup, if you're a fan of dressing up like a superhero, monster, or even a celebrity, then Halloween is the best…
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The phrase 'ghosting' is a fairly well-known one on the dating scene these days, but for 27-year-old spiritual guidance counsellor Amethyst Realm it has a very different meaning. Amethyst, who hails from Bristol, England, has a supernatural sex life, and claims that she's been physically intimate with more than 20 different…
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James 'Whitey' Bulger, the notorious Boston gangster who was serving two life sentences for murdering 11 people, was killed Tuesday morning at a West Virginia prison. The death occurred just one day after his transfer. Officials at the US Penitentiary Hazelton say him unresponsive at 8:20am, and pronounced him dead after…
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When Julie Keith’s five-year-old daughter asked for a Halloween-themed birthday, little did they know that this would start a chain of events culminating in the release of some 160,000 people from forced labour camps on the other side of the world. Remembering a $29.99 box of Halloween decorations in her…
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A death row prisoner cracked a joke just moments before he was put to death for murdering a prison guard. Rodney Berget was killed by lethal injection last night for the 2011 murder of prison guard Ronald 'R.J.' Johnson. His execution was delayed for more than six hours as a last-ditch…
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It's a fact that sometimes people on social media overshare things. I'm sure it's something that we've all experienced at one time or another. For the Instagram followers of Swedish naturist Maxinne Bjork, this moment might have come when she made the controversial decision to upload a nude selfie, in which she'd…
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Halloween is a well-loved holiday in America, and yet it's also one that is tinged with anxiety. We're used to seeing movie monsters terrorise teenagers and stalk children, but these are fictional dangers; harmless phantasms on the silver screen. But is there a real and urgent danger out there which…
