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A teenager has defied healthcare officials who "painted a bleak future" by becoming the first model with Down's Syndrome to land first place in an international beauty pageant. Kate Grant, who was told that she would never learn to read or speak, won the Teen Ultimate Beauty of The World…
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Solving a Rubik's Cube (or Speed Cube, Magic Cube, Puzzle Cube... whatever) is difficult enough. The aim of the game is to twist the multi-coloured panels of the cube so that each of the six faces of the cube is one single colour. Simple concept, tricky to master. But some…
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A six-year-old boy was discriminated against on his first day of school due to his hairstyle. The teachers at the Christian private school in Florida insisted that the school's policy states that male students aren't allowed to have hair longer than their shoulders, and reasoned that the only way they…
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On August 7, Taylor Smith, 18, pushed Jordan Holgerson, 16, off a 60ft bridge in Washington state. Jordan plummeted the equivalent of three stories, and since she didn't hit the water feet-first, the impact was like striking concrete. The teenager suffered signifiant injuries, including six broken ribs, a punctured lung…
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Last Friday, a dispatcher received a call from an employee at the Boys and Girls Club in rural Georgia. "There's a lady walking on the bike trails, she has a knife and she won't leave," said the caller. "She told me she doesn't speak English... It looks like she's walking…
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The son of actor Jean-Claude, Nicholas Van Varenberg, has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct for holding his roommate at knifepoint at their apartment in Phoenix, Arizona. Van Varenberg, who is the youngest of the Belgian actor's three children, was arrested last September on suspicion of aggravated assault with a deadly…
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Thousands were left shocked when a video of a 16-year-old girl being pushed off a bridge, plummeting 60 feet into water, went viral last week. The original footage showed teenager Jordan Holgerson hesitating atop a bridge in Moulton Falls Regional Park in Yacolt, north of Portland. Deciding not to jump, she…
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With the huge success of nearly-billionaire Kylie Jenner's cosmetics company, as well as Rihanna's widely-loved Fenty Beauty, it's not hard to see why every celeb and their dog wants to get in on the makeup game too. The latest person to use their fame (and followers) to try and make…
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It's heartbreaking to see anyone suffer from cancer, but imagine if you were forced to watch your two-year-old child go through it. That's what happened when Holly Hughes was diagnosed with leukaemia just before her second birthday, kickstarting an emotional two-year struggle for her and her parents. Thankfully, Holly -…
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Footage has been released of the moment a shopkeeper fights off a would-be armed robber holding what appears to be a shotgun while using nothing but a paper magazine. While it turned out that the shotgun was, in fact, a fake, the man still showed immense bravery in what appeared…
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When you're young, you feel like you're invincible. But once you've experienced an accident, or had a friend who experienced one, you realize just how fragile life is. On August 7, a group of teenagers were hanging out on Moulton Falls Bridge in Washington state. It's a spine-tingling 60 foot…
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Aretha Franklin has died at the age of 76 after losing her battle with pancreatic cancer. The 'Queen of Soul' had been gravely ill for several days and reportedly passed away today at her home in Detroit, surrounded by her family and friends. She had been in ill health since…
