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We are all warned about the dangers of leaving our pets in the car on hot days. Owners are rightfully shamed if even they leave a helpless dog or cat locked in a sweltering car. So can you imagine the shock one Florida police officer got after discovering a mother…
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It's the question everyone is asked at some time or another: What would you do if you won a million dollars? Invested properly, you could be set for life and do whatever you wanted without ever having to worry about your next paycheck. However, it seems when some people are actually…
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If you stole two million dollars from a bank, would you have the guts to walk back in decades later for lunch? That's exactly what happened when Boyne Lester Johnston returned to a Canada bank 60 years after he ran away with $2.2 million in current Canadian dollars ($1.7m in American…
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Asia Argento, the Italian actress and director who was among the first to accuse disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct, has settled an accusation of assault made against her by a former child actor, according to The New York Times. Argento went on to become a prominent figure…
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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…
