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A woman who attempted suicide has become the youngest person in US history to receive a face transplant. Katie Stubblefield was just 18 years old when she tried to kill herself, but four years later she has a new face and her journey has been shared with National Geographic magazine.…
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A good parent would do absolutely anything for their children, but rarely does this protective impulse get tested in quite the same way as it did with Brad Lewis, and his son Oscar, earlier this month. Brad, 42, was playing with his son at a friend's house in Sydney, with…
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In this social media frenzied era that we are living in, it can be hard to understand what is real and what is not. The old saying that you "shouldn't believe everything you read in the news" still rings true, but we can also add the internet and social media to…
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If there's one celebrity couple out there who are the absolute definition of couple goals, it's Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis. They first started dating back in 2012; and ever since then their love has only gotten stronger. They decided to get engaged in February 2014, and later married in a beautiful ceremony…
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For the Democratic party, Tuesday night was a night of many firsts. In Minnesota, Ilhan Omar, a Somalian refugee who immigrated to the United States as a teenager, won her primary, making her likely to be the first Muslim woman elected to Congress. In Connecticut, Jahana Hayes, who won national teacher…
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When kids get to a certain age, you have to let them leave the house on their own. That can be scary for parents, who see horrific stories every night on the news. The world is full of bullies, thieves and even worse, kidnappers. When I was growing up, my…
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While Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle are far from ordinary beings - having been plucked from their moderate-in-comparison-beginnings by two of Britain's most eligible bachelors - the pair still have to contend with the same sartorial mishaps that we face on the regular. There are untucked hems, missing buttons, the dreaded nip-slip,…
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If I screamed the word "PIVOT!", what would be the first thing that comes to your mind? Like I even have to ask! The pivot scene in Friends remains of the most iconic scenes bits of footage to come out of the American sitcom and we thank God (and NBC) every…
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Thousands were left appalled last week when a video of a 16-year-old girl being pushed off a bridge, falling 60 feet into water, emerged online. The footage into question showed teenager Jordan Holgerson hesitating atop a bridge in Moulton Falls Regional Park in Yacolt, north of Portland. Deciding not to…
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If there's one thing every person did when they were a kid, it's pretend to have Matilda powers. Seriously, I'd be willing to put money on the fact that if you're an 80s or 90s kids, you spent a fair bit of time pointing at lamps to try at turn them…
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We may only have two of the members of The Beatles with us still, but the band lives on. Even today, ask many of us our favourite tune and we'll tell you it's Come Together, Hey Jude or one of the hundreds of other songs the foursome lovingly created. Not to…
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It's a terrifying fact that in some parts of the world, instances of child-snatching are surprisingly high. In most cases, however, you would expect the crime to take place in the dead of night, in an attempt to not draw any unwanted attention. This week, a video emerged of an…
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Students of colour that excel in education often seen their achievements diminished, and attributed to affirmative action and lower standards. Not only are these assumptions obnoxious and patronising, but they also ignore the fact that these kids are excelling despite being given lesser opportunities in economically-challenged communities. Guillermo Camarillo of…
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When you think of Harry, Ron and Hermione, and it's hard not to picture Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson. The Harry Potter movies were perfectly cast - 1,000 points to Warner Brothers! Over a decade, we watched the actors grow up from wide-eyed children into grim young adults,…
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Who needs enemies when you have friends like Jordan Holgerson's? Last week, the 16-year-old girl ended up making headlines after a video of her went viral on YouTube, which showed the teen being shoved off the side of the Moulton Falls bridge in Washington state; taking a 60ft tumble into the waters…
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A British Louis Vuitton model has been found guilty of the murder of a fellow male model Harry Uzoka. According to reports, George Koh, 24, killed Harry in January 2018 after he and Uzoka, 25, got into a heated argument on social media. Prosecutors claim the Koh had become jealous…
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As I’m sure a lot of women are aware, there are some guys out there in the world who just can’t help themselves when it comes to checking out a particularly attractive person. Well, that’s sort of a lie; they can help themselves, they just choose not to. But why…
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An unidentified pilot was forced to make an emergency landing on a California highway last Saturday, to the surprise of the cars behind it. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the single-engine Cessna was on its way from Lake Tahoe to Hayward Executive Airport when the engine started to fail,…
