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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…
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They say that there's a bright side to any situation, and it turns out that's apparently true even if you get arrested. A 19-year-old who was apprehended for possession of marijuana (a cheeky two grams she was planning on smoking with friends later that night) might've landed herself a night in…
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How do you define when someone is being too clingy? It's a difficult question to answer - not least because it differs for everyone. Some people need plenty of time before they can trust and care for another person properly, while other people can fall in love at a glance…
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We've all, at some point, wondered how we'd fare if we were lost in the wilderness and all alone. But, thankfully, most of us will never know if we have what it takes to survive. Matthew Matheny from Warren, Ohio, on the other hand, knows exactly the staggering lengths one must go…
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Bold, brash and belligerent. Donald Trump was the man to shake up Washington, build a wall and render political correctness obsolete. Regardless of what you think of him, he is unlike almost any politician who has gone before him. However, while most pundits are preoccupied with the man himself, others’…
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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…
