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Lost Warhol art discovered on 30 year old floppy disks

The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has just announced the discovery of multiple lost art pieces created almost 30 years ago by Andy Warhol. These images had been saved to a floppy disk that sat on museum shelves for …

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Pokerstar sued by casino for almost $10 million over playing card scam

In Atlantic City’s Borgata hotel an interesting scam occurred, not from a lowly criminal criminal or mafia boss, but one of America’s biggest poker stars. Phil Ivey, a big name in the famous television-broadcast World Series of Poker, is being …

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Netherlands teen who sent threatening tweet to American Airlines is arrested

American Airlines received a very interesting tweet yesterday from a 14-year-old teenage girl who identified herself as “Sarah”. The tweet was not very specific about what the teen planned to do however seemed very threatening in this post-9/11 world. The …

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$100,000 raised for man beaten by angry crowd in Detroit

Steven Utash found himself in critical condition last Wednesday afternoon outside of a gas station after accidentally hitting a boy with his truck. After Utash immediately stopped his car and got out to check on the boy, a group of …

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New Zealand school trys giving students rule-free recess to much success.

A school in New Zealand recently experimented with a “no rules” recess policy as part of a study in order to observe how a “no rules” setting affected school learning performance. Swanson School is a 500 student elementary school that …

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Couple living on a yacht in Florida while receiving Minnesota welfare benefits charged with fraud

Minnesota prosecutors announced on Friday that a couple currently living on a yacht in Florida will be charged with fraud after years of wrongfully accepting food stamps and other public assistance.

The couple have accepted over $165,000 in public assistance …

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Westboro Baptist Church founder on death bed & excommunicated reports son

The Westboro Baptist Church is a small church that has drawn national attention for many years as a result of their extreme stance on homosexuality. The church is know for picketing military, celebrity, and other funerals with large, colorful signs …

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Zello app explodes in popularity among Venezuelan and Ukrainian protestors

Zello has been swelling in popularity over the past few days as protests in Venezuela and Ukraine reach historical sizes. This little app run by a company in Austin, Texas is helping to fuel protests that could change the world. …

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Gulf of Mexico dolphins suffering variety of illnesses following BP oil spill according to recent NOAA study

A research study conducted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration teaches us about the state of dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in which 4.9 million barrels of oil leaked into the …

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Australian teenager robs gas station with chainsaw and flowerpot

One might think that a teenager in Australia has been watching too many horror movies after a drunken robbery occurred yesterday inside of a gas station. The teen named Alexis Steele entered a 7-Eleven convenience store at 4:30 am wielding …

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