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CBC.ca Sturgeon County neighborhoods evacuated after train carrying crude oil derails CBC.ca ‘ Pretty unsettling ‘. A resident of River’s Edge Place, Teri Gosselin, heard the clatter Sunday she described as the “craziest noise” she’d ever heard. “Just the loudest kind of metal-on-metal noise you could ever imagine, ” she told CBC News. “Pretty …
Read MoreThe 2018 Cadillac CT6 comes with a new "Super Cruise" feature that drives itself on most major highways in the U.S. and Canada.Image: Michael Nunez/mashable I’m sitting in the driver’s seat of a brand new 2018 Cadillac CT6, the most expensive (about $83,000 maxed out) and futuristic car the company makes, and one I frankly don’t deserve to be driving. It’s an absolute gem: It has big cushy seats, a gigantic touchscreen infotainment system, and a crazy rear-view camera mirror that flips between an actual mirror and an HD camera….
Read MoreHannah Grace People keep asking me, Why I’d ever want to leave. Why I’ve not found this place, Where my family built their legacy, A satisfactory stage for my undoing. I am not gone. I am never without the life you’ve given me. Reminded of it often, By the warmth of sweet trembling breaths. This is not my departure. This is simply an affair. I am to run wild with my demons. And I think, if I am to find peace in this lifetime, I must frolic among the giants,…
Read MoreIn light of all the allegations coming out about Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, She explained how it was too noisy for them to talk in the restaurant, so the Friends star suggested they go up to his room to continue — but he quickly offered to have a third person join them if it would make her feel more comfortable! Nell shared: “I haven’t thought of that since it happened but the Weinstein stories made me not just remember it but remember it in an entirely different context as an…
Read MoreApple responded today to FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai, who issued a statement that “urged” Apple to activate the FM chips that he claimed are in iPhones in the name of public safety. The recent hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria were the hook for the reasoning. The only problem? Apple hasn’t even included FM radio chips in iPhones since the iPhone 6s. That’s right, Pai called on Apple to activate radios that don’t even exist. As John Gruber astutely points out, the statement has the stink of trying to shift blame…
Read MoreCBC.ca Sweating blood: bizarre ailment baffles doctors CBC.ca It was likely one of the most bizarre medical cases a squad of Italian physicians had ever seen. A 21 -year-old woman was admitted to hospital with a condition that caused her to sweat blood from her face and from the palms of her hands. This despite any …
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Read MoreImage: WireImage Kit Haringtonhas clarified comments he made in 2016 about his experience with “sexism” as a male actor, in a new interview with The Guardian The Game of Thrones star said he “was wrong” to conflate his experiences as a man with that of the very real sexism women face in the film industry. SEE ALSO: Rose Leslie forced Kit Harington to wear a spectacularly embarrassing Halloween costume As Harington told The Sunday Times in May of last year: “I think there is a double standard. If you said…
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Read MoreJohn Taylor has a complicated history with the U.S. Federal Reserve that could force him into a hard pivot if he’s selected as its next leader. The Stanford University economist, who is on President Donald Trump’s short list to lead the central bank, wrote the monetary policy rule that Fed officials use as a constant reference, and many of the institution’s own economists are schooled in his ideas. On the other hand, he’s been a vocal critic of recent Fed policy, arguing that the institution should hew closer to the…
Read MoreCBC.ca 3 killed, 11 trapped after landslide in northern Malaysia CBC.ca A landslide at a construction site in northern Malaysia on Saturday killed three foreign workers, with rescuers searching for 11 others feared trapped in the mud and rubble, officials said. Fire and rescue official Mohamad Rizuan Ramli said a 10 -metre …
Read MoreSelena Quintanilla continues to be so missed by her fans, but never forgotten! Twenty-two years after her passing, rare footage of her singing her hit Bidi Bidi Bom Bom in English has been uncovered once again, and it’s just as amazing as you might imagine. For those who didn’t know, the English version was actually inspired by Selena singing “itty bitty bubble” during a soundcheck, and her later coming up with the lyrics: “If I was a fish, under the sea, I would swim, swim, swim to you.” Eventually the…
Read MoreFinn Wolfhard, left, fired agent Tyler Grasham after Grasham was accused of sexual assault.Image: Invision/AP/REX/Shutterstock Stranger Things actor Finn Wolfhard has fired his agent after allegations of sexual assault surfaced, Entertainment Weekly reported. Tyler Grasham, who was also fired from his job as a talent agent at APA, was accused of sexual assault by a former teen actor. SEE ALSO: Jennifer Lawrence, Reese Witherspoon speak out about sexual harassment in Hollywood Blaise Godbe Lipman, who appeared on the shows Weeds and Hawaii Five-O, wrote a Facebook post describing “a prominent…
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