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Month: January 2020

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“People Ask Me, Oh, Are You Babysitting? And My Response Is No, They Are My Children”: Single Black Mom of 3 White Kids Says Love Has No Color In My Home

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ShareTweetPin A little history about me: I am the youngest of 11 children. My mom passed away when I was 6 years old. I’ve never really had anyone to show me how to be a mom, but I guess it just came natural to me. I have 20 nieces and nephews, 3 great nieces, and a host of cousins who I have babysat over the years. I’ve worked in childcare ever since I graduated from High School. I’ve always babysat for different families; I guess I can say I thought…

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Trump Campaign Uses Footage from Poland, South Africa in American Dream Thanksgiving Ad

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President Trumps campaign released a Thanksgiving-themed ad earlier this week celebrating Americas inherent greatness. But some of the videos Americana imagery was taken from foreign countries. The 43-second video displayed various, traditionally patriotic scenes: families gathering in the kitchen, a kid looking into a telescope, a game of catch, and steelworkers leaving a steel mill. However, two of those vignettes were filmed, respectively, in Poland and South Africa. The ad, posted on Twitter Monday, features a narrator touting the American dream while the clips play and emotional orchestral music swells…

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investing a Tesla crash that killed 2 people

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(CNN)The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating a crash involving a Tesla in California that left two people dead. KTLA reported that police responded to the crash at Vermont Avenue and Artesia Boulevard around 12:45 a.m., according to LAPD Capt. Jon Pinto. The Tesla driver exited the westbound 91 Freeway at Artesia Boulevard at a high speed and failed to stop at a red light, the station reported. He collided with the Honda at the intersection as the Honda turned left onto Artesia Boulevard, authorities said. The 40 year-old…

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The Biggest Celebrity Glowups Of The Decade | Betches

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As the decade draws to a close, it’s interesting to stop and take a look at which celebrities we’ve spent the last 10 years talking sh*t about. While some stars have maintained their A-list status since 2010, and others have faded into the background (Leona Lewis, if you’re reading this, I still want the world for you), a whole new crop of celebs have risen to the top, and it’s time that we take a minute to give them some recognition. Considering all I’ve done this decade has been move…

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Harry Styles Covering Lizzo Is The Christmas Gift We Didn’t Know We Wanted! – Perez Hilton

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If you say he ain’t the baddest bitch, you lied! In news we didn’t know we needed on Wednesday, Harry Styles covered Lizzo, and it was hot enough to keep all of London warm for the day! The sexy singer dropped by the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge on Wednesday where he performed two tracks off his sophomore album Fine Lines — Adore You and Lights Up, a cover of the widely reviled Paul McCartney holiday song Wonderful Christmas Time, and then the one cover we didn’t know we wanted… Juice! Video: Ellen Tries To Grill Harry About His Love Life — Instead…

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The Dow kicks off the new year with a record high

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New York (CNN Business)US stocks kicked the new decade off with fresh all-time highs. Apple (AAPL) stock closed at an all time high, above $300 a share, just one year after CEO Tim Cook shocked investors with his warning about sales in China. But it wasn’t just US markets that fared well on the first trading day of the year. Global stocks climbed higher Thursday after China’s central bank moved to stimulate the economy. Economists view China as the growth engine for the world economy, so a central bank committed…

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Field Of Holes In Seafloor Off California Coast Puzzles Scientists

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A deep-sea mystery has puzzled scientists for more than a decade: What is causing thousands of pockmarks on the seafloor off the coast of Big Sur, California? Multi-beam surveys revealed approximately 5,000 craters dotting the bottom of the seafloor in what scientists call the largest known pockmark field in North America. The biggest are around 5 meters (16 feet) deep and 175 meters (almost 600 feet) wide. They have been known about for years but Eve Lundsten and Charles Paull from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Insititute (MBARI) found 15,000 micro-depressions…

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I Told My Kids Santa Is Not Coming To Our House – And I’m Serious! NOT Clickbait! | Perez Hilton And Family – Perez Hilton

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We gotta send this video to Jimmy Kimmel! LOLs! During this week’s unboxing, Perez told his children that Santa was not going to leave presents for them at our house. And he was not joking! Watch to find out why and their reactions!! Enjoy! SHARE! And CLICK HERE to check out more of our unboxing videos! Related Posts 11 Gifts For Mom! Big Birthday UNBOXING! | Perez Hilton And Family CLICK CLICK CLICK Next Article

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Woman Tweets Her Genius Potato Necklace Remedy For Her Sons 102.3 Fever & People Online Are Facepalming

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Getting sick is scary. Especially if there is something that never used to happen, or something that happens rarely, but feels different, it immediately sends alerts to our brains. You know what else is scary? Hospitals. However, while getting sick is genuinely scary because it can mean death in certain cases, hospitals are places of healing, and the only scary things about them are the needles and other procedures we need to endure in order to get well. So, it is no surprise that some people try everything (or anything)…

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Estranged husband charged with two murders

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The family of Mrs Hancock, from Duffield, described her as a “lovely, beautiful, friendly, bubbly and social person”. Father-of-two Mr Griffiths, from Derby, was said by his family to be “a lovely dad, husband, son, brother and uncle who had a passion for adventure, running and a love of animals”. The statement added: “He enjoyed travelling the world, mountain climbing and spending time with his two children. He will be greatly missed.” Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.

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Feathers Trapped Inside Amber Show Some Dinosaurs Had A Lice Problem

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Despite their might and ferocious reputation, prehistoric dinosaurs hid a banal problem behind their feathered locks: lice. A newly identified species of insect have been found on the feathers of a mid-Cretaceous dinosaur trapped inside amber. At approximately 100 million years old, these teeny lice-like insects are the earliest known evidence that insects liked to chow down on dinosaur feathers.    Reported in the journal Nature Communications today, the two chunks of amber were originally discovered in the Kachin Province of northern Myanmar, a Southeast Asian nation where an incredible amount of amber is…

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These New Year’s Eve Deals From Lyft Will Get You Home For A Lot Less

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Lyft Lyft’s New Year’s Eve 2019 Deals Are The Best Way To Save On Your Ride Home By Cianna Garrison Updated: Dec 31, 2019 Lyft wants to help people celebrate New Year’s Eve, save some money, and get home safely. You can break out the champagne with friends without worrying because Lyft’s New Year’s Eve 2019 deals are available in several major cities across the United States. Saving on your Lyft is almost a necessity, unless you want to get stuck paying higher fare on one of the busiest nights…

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