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Month: March 2020

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Stray Staffie With A Fabulous Smile Finds Her Forever Home

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Probably most of us have at least one stereotype related to a dog breed in our minds. Huskies are convinced barking is for amateurs and just howl instead, chihuahuas can’t shut up and seem like they want to fight anything that moves but yet they can’t stop trembling, Staffordshires not only look like they want to fight anything but actually do – you name it. Due to this last trait, most shelters know they’ll have real trouble trying to rehome a Staffie when one comes along but in this case,…

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New Artifacts Recovered From Franklins Doomed Arctic Expedition Shipwreck

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A collaborative team of researchers continues to piece together the circumstances underlying the mysterious disappearance of Sir John Franklin’s ill-fated expedition in search of the Northwest Passage. Now, underwater archaeologists unveil more than 350 newly recovered artifacts from HMS Erebus, one of two ships lost in the Arctic waters. The mission makes up the largest, most complex underwater archaeological recoveries in Canadian history. Over three weeks in the fall of 2019, Parks Canada’s Underwater Archaeology Team conducted 93 dives on HMS Erebus, logging nearly 110 hours. Divers used both traditional and…

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Well, That Was Awkward: Weekly Horoscopes February 24-28 | Betches

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The good news: the sun is headed into Mercury this week, which guides all of our communications. The bad news: Mercury is also in retrograde, which can bring on misunderstandings and technical snafus. Basically, don’t be surprised if you have at least one painfully awkward experience this week that you’ll think about randomly right before you’re about to fall asleep for the rest of your life. You know, like that time in second grade when you called your teacher “mom.” Humiliating. Taurus Awkward social situations abound, Taurus. You’re in serious…

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Nuros new delivery R2 bot gets the first driverless vehicle exemption from feds

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Nuro, the autonomous delivery startup that raised $940 million in financing from SoftBank Vision Fund last year, is the first company to receive a driverless exemption from the federal government. The exemption granted by the the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is for Nuro’s newest — and until Thursday, unseen — low-speed electric vehicle called the R2 that will be used for local delivery service for restaurants, grocery stores and other businesses. It’s a milestone for Nuro, as well as the autonomous vehicle industry, and signals…

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Jordan Ayew strikes for Crystal Palace to keep Brighton in the mire

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Jordan Ayew scored the only goal of the game as Crystal Palace ended their poor run with a 1-0 win at Brighton These are worrying times for Graham Potter. The Brighton manager watched his side suffer the ignominy of a first home defeat in the top flight at the hands of their bitter rivals that leaves them still waiting to record a victory in 2020. Jordan Ayews seventh Premier League goal of the campaign was enough to record victory for Crystal Palace as they gained sweet revenge for losing twice…

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Americans Should Prepare For A Significant Disruption Of Their Lives From COVID-19 Transmission, CDC Says

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It is only a matter of time until COVID-19 – the disease caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2, formerly known as 2019-nCoV – begins to spread within US communities, top US health officials said Tuesday. With more than 80,000 people infected around the world, the situation in the US is “rapidly evolving and expanding”. At this time, the virus is not currently spreading in American communities, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports at least 14 confirmed cases, prompting warnings that transmission between people is likely to continue.  “It’s not so…

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I knew pretty quickly I was on to something: James Ellroy on writing The Black Dahlia

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The death of wannabe starlet Elizabeth Short became entwined in Ellroys mind with the murder of his mother and inspired his bestselling novel I had written six novels before Dahlia, but my primary income throughout this time had come not from books, but from being a golf caddy. At first, I worked at the Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles, but around the time my first book, Browns Requiem, was published in 1981, I moved to Westchester County, about half an hour outside New York City. I had first heard…

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Mom Enlisted Son to Murder Husband, Daughter for Insurance Money: Prosecutors

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A New Jersey woman faces murder charges after allegedly enlisting her son and his friend to brutally kill her daughter and husband 25 years ago by promising them a cut of his life-insurance policy. Dolores Morgan, 66, and her 47-year-old son, Ted Connors, collected a $200,000 life-insurance policy and moved to Florida with her son. Killing for money and drugs, the states position, you cannot get more violent, prosecutor Meghan Doyle Asbury Park Press. The 48-year-old admitted he held Mejia down and covered her face with his hand, while Connors…

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Scientists Banned From Eating Martian Beans Grown With Festival Piss Amid Fears Theyre Full Of Drugs

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If you ever find yourself short on urine, festivals are a great place to find some. Thousands of animated characters sipping flat, tepid cider makes for many a broken seal, which is precisely why Dutch scientists turned to an Amsterdam festival when they needed some urine to help grow green beans in lunar soil. Research results reported by Wageningen University & Research show the approach holds water, but drug-filled urine is preventing the team from tasting their crops. If you’ve seen The Martian, you may remember a harrowing scene where a malnourished…

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We fact checked an entire Bernie Sanders speech. Here’s what we found

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Washington (CNN)We regularly fact check President Donald Trump’s rally speeches from start to finish. When Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders cemented himself as the front-runner for the party nomination with his victory in Saturday’s Nevada caucuses, we decided to give one of his rally speeches the same treatment. Full Election Results Sanders made far fewer false claims than Trump tends to make at rallies. The President has averaged 20.6 false claims per rally over the 19 rallies we have fact checked since July 8. Here is the full list of…

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