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How Scientists Use Loudspeakers To Make Dead Coral Reefs Sound Healthy
The desperate search for ways to help the world's coral reefs rebound from the devastating effects of climate change has given rise to some radical solutions.
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"Simply Untrue": US Radio Station Denies Host Fired For Criticising Trump
A conservative radio station in Colorado is disputing claims by one of its hosts that the station fired him mid-show last weekend just as he was airing disapproval of US President Donald Trump. As host Craig Silverman and executives with the Denver-based 710 KNUS shared their views of events, the incident underscored the growing isolation of conser...
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Radio Host Says Was Fired Mid-Show For Criticising Trump On Air
A host from a conservative radio station in Denver said he was abruptly fired after criticizing President Donald Trump during his weekly talk show Saturday morning.
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Man Who Slashed "Baby Trump" Balloon Raises $20,000 In Online Fundraiser
A man who slashed open a giant "Baby Trump" balloon with a knife during the president's trip Saturday to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, for the Alabama-Louisiana State football game was free on bond Sunday, saying in a video that he'd "do it again if given the opportunity."
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The Cyber-Security 202: Def Con Hackers Couldn't Crack a Mock Voter Database
They tried all weekend to hack the database, which was modeled after a real Ohio county's and bolstered with extra layers of digital defeces.
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The Cyber-Security 202: Apple's Latest Security Fix Is Deepening Divisions Over FBI Access
Apple's latest iPhone security update is polarising an already heated debate over law enforcement's access to smartphones.
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For Mess He And Flock Of Seagulls Left Behind Years Ago, Man Begs Forgiveness
"This may seem like an unusual request, but I write to you today seeking a 'pardon.'" So began an 1,100-word letter from Nick Burchill of Nova Scotia to the Fairmont Empress hotel in downtown Victoria, Canada. Burchill was coming "hat-in-hand," as he wrote in his missive, to apologize and ask forgiveness for an incident that got him banned for life...
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Gangs Used Drones And Pulleys To Smuggle $80 Million In Smartphones From Hong Kong, Officials Say
Chinese authorities say they've busted a crime ring that used a system of drones, cables and motorized pulleys to sneak nearly $80 million worth of smartphones from Hong Kong to Shenzhen, in what is said to be the country's first known cross-border smuggling operation involving drones.
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Life-Size Robotic Tyrannosaurus Rex Goes Up In Dramatic Flames
Sixty-six million years ago, Earth's dinosaurs were suddenly wiped out in a cataclysmic blast of fire and smoke. On Thursday, a similar fate befell a life-size animatronic Tyrannosaurus rex at a dinosaur-themed park in central Colorado, only this extinction was captured on video.
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Juror Voted To Put Murderer To Death. Decades Later, He Wants To Halt His Execution
On a fall day in 1997, Raymond Tibbetts's wife threatened to kick him out of their Cincinnati home. In a drug-addled fury, he beat her to death with a baseball bat and stabbed her 21 times with kitchen knives. He then stormed into the living room and killed the couple's ailing landlord, stabbing him a dozen times in the chest and back before fleein...
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Family Of Indian Woman Won't Get A Penny After Botched Surgery In US
When Bimla Nayyar dislocated her jaw in January 2012, her family took her to a Dearborn, Michigan, hospital for what was supposed to be a routine surgery. But things went horribly awry after doctors wheeled the 81-year-old grandmother into the operating room.
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"Brilliant, But Cruel": This Insanely Difficult Video Game Will Make You Want To Smash Your Phone
When developer Hiroyoshi Oshiba released the video game "Trap Adventure 2," he included a strongly-worded warning for potential players: try it at your own peril.
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Homeless Man Saw Smoke Coming From An Apartment - Then Heard Children Scream
It was late-morning Friday when Anival Angulo rounded the corner onto East Mesquite Avenue, a quiet back street in Las Vegas, and noticed smoke rising from the squat beige apartment at the far end of the block.
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Pak Bride Kills 17 With Poison Milk To Escape Arranged Marriage
Arranged marriages are a standard practice in Pakistan, and there's no shortage of stories about the extreme steps some Pakistani women will take to escape them and marry the men they choose.
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Skydiver's Parachute Failed; Husband Allegedly Sabotaged It
The skies were cloudy over southern England on the morning of April 5, 2015, and Victoria Cilliers was having second thoughts.
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How Scientists Use Loudspeakers To Make Dead Coral Reefs Sound Healthy
The desperate search for ways to help the world's coral reefs rebound from the devastating effects of climate change has given rise to some radical solutions.
-
"Simply Untrue": US Radio Station Denies Host Fired For Criticising Trump
A conservative radio station in Colorado is disputing claims by one of its hosts that the station fired him mid-show last weekend just as he was airing disapproval of US President Donald Trump. As host Craig Silverman and executives with the Denver-based 710 KNUS shared their views of events, the incident underscored the growing isolation of conser...
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Radio Host Says Was Fired Mid-Show For Criticising Trump On Air
A host from a conservative radio station in Denver said he was abruptly fired after criticizing President Donald Trump during his weekly talk show Saturday morning.
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Man Who Slashed "Baby Trump" Balloon Raises $20,000 In Online Fundraiser
A man who slashed open a giant "Baby Trump" balloon with a knife during the president's trip Saturday to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, for the Alabama-Louisiana State football game was free on bond Sunday, saying in a video that he'd "do it again if given the opportunity."
-
The Cyber-Security 202: Def Con Hackers Couldn't Crack a Mock Voter Database
They tried all weekend to hack the database, which was modeled after a real Ohio county's and bolstered with extra layers of digital defeces.
-
The Cyber-Security 202: Apple's Latest Security Fix Is Deepening Divisions Over FBI Access
Apple's latest iPhone security update is polarising an already heated debate over law enforcement's access to smartphones.
-
For Mess He And Flock Of Seagulls Left Behind Years Ago, Man Begs Forgiveness
"This may seem like an unusual request, but I write to you today seeking a 'pardon.'" So began an 1,100-word letter from Nick Burchill of Nova Scotia to the Fairmont Empress hotel in downtown Victoria, Canada. Burchill was coming "hat-in-hand," as he wrote in his missive, to apologize and ask forgiveness for an incident that got him banned for life...
-
Gangs Used Drones And Pulleys To Smuggle $80 Million In Smartphones From Hong Kong, Officials Say
Chinese authorities say they've busted a crime ring that used a system of drones, cables and motorized pulleys to sneak nearly $80 million worth of smartphones from Hong Kong to Shenzhen, in what is said to be the country's first known cross-border smuggling operation involving drones.
-
Life-Size Robotic Tyrannosaurus Rex Goes Up In Dramatic Flames
Sixty-six million years ago, Earth's dinosaurs were suddenly wiped out in a cataclysmic blast of fire and smoke. On Thursday, a similar fate befell a life-size animatronic Tyrannosaurus rex at a dinosaur-themed park in central Colorado, only this extinction was captured on video.
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Juror Voted To Put Murderer To Death. Decades Later, He Wants To Halt His Execution
On a fall day in 1997, Raymond Tibbetts's wife threatened to kick him out of their Cincinnati home. In a drug-addled fury, he beat her to death with a baseball bat and stabbed her 21 times with kitchen knives. He then stormed into the living room and killed the couple's ailing landlord, stabbing him a dozen times in the chest and back before fleein...
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Family Of Indian Woman Won't Get A Penny After Botched Surgery In US
When Bimla Nayyar dislocated her jaw in January 2012, her family took her to a Dearborn, Michigan, hospital for what was supposed to be a routine surgery. But things went horribly awry after doctors wheeled the 81-year-old grandmother into the operating room.
-
"Brilliant, But Cruel": This Insanely Difficult Video Game Will Make You Want To Smash Your Phone
When developer Hiroyoshi Oshiba released the video game "Trap Adventure 2," he included a strongly-worded warning for potential players: try it at your own peril.
-
Homeless Man Saw Smoke Coming From An Apartment - Then Heard Children Scream
It was late-morning Friday when Anival Angulo rounded the corner onto East Mesquite Avenue, a quiet back street in Las Vegas, and noticed smoke rising from the squat beige apartment at the far end of the block.
-
Pak Bride Kills 17 With Poison Milk To Escape Arranged Marriage
Arranged marriages are a standard practice in Pakistan, and there's no shortage of stories about the extreme steps some Pakistani women will take to escape them and marry the men they choose.
-
Skydiver's Parachute Failed; Husband Allegedly Sabotaged It
The skies were cloudy over southern England on the morning of April 5, 2015, and Victoria Cilliers was having second thoughts.
