VIDEO: Would-be car thief gets instant comeuppance
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Dakota Johnson on SNL in 2015 vs. Melanie Griffith in 1988: Compare Their Hosting Outfits!
Dakota Johnson hosted Saturday Night Live on Feb. 28, and noted that her mom had hosted the series 26 years before--and the similarities don't stop there! Compare their monologue outfit style
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Pesticide likely killed two Quebec sisters in Thailand in 2012: coroner
RIVIERE-DU-LOUP, Que. - A Quebec coroner has concluded that two sisters found dead in their hotel room in Thailand in 2012 were probably intoxicated by phosphine, a strong pesticide. The same pesticide was also believed to have been responsible for the recent deaths of two children in northern Alberta. Coroner Renee Roussel said Monday the fact Audrey, 20, and Noemi Belanger, 26, were both very sick and appeared to have the same symptoms led her to conclude they suffered the same health problem — intoxication. She said it is officially forbidden to use phosphine to fumigate hotel rooms in Thailand, but that it might in fact still be used.
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Michael Jordan is now officially a billionaire, according to Forbes
The Hall of Famer and Charlotte Hornets owner is one of a record 290 new billionaires featured in Forbes' latest rankings.
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Adelaide men perform emergency C-section on dead wombat, save baby
Dmrenzo Kotze, 21, and Chris Dimasi, 20, spotted a dead wombat on a dirt road. When they went to move the roadkill out of the way, they noticed tiny movements inside the marsupial. “We could kind of see something moving inside,” Kotze told The Advertiser. “We thought we could see what we could do because (we thought) it could be a baby.”
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A 'Marvel'ous snowman: Illinois man builds The Hulk in his front yard
When life gives you snow, build The Hulk. Luke Harris built the giant green Marvel character out of snow on his front lawn in Alton, Illinois, simply to make local kids smile.
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Kid Rock Attempts to Kill Beyonce's Beyhive With Raid After Fan Backlash
Kid Rock took to Instagram to fight back against Beyonce's Beyhive this past Friday, posting a photo of Raid as a nod to the group's buggy name after they attempted to defend their Queen Bey -- get details!
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This Is What Happens During Commercial Breaks at the Oscars
The Academy Awards are Hollywood's biggest night, but they are also one of Hollywood's longest nights. Stars start walking the red carpet at 3 in the afternoon and then report to their seats inside the Dolby Theatre by about 5 p.m., where they stay until the show wraps up at around 9 p.m. But they don't actually stay put in the audience that whole time! Between heading backstage, watching the live action, and mingling during commercial breaks, there's a lot more fun that goes on when the cameras aren't rolling.
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Police ID 2 victims in Danforth McDonald's shooting
Police on Monday identified Donny Ouimette and Ryan Hind as the two men who were shot and killed at a Danforth Avenue McDonald's. The two men were shot around 3 a.m. on Saturday by an armed security guard after a "significant physical altercation." Police said the guard — who was working at a nearby business but at the restaurant picking up food — fired his weapon multiple times near the restaurant's main counter.
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Taylor Swift and 10 other surprising celebrity godparents
Taylor Swift is going to be a mom! Well, a godmom anyway.
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Blackhawks fire back at rumors on locker room discord
The Blackhawks locker room is in disarray because of off-ice issues. Players are fighting for random reasons that have nothing to do with internal discord. Whatever has caused these rumors or what they mean, Chicago defenseman Duncan Keith has decided to join the chorus of Chicago players spouting off on the issue.
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'Meet a Muslim Family' aims to dispel fears of the religion
A Muslim organization has launched a cross-Canada outreach campaign called Meet a Muslim Family, in order to help dispel myths about the religion. The campaign was launched by the Ahmadiyya Muslim community at mosques across Canada yesterday, including the Baitur Rahman Mosque in Delta, B.C. Iman Balal Khokhor said they don't want their religion to be misunderstood in light of recent violent attacks by extremists in the name of Islam. They don't know their culture, their religion, and we want to showcase that in fact we are Canadian and just like any other Canadians," said Khokhor.
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Daylight saving time starts this weekend
Daylight saving time kicks in this weekend, costing Canadians an hour of sleep but giving many a daily dose of waking sunshine.
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Curt Schilling eviscerates Twitter trolls going after his daughter
Schilling fends off sexually suggestive commenters about this daughter, then writes 1,700-word blog post.
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8 things you need to know before claiming new family tax cut
The version of the family tax credit announced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper last October was a tweaked version of a family income-splitting announcement he'd first made in the throes of the 2011 election campaign. - It allows the higher-income spouse or common-law partner to effectively transfer up to $50,000 of taxable income to their lower-income partner.
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Irvine Welsh’s ‘The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins’
It is not advisable to read Irvine Welsh’s 13th book, “The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins,” and snack simultaneously. Because Welsh, known for his gleeful depictions of the depraved degenerates who populate Scotland’s seediest hollows, has turned his attention to one of his adopted homes, Miami Beach, that “sun-drenched refuge for strutting grotesques and desperate narcissists.” This is not Welsh’s first Rollerblade around Florida; “Crime” followed a coke-addled Edinburgh detective along the same bright sidewalks. Meanwhile, the 200-pound Lena Sorenson (her weight is “a crime against the aesthetic order in South Beach”) is the sole witness to this scene, which she captures on her phone. When she shares the footage with a local news station, Lucy is painted as a hero.
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SUNshineGirl | Toronto Sun
SUNshine Girl Cassandre is an aspiring chef who likes baking and other culinary pursuits. Cassandre, 24, loves cats, but has a particular fondness for her own, named Teddy. Cassandre’s also an avid snowboarder and video gamer. (Jack Boland
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There are 3 big problems buried in Tesla's annual report
Last Thursday, Tesla released its latest annual...
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Cars burn in warehouse fire
Building owner Barry Cudmore has checked the building every day for years. Cudmore is still searching for some vehicle owners to break the news.
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Iraq launches large-scale military operation to recapture Tikrit from Islamic State group
Backed by allied Shiite, Sunni and Iranian fighters, Iraqi security forces launched a large-scale military operation Monday to recapture Saddam Hussein's hometown from the Islamic State extremist group, a major step in a campaign to reclaim territory in northern Iraq controlled by the militants. State-run Al-Iraqiya television said that forces were attacking Tikrit from different directions, backed by artillery and airstrikes by Iraqi fighter jets. The military commander of Salahuddin region, Gen. Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi, told state TV the operation was "going on as planned," with fighting taking place outside Tikrit mainly on its eastern side. Tikrit, the provincial capital of Salauhddin province, 130 kilometres (80 miles) north of Baghdad, fell to the Islamic State group last summer, along with the country's second-largest city of Mosul and other areas in the country's Sunni heartland.
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Jays catcher Russell Martin: Corralling knuckleball is like catching a butterfly
Ask Russell Martin what it's like to corral a R.A. Dickey knuckleball and the Blue Jays catcher pauses briefly, trying to capture the experience. Martin got his first in-game experience with the Dickey floater Monday, albeit for just one inning of a low-key intra-squad game. Dickey issued a walk and Martin had two balls dribble out of his glove, but at no cost. "He's got as good as hands as anybody in baseball," Gibbons said of Martin.
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