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Stephanie Scott vanished a week before her Australian wedding, cleaner charged with murder
Australian woman Stephanie Scott was due to be married to her long-time sweetheart on Saturday, instead her devastated family are looking for her body. On Easter Sunday, 26-year-old Scott visited the school she worked at as a drama and English … Continue reading
Police in Scotland are using Lego to stop crime
LONDON — Scottish police are using a new weapon in their fight against crime: Lego See also: The last 50 years of Lego, in true Lego form In an attempt to increase people’s awareness of house break-ins, police have been … Continue reading
Lucky lion cubs move in with humans after their zoo in Gaza is destroyed
After Israeli strikes on Gaza in 2014, the Rafah Zoo in the southern Gaza Strip struggled to recover from physical damage and the resulting economic fallout. Many of the animals died, and those that survived faced harsh conditions and malnourishment. … Continue reading
The inevitable ‘Dumb Ways to Die,’ ‘Game of Thrones’ mashup is perfect
Warning: This post contains spoilers from Seasons 1-4 of Game of Thrones. In Westeros, death is a frequent part of life. Whether it’s by beheading or a skin-melting bath of melted golden medallions, Game of Thrones doles out massacres on … Continue reading
Australian supermarket fined $2.5m over false ‘fresh bread’ claims
Australian supermarket chain Coles has been fined $2.5 million for incorrectly stating bread was “freshly baked.” In 2014, The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) won the Federal Court case against Coles, in which the company was accused of misleading … Continue reading
BuzzFeed reposts articles about major advertisers after editor admits he ‘blew it’
BuzzFeed has restored posts that had been controversially pulled, leading its editor in chief Ben Smith to admit that he had acted rashly in removing articles from the website that did not conform to his idea of tone. “I blew … Continue reading
Watch Coachella live online here
Have a fear of missing out on the Coachella madness in California? YouTube is here to help alleviate your woes by live streaming much — but not all — of the music festival Drake and AC/DC’s headlining sets will be … Continue reading
Man sprints across Grand Prix track as F1 cars fly towards him
In an idiotic move, a man has run onto the track during a practice session for the Chinese Grand Prix on Friday The unidentified track invader decided to play “chicken” with Formula One cars on the pit straight in Shanghai. … Continue reading
Why the president’s support of queer youth could save a life like mine
I am one of the lucky ones As a teenager, I knew something life-changing: that I was attracted to boys and that my gender did not match the sex I was assigned at birth See also: What do you call … Continue reading
If Cookie from ‘Empire’ was a character on ‘Game of Thrones’
There’s a new Khaleesi in town. Cookie Lyon knows how to start drama on FOX’s new hit show Empire, and now she has her sights set on the Iron Throne in Mandatory.com’s clever mashup that imagines Cookie as a would-be … Continue reading
