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Baby owls swerve to the beat in tiny dance off
Think Beyonce or Channing Tatum have serious dance skills? Those playas have nothing on these baby owls. These badass birds bring the heat to the lawn, popping, locking, and head-twisting their way to internet stardom. One even makes a grand … Continue reading
Running tours add a workout to city sightseeing
About 10 years ago, Michael Gazaleh was working as a chiropractor at a small gym in New York City when a customer called with a somewhat unusual request: He was planning a trip to the city and wanted someone from … Continue reading
Stunning Grammy portraits, once for winners’ eyes only, hit Instagram
LOS ANGELES — The Recording Academy shattered a major tradition this year, allowing famed music photographer Danny Clinch‘s annual Grammy winners’ portraits to be shared with the public for the first time — via Instagram. Until Sunday night, Clinch’s intimate … Continue reading
WestJet tortures bachelors by deciding the exact moment they’ll propose
Dropping the big question is nerve-wracking enough as it is. But WestJet turned the proposal into pure torture for two lucky guys The airline, which is known for its inspiring viral videos as part of its advertising, had a bit … Continue reading
The activists working to transform Africa’s largest slum, one girl at a time
Kennedy Odede grew up in what is widely known to be Africa’s biggest slum, a poverty-stricken, overcrowded expanse of housing called Kibera in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. Home to an estimated 1 million people living in a space about … Continue reading
Google’s dog robot looks too real for comfort when getting kicked
Ever since Google bought Boston Dynamics in 2013, the company has said little about what it’s building in the Boston Dynamics labs in Waltham, Massachusetts. All we get is the occasional amazing (and somewhat creepy) robot video The latest entry, … Continue reading
Albuquerque hopes for another tourism hit with ‘Better Call Saul’
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — New Mexico’s largest city is back to being featured in another television show more than a year after the end of AMC-TV series Breaking Bad. Better Call Saul premiered Sunday, and city officials hope the prequel … Continue reading
Philadelphia restaurant is offering a year’s supply of burgers for $144
Close your eyes. Take a moment and imagine that every day — for 365 days — you received a free hamburger and an order of friesAm I in heaven? you may wonder. No. This is reality. A reality, that is, … Continue reading
‘Internet asbos’ could be given to trolls who spread anti-Semitism
LONDON — ‘Internet asbos’ could be given to people who spread racial hatred on sites like Twitter and Facebook under news measures outlined for the UK. See also: Anti-Semitism in Britain hits record high A new report from a cross-party … Continue reading
Short film tells the stories of three people who want to die on Mars
It takes a certain type of person to willfully leave behind life on Earth forever in hopes of colonizing a new planet Filmmaker Peter Savodnik and his short-form documentary company Stateless Media set out to explore such a mindset by … Continue reading
