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Russian sumo wrestler dubbed 'world's strongest kid' dead at 21
New York Post - 29 Dec 2020 20:23
A Russian sumo wrestler once dubbed "the world's strongest kid," who weighed 210 pounds when he was just 6 years old, has died at the age of 21, according to a report. Dzhambulat Khatokhov became a heavyweight sensation ...
Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka- (Tagore's unabridged original Anthem translated)
OpEdNews - 29 Dec 2020 06:43
Part II of a 2-part essay in defense of Rabindranath Tagore and Jana Gana Mana. The first appeared in Countercurrents in 2003. With the emerging fundamentalist intolerance and bigotry extending its ominious tentacles acr...
Trump Mocked For Posting Campaign Ad 7 Weeks After Losing Election
The Huffington Post - 29 Dec 2020 01:56
The tagline is "Trump: He's What's For America," a riff on the beef industry's "Beef: It's What's For Dinner" slogan.
Neighbor says Nashville bomber told him he was going to be 'so famous'
The Week - 29 Dec 2020 06:53
The FBI is still trying to determine a motive behind the Christmas Day explosion in downtown Nashville that injured at least eight people and damaged 40 buildings. Police have identified Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, as the ...
Indiana teacher gets 4 years for sex with girl in classroom
New York Post - 29 Dec 2020 06:25
A disgraced Indiana school teacher got slammed with a four-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting a student in his classroom when she was just 13 years old, according to a report. Eric Gerdes, 39, pleaded guilty in...
Ted Cruz Got $35 Million For Billionaire Fracking Donors In Last Coronavirus Bill: Report
The Huffington Post - 29 Dec 2020 06:06
The senator's deal is criticized as a massive taxpayer-backed payoff to major campaign contributors.
Man beaten with hard iced-tea after saying n-word to gas station customer
New York Post - 29 Dec 2020 01:34
A wild viral video shows a white man being smacked in the face with a can of Twisted Tea at an Ohio gas station after he repeatedly calls a black customer the n-word. The clip begins with the belligerent customer spewing...
If your cheese contains fillers, it's not '100% grated parmesan,' appellate court rules
Chicago Tribune - 29 Dec 2020 00:10
A federal appellate court has sided with consumers in a false advertising suit against several major makers of grated parmesan cheese, sending the companies back to court nearly five years after a news story sparked a wa...
China sentences citizen journalist who reported on COVID-19 in Wuhan to 4 years in prison
The Week - 29 Dec 2020 05:25
Zhang Zhan, a citizen journalist who went to Wuhan in February to report about the emerging coronavirus outbreak, was sentenced on Monday by a Chinese court to four years in prison after being charged with "picking fight...
AOC rails against Dem, GOP lawmakers who oppose $2,000 checks
New York Post - 29 Dec 2020 15:02
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is calling out lawmakers from both parties who have spoken out against tweaking the COVID stimulus bill to raise the value of direct payments to eligible Americans from $600 to $2...
Special ed teacher charged with rape for allegedly sleeping with student
New York Post - 29 Dec 2020 08:18
A former special-education teacher from Oklahoma was charged with rape after being accused of sleeping with a 16-year-old student. Andee Lantz, 26, was arrested on Dec. 18 and allegedly admitted to cops that she had sex ...
Shopping malls were struggling before COVID-19 and now have more empty stores. What's next after the pandemic?
USA Today - 29 Dec 2020 07:01
As a COVID-19 vaccine rolls out across the U.S., top malls are likely to bounce back in 2021 but those in trouble may close more quickly.
More potentially harmful mouthwashes, hand sanitizers, recalled
CBSNews - 29 Dec 2020 22:45
Food and Drug Administration's list of disinfecting products that consumers should avoid grows ever longer.
Nashville bombing raises fears of "lone wolf" terror threats
CBSNews - 29 Dec 2020 01:52
Investigators believe the Nashville bomber acted alone in plotting the Christmas explosion.
Vandalism leaves 3,500 customers without heat or hot water amid freezing temperatures in Colorado
USA Today - 29 Dec 2020 07:51
Black Hills Energy was working Monday night to restore service to 3,500 customers after vandalism damaged natural gas lines in Aspen, Colorado.
A Far-Right Terrorism Suspect With a Refugee Disguise: The Tale of Franco A.
The New York Times - 29 Dec 2020 07:12
A German officer is facing trial on terrorism charges. At a volatile time for Western democracy, his story mirrors the story of Germany itself.
Sylvester Stallone Buys $35 Million Palm Beach Estate
Variety - 29 Dec 2020 06:49
It’s definitely no foxhole in the Vietnamese jungle! The evergreen, ever-buff movie star that is Sylvester Stallone appears to have joined the growing bandwagon of ungodly rich celebs heading to high-nosed and insanely...
High school teacher appears in court on charges of criminal sexual abuse after admitting to relationship with student
NY Daily News - 29 Dec 2020 06:11
A high school teacher charged with criminal sexual abuse after what she admitted was an inappropriate relationship with a student appeared in court Monday.
How to beat Mitch McConnell -- even if we don't win back the Senate
OpEdNews - 29 Dec 2020 05:55
Ideally, if Democrats do their job up to and on Jan. 5, we will win both of Georgia's Senate seats, and secure a bare majority in both chambers of Congress.
Coronavirus has been with us for a year. Here's what we still don't know
CNN - 29 Dec 2020 05:47
When China first reported cases of coronavirus to the World Health Organization on December 31, 2019, it was described as a mysterious new strain of pneumonia. It didn't even have a name.
The Tell: Talk of a 2000-style stock-market bubble burst is all the rage -- but here's one missing ingredient
Market Watch - 29 Dec 2020 21:18
There's "a lot of buzz" about the past year's tech-led stock market gains setting the stage for a repeat of the turn-of-the-century bust of the dot-com bubble, notes a prominent Wall Street researcher. But there's one bi...
Taking a look inside a ridiculous esports training and streaming compound
Geekologie - 29 Dec 2020 15:25
If I said "Totino's Fortnite Training Room" obviously that would be a nonsense statement that makes sense to nobody. And yet here we are, in the year 2020, where such a nonsense statement is not only not nonsense, but a ...