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The 19-year-old guy who made the chatbot that beat 160,000 parking fines is now using it to help homeless people
The Guardian - 11 Aug 2016 13:00
Creator of DoNotPay, which overturned 160,000 tickets in London and New York, expands service to assist those dealing with housing problems in the UK The chatbot lawyer that overturned hundreds and thousands of parking t...
How to cook the perfect red velvet cake
The Guardian - 11 Aug 2016 09:45
This crimson cake should be showstoppingly gaudy - the baked equivalent of Dolly Parton. But should your colouring be artificial or natural? And what should you top it with? A southern American classic, the red velvet ha...
The Pentagon won't say how many Americans are fighting ISIS
The Week - 11 Aug 2016 16:32
How many ground troops has the United States deployed against the Islamic State? No one knows, because the Pentagon won't say. What the Department of Defense will share is the "force management level," which counts only ...
Donald Trump? He's the nightmare on your sofa | Emma Brockes
The Guardian - 11 Aug 2016 16:46
Clinton was unfairly derided as the wife men wish to forget. Then came Donald, the boorish sitcom husband any partner would truly dread It was Frank Luntz, the Republican pollster, who first said of Hillary Clinton that ...
Secret Service spoke to Trump about 2nd Amendment remark
New York Post - 11 Aug 2016 04:53
The Secret Service has spoken to Donald Trump's campaign about his controversial "Second Amendment" comments, CNN reported Wednesday. "There has been more than one conversation," the network quoted one unnamed Secret S...
Isis ranks dwindle to 15,000 amid 'retreat on all fronts', claims Pentagon
The Guardian - 11 Aug 2016 03:34
Top commander says Islamic State thought to have lost 45,000 combatants in Iraq and Syria, with many of those remaining ill prepared for battle A top US commander has claimed the military campaigns in Iraq and Syria have...
Canadian police say possible terrorist threat thwarted
CBSNews - 11 Aug 2016 06:41
Royal Canadian Mounted Police say they received credible information of a potential terrorist threat
Fires Ravage Southern France and Portugal Leaving Four Dead
Time - 11 Aug 2016 04:06
Residents described chaotic nighttime scenes, with people fleeing the flames by car at high speed on the wrong side of the road
Military downplayed power, threat of ISIS: report
New York Post - 11 Aug 2016 16:44
The US military routinely manipulated intelligence to play down the growing threat of ISIS — with 40 percent of analysts saying they had experienced attempts to distort their findings, a new congressional report allege...
No Prison For Colorado Student Who Raped 'Helpless' Freshman
The Huffington Post - 11 Aug 2016 05:31
Austin Wilkerson told friends of a fellow University of Colorado-Boulder student who drank too much at a party that he’d take care of her. Instead, he raped her as she drifted out of consciousness and lied about what h...
Disgraced teen-sexting ex-congressman sat behind Donald Trump at rally. Then things got surreal.
The Week - 11 Aug 2016 06:28
At a Donald Trump rally in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Wednesday evening, former Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) showed up early to secure a good seat behind Trump so he'd be on TV, as he had during State of the Union Addresse...
Glenn Beck loses round in Boston Marathon bombing defamation case
The Guardian - 11 Aug 2016 04:43
Conservative radio presenter ordered to name sources he quoted in labelling injured Saudi Arabian student the 'money man' behind 2013 attack The conservative commentator Glenn Beck must reveal the names of confidential s...
UN demands Ethiopia admit observers amid reports dozens killed in protests
The Guardian - 11 Aug 2016 03:53
UN high commissioner for human rights says reports from two regions were 'extremely alarming' with allegations of abuses by security forces The United Nations has urged Ethiopia to allow international observers in to par...
2007: Original Jackson Pollock sold for $5?
CBSNews - 11 Aug 2016 22:11
60 years after Jackson Pollack's death, watch a "60 Minutes" interview of Teri Horton, who said she bought a genuine Pollock for $5
Trump Tower Climber Charged
ABC News - 11 Aug 2016 16:41
He is undergoing a psychological evaluation at Bellevue Hospital.
Hugh Grant Tells Howard Stern Why He Doesn't Believe In Marriage
IBTimes - 11 Aug 2016 16:03
Hugh Grant has revealed why he isn't married yet. During his first ever guest appearance on "The Howard Stern Show" on Wednesday, the 55-year-old English actor admitted that he doesn't believe in marriage.
President Obama was only a state senator when ISIS was founded
The Week - 11 Aug 2016 15:57
Donald Trump blasted President Obama on Wednesday for allegedly "founding" the Islamic State, although he later revised his statement to say that Obama was merely a co-founder, working with Hillary Clinton to start the t...
Officer who accidentally shot 73-year-old woman 'was going to kill somebody,' lawyer claims
Fox News - 11 Aug 2016 15:55
The lawyer for a man who lodged an excessive force complaint against the Florida cop who mistakenly shot and killed a 73-year-old woman Tuesday said he'd warned people the officer "was going to kill somebody."
Thousands of litres of diesel may have leaked from grounded rig
The Guardian - 11 Aug 2016 15:52
Transocean Winner ran aground on Western Isles, triggering environmental concerns Tens of thousands of litres of diesel may have spilled into the ocean from an oil rig that ran aground on the Western Isles. The Transocea...
How I attacked Charleston church shooting suspect in the shower
New York Post - 11 Aug 2016 15:51
The ex-jailbird who gave alleged Charleston mass murderer Dylann Roof a prison beatdown said his attack reminded him of the Alfred Hitchcock classic “Psycho.” It was "like in the movies when the girl is in the shower...
US drug agency declines to change marijuana's strict drug designation
The Guardian - 11 Aug 2016 15:26
Bipartisan group of legislators had argued to DEA that Schedule I drugs classification creates risks for businesses in states that have deemed it legal The Drug Enforcement Agency will not remove marijuana from the Sched...
Cop who killed librarian has history of alleged abuse
New York Post - 11 Aug 2016 15:19
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. -- The officer who shot and killed a 73-year-old retired librarian during a police “shoot/don’t shoot” demonstration in Florida was accused of using excessive force with his police dog and resigne...