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Suspected Georgia cop killer is captured naked

-- New York Post

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Apple would like to remind the FCC that it can't activate imaginary FM radios that iPhones don't have

-- techcrunch.com

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Described in a newly-published paper in the Journal of Mammalogy by researchers at Chicago's Field Museum and the Solomon Islands' Zaira Resource Management Area, the vika is a sight to behold. Including the scaly tail, the deep brown, robust rodent can be a foot and a half long, and can weigh as much as a pineapple. 

-- Jake Buehler

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On 15 September last year, Markus Zahn parked his bright orange McLaren Spider incar park bordering a paddock in Vogelsberg, a district in Hesse state.

A donkey called Vitus then chomped on the back of his car, he says.

The police suggest Vitus may have confused the car for a carrot.

-- BBC.com

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Hugh Hefner leaves behind an amazing 91-year story. Unfortunately, those pages of history will be too stuck together to actually read it.

--Adam Best

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This [Catalan] conflict is forcing elected officials to walk into a cul-de-sac and then deal with very difficult consequences.  Whatever you do, you will be punished either by your citizenship or by the state.

-- Irene Rigau

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Good news: Scientists have discovered a new species of giant rat

-- WashingtonPost.com

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Gravitational wave hunters bag fourth black-hole detection

-- BBC.com

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Man's Suspected Lung Tumor Found To Be Playmobil Cone Inhaled During Childhood

-- ibtimes.com

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More people are dying from overdoses than from car crashes or from gun deaths. 

-- ourhealthCalifornia.org

(Apparently the organization that overuses the word, "from.")

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Breaking: The US is not at war with North Korea

-- cnn.com

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Goodbye, Earth, you're about to be destroyed: claim

--morningticker.com

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To understand the end of the world, it helps to run Microsoft Windows 7 or 8

-- qz.com

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 Saturn's biggest moon is also the only moon in the solar system sporting its own atmosphere. 

-- science.howstuffworks.com

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Chrysler hoons Pacifica minivan, issues recall

-- autoblog.com

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Forgotten IU freshman locked in cave for 60 hours

-- indystar.com

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Travelers warned about meth-laced soda in Mexico

-- Coloradoan.com

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James Comey, you're not our homie!': Protesters disrupt ex-FBI director's speech at Howard University

--washingtonpost.com

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I will not hesitate to impose martial law all throughout the country and order the arrest of everybody.

-- Rodrigo Duterte 

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PHILIPPINES' DUTERTE PROMISES TO KILL HIS OWN SON IF DRUG RUMORS TRUE

--newsweek.com

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We have done an accounting with school officials and we are certain that all the children either died, unfortunately, are in hospitals or are safe at their homes.

-- Enrique Sarmiento

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Before we can dive into why you can't just bang out push-ups until the sun implodes, we need to take a crash course in how muscles work. 

-- Steve Rousseau

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Doctor goes into labor while delivering patient's baby

--foxnews.com

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Personally I think female artists in China are not as hard-working as male artists and their art is not as good as male artists.

-- Peng Yu

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In sum: Nibiru doesn't exist, the skies are anyone's to interpret, and the apocalypse has long been elusive. In all likelihood, we'll see you on September 24.

-- Michael Greshko

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A man wrestled a rattlesnake to show off. He was bitten in the face and nearly died.

-- duluthnewstribune.com

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We are guided by outcomes, not ideology. 

-- Donald Trump

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Why are today's teens putting off sex, driving, dating and drinking?

-- Chicago Tribune

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Missing man's body sat in a truck in an airport parking lot for eight months

-- Sacramento Bee

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The world is not ending, but the world as we know it is ending.

-- David Meade

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WHEN WILL THE WORLD END? DOOMSDAY THEORY SAYS FIERY HELL ON EARTH KICKS OFF SATURDAY

-- Newsweek.com

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Mutant butterflies reveal the genetic roots of colorful wings

-- washingtonpost.com

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The day two politicians are arguing about whether science is true, it means nothing gets done. Nothing.

-- Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Finally, the Court observes, based on its nearly thirty years on the bench, that an urban heroin dealer not in possession of a firearm would be an anomaly.

-- Judge Timothy Wilson

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Disappointing New iPhones Reveal A Scared And Greedy Apple

-- Forbes.com

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People thanked the nun — and discussed the difficulty of handling a chainsaw wearing a habit.

-- npr.org

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New North Korea sanctions will totally, maybe work

-- thinkprogress.org

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Devastated island of Barbuda catches a break from Jose — although there isn't much left to destroy

-- Washingtonpost.com

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In Miami, Elizabeth Chifari, 66, was determined to stay home with her white alley cat, Friday, and ride out the storm.

She would have gone to stay with her son, Andrew. But he lives in Houston.

-- NYT

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Mario isn't a man. He's a concept, a spirit disconnected from the flow of time in our universe, that re-appears at will, acting upon whatever circumstance he comes upon, before disassociating with our chronology entirely. He removes the cause from the effect.

-- "Garfunkelstein" referring to the gaming character on kotaku

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All the flu-ologists, myself included, say the only thing that you can predict about influenza is that it's going to be unpredictable 

-- Anthony Fauci

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Black holes are hard to see because they don't emit their own light.

-- (slow day at) sciencemag.org

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If sound is meaningless, I'm all for it.

-- John Cage

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Alien seekers report 15 more fast radio bursts

-- earthsky.org