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Amazon』s in-home delivery service now supports eight smart locks
Amazon Key, the delivery service that uses a smart lock to allow dropoffs inside your front door, is expanding to work with five additional smart locks today. The servic...
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Mob threatened doctor to write scripts for 230K Oxycodone pills: feds
A Brooklyn doctor was strong-armed by a couple of wiseguys into writing prescriptions for more than 230,000 Oxycodone pills that were then trafficked by members of the L...
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Woman receives postcard from dead mother 60 years later
Sharon Gongwer and Christine Combs GOSHEN, Ind. — A northern Indiana woman has finally received a postcard that her mother mailed from southern California nearly 60 yea...
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Chick-fil-A helps teen employee find a prom date
Chick-fil-A may be starting a new business: matchmaking. A Florida Chick-fil-A used its restaurant marquee to advertise that one of its employees, Tanner Waters, needed ...
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Prosecutor accused of helping female drug dealers for sex resigns
Bill Higgins BEDFORD, Pa. — A Pennsylvania district attorney was accused Wednesday of tipping off female drug dealers and giving them lenient treatment in exchange for ...
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Wear Jeans On the First Date
There』s a lot of pressure to stand out on a first date, and that stress inevitably carries over to your wardrobe choices. But there』s no need to have a silly outfit ch...
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Man had 82 pounds of meth packaged as Mexican candy: cops
ROCK MOUNTAIN LAKES, Ala. — Authorities say a Tennessee man pulled over in Alabama had 82 pounds of methamphetamine packaged as Mexican candy. AL.com reports that the J...
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A California Family Won a $1.6 Million Lawsuit Over Their Bed Bug Infestation From Hell
A California family plagued by bed bugs for months has come away with some solace: On Wednesday, a civil court jury ordered their former landlords to pay them $1.6 milli...
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How Chinese insurer Ping An uses facial recognition to stop its agents skipping meetings
Like many financial companies, Ping An Insurance (Group), mainland China』s second largest insurer by premiums, is using face and voice recognition systems to combat fra...
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『Killer nanny』 convinced devil made her murder kids: shrink
Yoselyn Ortega The Upper West Side nanny on trial for butchering two of her young charges is obsessed with religion and convinced the devil made her do it, a psychiatris...
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StarHub increases 4G mobile broadband peak speeds to 1Gpbs in selected parts of Singapore
StarHub has launched what it touted as Singapore's first-ever commercially-ready 1Gbps network, making it live for mobile customers currently registered with compatible ...
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Report: Stan Lee's Stolen Blood Was Used to Sign Marvel Comics Sold in Las Vegas
Stan Lee, the legendary comics figure who helped bring many of Marvel』s most iconic characters to life, has been in the news lately for reasons beyond his comics legacy...
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Meet Fribo, a robot built for lonely young people
The number of people living alone is on the rise in the US and other developed nations, and it』s definitely not a good thing. Loneliness and isolation are bad for your ...
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YouTube shooter fled Iran as a teen, but became a social media star
YouTube shooter Nasim Aghdam fled Iran for the US as a teen — but went on to become a social media star in her native country, according to new reports. Aghdam — who s...
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Woman arrested for allegedly threatening to blow up 7-Eleven
Crystal Mostek A Virginia woman was arrested Wednesday after she reportedly threatened to blow up a 7-Eleven convenience store. Crystal Mostek, 33, walked into the stor...
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Police in Qingdao tell shops and restaurants to use a government-approved Wi-Fi router
Shops and restaurants in one Chinese city found themselves with an unusual order from the police: Switch to a government-approved Wi-Fi router or face fines. Weibo users ...
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It pays to be a female staffer for The Queen
The Queen emerged as a British female pay champion as figures showed she gives female staff in her household 8.3 percent more in hourly wages than men. The Queen』s Hous...
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Dog owner's sentence increased after trial
Chng Leng Khim was sentenced yesterday to four weeks' jail and fined $6,000. A dog owner who was sentenced to 10 days in jail two years ago for mistreating her pets had ...
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Mailman caught with trove of suspected stolen mail
A Long Island mailman has been making special deliveries — to his backyard shed. The letter-carrier, who lives in Bellmore and has a route in Bethpage, was found Tuesda...
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Lawsuit claims clothing company stole idea from 『Shark Tank』
A legal fight has erupted over the rights to sell … oversized sweatshirts. A New Jersey firm is being accused of making knock-offs of the 「Comfy」 — a combination bla...
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Map shows what your city would look like after a nuclear bomb
We live in very bizarre times. Nuclear weapons are commonplace, at least insofar as lots of countries have access to them but never actually use them, but tensions betwe...
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Almost Nobody Can Write This Letter of the Alphabet Correctly
The alphabet is a little like a baseball team. You』ve got your everyday players—your A』s and E』s and S』s. Then you』ve got your benchwarmers—your X』s and Q』s and...
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As Spotify goes public, Sony cashes in and sells some of its stake for more than $328 million
Sony announced it had sold 17 percent of its stake in the company for more than US$250 million (S$328 million). In the music industry, one of the biggest issues hanging ...
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Homework therapists' job: Help solve math problems, and emotional ones
Leah Kesselman (left) is a clinical psychologist and one of dozens of New York coaches who work for Beyond BookSmart. NEW YORK (NYTimes) - On a recent Sunday, Bari Hillm...