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Kim K and Kanye Wests baby is meant to be says pal Brittny Gastineau

Kim Kardashian's longtime model friend Brittny Gastineau has said that it is not at all weird to see the reality star and her beau Kanye West as parents, adding that it was meant to be. The American socialite told Us magazine that Kardashian and the rapper are naturals and completely amazing with the baby. Gastineau, 29, added that she has been visiting the family every day in LA and she is ...
What workers hate about work culture at Facebook

Facebook employees have given bizarre answers to a question posted by a question-and-answer website Quora. Quora created, edited and organized by its community of users, had asked a question 'worst thing about working at Facebook' to which the social media giant's employees gave varied and interesting answers. The responses included praise for the free food and drinks prepared by renowned ...
Online vote to make one Sacramento business dream come true

Someone's downtown Sacramento business dream is on the verge of becoming a reality.Five business concepts have been chosen as finalists for the nonprofit Downtown Sacramento Foundation's inaugural "Calling All Dreamers" competition.Established in 2011, the foundation is a sister organization of the Downtown Sacramento Partnership. Through April and May, applications were ...
Cat nurses orphaned pit bull puppy in Ohio

CLEVELAND -- A cat caring for four newborn kittens is nursing an orphaned week-old pit bull puppy in Cleveland.Sharon Harvey of the Cleveland Animal Protective League said Wednesday that Lurlene the cat welcomed Noland the puppy to her "unusual little family." The puppy was dropped off at the animal shelter last week when he was a day old.The staff decided to place Noland with the ...
NJ cease and desist order brings scathing rebuttal

NEWARK, N.J. -- Rare is the legal rebuttal that calls a cease and desist order a "literary gag gift" and uses the phrase "big meanie."Then there's the sarcasm-laden document that landed on the desk of the West Orange, N.J., township lawyer Monday.It's a response to a cease and desist order sent to a township resident who started using the website westorange.info in ...

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Vivre sa vie [DVD]

What is most intriguing about the early films of Jean-Luc Godard is how radically different they are, yet how they clearly emanate from the same guiding intelligence. His breakthrough first film, the French New Wave masterpiece Breathless (1959), was a shaky, discontinuous homage ... ...

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Smart watch for drunk people

Kisai Intoxicated watch, offered for a launch price of $US99 until Friday night in Australia, shows the date and time, and offers alarms, as you would expect from any wristwatch.But a breathalyser is also hidden beneath what looks like a watch dial and can be used to rate the wearer's blood alcohol level from .001 per cent to as high as .2 per cent - four times the legal Australian driving ...
Fluffy cows Old beauty practice gains attention

In this photo provided by Matt Lautner is a fluffy male cow named Texas Tornado at Lautner Farms in Adel, Iowa. The art of grooming cows so they look like massive poodles is a well-known beautification practice in the show cattle industry that helps sell livestock. But tell that to the Internet, which became fascinated with the moniker fluffy cow after a photos of Texas Tornado and other ...
Weird USB Drives Designed To Make Digital Data More Meaningful

They may not have the keyring convenience of your typical USB drives, but they are addressing a very real problem. When data is so easily created and thoughtlessly filed away in folders on our hard drives, it's often lost ...
Bizarre supernova completely normal in every way find astronomers

A nearby white dwarf went supernova in 2011, giving scientists an unprecedented look at a rare Type Ia supernova. They discovered that it's remarkably, stunningly, perfectly ...
John McAfee Continues to Be One Weird Dude

After watching this gloriously NSFW video multiple times, the only things I know for sure is that John McAfee clearly isn't a fan of his former anti-virus software company that still bears his name, and that ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

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Colombian bill bans use of wild animals in circuses

Elephants, lions, bears, tigers, monkeys and other wild animals will no longer be permitted in circuses in Colombia under a bill approved by Congress.

The legislation covers "native and exotic" animals, which account for a small percentage of the circus acts in the country.

Circus industry executives, however, have expressed opposition to the bill, calling it unfair.

"In Colombia, there are about 25 circuses and they exist because people like the traditional circus, the one with clowns, with animals, with goodies, the one for photos," Raul Gasca, a member of a circus dynasty that got its start in Mexico more than 70 years ago, said.

The businessman, who has travelled the world with the Circo de los Hermanos Gasca, said the legislation was "unfair" and "unbalanced" because it only affected circuses.

House of Representatives speaker Augusto Posada disagrees, however, telling EFE that the bill, which was approved earlier this month and is expected to be signed by the president, is of "vital importance" in defending animal rights.

Posada, who drafted the legislation, said circus operators will have until 2015 to comply with the new regulations.

Of the 25 large circuses operating in Colombia, 18 have animal acts, while the owners of the other seven have shifted to acts that do not use animals, industry representatives said. ...