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Lemons were a status symbol in ancient Rome, study finds

Citrons and lemons were status symbols for the ancient Roman ruling elite, researchers have found. While citrus orchards are common in Mediterranean regions today, citrus fruits a [...]

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Georgia boy with Down Syndrome excited to see his sister

An adorable video shows the moment a boy with Down Syndrome gets off the school bus and gives his sister a very warm welcome.The video is a compilation of Snapchats that David's si [...]

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W Yorks couple have lived in different houses for 16 years

This married couple are far from conventional having never lived under the same roof since they met 16 years ago.Claire and David Burke, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, enjoy an eve [...]

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Huge blaze breaks out in warehouse near Barcelona Airport

Blaze at building near El Prat Airport was tackled by three engines and helicopterLarge plumes of black smoke led to one of the airport's three runways being shut The fire took ar [...]

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Pennsylvania mom ‘burned her 3-year-old son’

Arwen Kuhn was arrested last week on several charges including aggravated assault and false imprisonment of a minor The 38-year-old has been accused of abusing her three-year-old [...]

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Joe’s Crab Shack closes over 40 locations with no warning

When it comes to Joe's Crab Shack's Lobster Daddy Feast and Crab Cake Dinner, apparently America isn't buying. The popular beach-themed seafood chain closed 41 locations across t [...]

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ND Oral surgeon dead of a suspected OD after suspension

An oral surgeon was found dead of a suspected overdose, a few months after she was suspended from practicing following complaints that she was pulling the wrong teeth.Dr. Mansureh [...]

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Facebook tests adding news stories customized to interests

Facebook Inc is testing a feature in the Facebook News Feed that provides customized links to news on topics of interest to individual users, the firm has revealed.It comes as the [...]

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Pregnant meteorologist claps back at body shamer

A meteorologist who is eight months pregnant has hit back at body shamers with a powerful on-air speech after someone tweeted that her 'skintight maternity attire' is 'disgusting'. [...]

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Judo star was shot in foot by ricochet bullet in Cambrils

Winston Gordon, 40, (pictured) who has competed for Team GB in three Olympic games was enjoying a beer with eight friends when he was caught up in the crossfireA British judo star [...]

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Collage mocks those ‘millennials are killing’ headlines

A favorite headline for many publications these days blames millennials for 'killing' various industries, from chain restaurants to gyms to paper napkins.The line has become so ubi [...]

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Taylor Swift deletes EVERYTHING from social media

Taylor Swift has wiped all of her social media pages clean.Around 11:30 EST Friday morning, the 27-year-old began deleting content from every single one of her social media accoun [...]

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Three children are found dead in Maryland home

Three children were found dead inside of home in Clinton, Maryland on Friday morning, according to investigatorsIn a news conference with reporters police described that the scene [...]

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‘Jenny Jones’ guest who killed admirer set for release

A Michigan man convicted in the 1995 murder of another man who expressed romantic interest in him on national television is expected to be released from prison.Jonathan Schmitz was [...]

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Fentanyl death rates have gone up 600 percent in US cities

Man-made narcotic fentanyl is killing more and more people in America's urban centers at an alarming rate, a new analysis has shown. The rate of deaths in cities related to the sy [...]

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India woman plunges from car during Wall of Death stunt

Woman was seen leaning out of the back of her vehicle as it whizzed aroundBut she suddenly fell and dramatically tumbled to the groundThe victim then had a seizure and was carried [...]

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Gaztelugatxe is the real Dragonstone from Game of Thrones

Behold, the stunning, real-life location that features in hit HBO series Game of Thrones as the mystical island of Dragonstone.And while Gaztelugatxe, an islet in Spain's Basque Co [...]

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Fashion blogger Garance Dore recounts fertility struggles

Garance Dore was once told she was getting too old to have a child when she reached the age of 40.The French blogger, who is now 42, opened up about her fertility struggles in a t [...]

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Footage of IRA guards at the Irish border re-emerges

Stills from footage of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) controlling the UK's border with Ireland have re-emerged after the government pledged to retain an 'invisible' border post-Br [...]

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NASA reveals ‘risky’ plan to COOL Yellowstone

A NASA scientist has spoken out about the true threat of supervolcanoes and the risky methods that could be used to prevent a devastating eruption.Brian Wilcox, a former member of [...]

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All but one of Trump’s Arts and Humanities council QUIT

All but one of the members of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities resigned on Friday in response to Donald Trump's comments on the violence that erupted at a w [...]

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Azarenka likely to skip US Open because of custody battle

Two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka says her participation in the U.S. Open is in doubt because she might not be able to bring her son with her to New York as a res [...]

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Steve Bannon out at the White House

White House's chief strategist Steve Bannon will soon leave the Trump administration, with the president telling aides on Friday that he would remove him at an unspecified future d [...]

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East Antarctic to stay stable if western ice sheets melt

The central core of the East Antarctic ice sheet should remain stable even if the West Antarctic ice sheet melts, a new study has found. The findings are significant, because some [...]

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P-plate driver caught doing burnouts outside Sydney park

A teenager has appeared in court for a series of driving offences in Sydney Jacob Smith is believed to have done burnouts outside the Eastern Creek trackThe 18-year-old fled from [...]

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Man charged with pepper-spraying Confederate re-enactors

Karl Smith, 56, was arrested for pepper-spraying Civil War re-enactors ThursdayPolice stopped him and found he had pepper spray and a loaded revolverAssault happened at 2017 Soldie [...]

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Three Delta wingtip collisions occur over 24-hour course

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating three separate wingtip collisions by Delta planes at the JFK airport in New York Tuesday and Wednesday.The first acciden [...]

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Botched patient celebrates new breasts with a boob cake

A woman who didn't leave her house for four years because of her deformed breasts is celebrating getting the boobs of her dreams after surgery with a cake shaped like her new chest [...]

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Confederate monuments will not be removed from Gettysburg

Officials with the National Park Service said the Confederate monuments at Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania will not be removed from the battlefield.Katie Lawhon, [...]

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Sydney hipsters leaving Newtown for cheaper suburbs

Sydney's hipster scene in areas such as Newtown and Surry Hills at one point seemed to have no end - with trendy coffee shops and boutique clothing stores aplenty.But now as the ci [...]

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Melbourne police seize 14m illegally imported cigarettes

More than fourteen million illegally imported cigarettes worth an estimated $9 million have been seized in Melbourne's west.A six-month Border Force operation led to the discovery [...]

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Solar eclipse will cost $700million in US productivity

It may be a once-in-a-lifetime event, but next Monday's total eclipse of the sun will cost U.S. companies hundreds of millions of dollars in lost productivity.It's estimated Americ [...]

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Home and Away Beau Brady guilty cocaine

Former Home and Away star Beau Brady given a good behaviour bond Brady played Bec Hewitt's boyfriend Noah Lawson on the Australian soapPleaded guilty to possessing the drug after [...]

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Experts: Europe must accept terror attacks are new normal

Terrorist attacks using vehicles such as in Barcelona are 'becoming a new reality for Europeans' according to experts. Nathalie Goulet, a French senator said: 'Someone who gets in [...]

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Marijuana killed a man who died of a heart arrhythmia

A mother claims marijuana killed her son by triggering a heart arrhythmia.Michael Ziobro, 22, was found dead on his bedroom floor in New Jersey by his mother Kristina in April. Pa [...]

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Australia’s internet providers to block illegal piracy

The NSW Federal Court has ordered internet providers to block 50 piracy websites by Friday in a bid to stop Australians from illegally downloading popular TV shows.The move follow [...]