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Josh Luckenbaugh | June 7, 2016
With speculation abounding about a potential move to Las Vegas, the Oakland Raiders received quite a unique offer on Monday, on the condition they relocate to Sin City. Sapphire, a high-profile strip club in Las Vegas, released this statement to TMZ yesterday: Sapphire proposes that if the Raiders do indeed relocate to Las Vegas, all team members will receive free lap dances and limo…
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Josh Luckenbaugh | June 7, 2016
It seems as if celebrities have been dropping like flies as of late, and the trend continued Monday evening with the passing of mixed martial artist Kevin Ferguson aka Kimbo Slice. Just days after the tragic death of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, Slice, 42, was admitted to a hospital near his home in Coral Springs, Fla., and died soon afterward. While the cause of death remains unclear,…
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Josh Luckenbaugh | June 6, 2016
In April, BuzzFeed agreed to a deal with the Republican National Committee to run campaign ads for the 2016 election. Today, the media company decided to go back on their contract, citing the conduct of presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump as the primary reason. BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti sent a letter to all company employees, stating: Earlier today Buzzfeed informed the RNC that we would…
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Josh Luckenbaugh | June 6, 2016
It has become clear the members of the Islamic militant group ISIS will stop at nothing to cleanse the world of those they see as impure, and they proved that once again this weekend when they murdered 19 Yazidi women in Mosul, Iraq. According to a report by the Daily Mail, the “jihadis executed 19 Yazidi girls in Iraq by locking them in iron cages and then burning them to death in front of…
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Josh Luckenbaugh | June 6, 2016
A sport never short on controversy, soccer once again came into the spotlight for the wrong reasons last night, as the Chilean national anthem was played before Uruguay faced Mexico in the Copa America Centenario. The Uruguayans, already missing star striker Luis Suarez due to a sore hamstring, literally had insult added to injury when the starters lined up on the field before kickoff for…
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Josh Luckenbaugh | June 3, 2016
Throughout his presidential campaign, businessman and presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump has been parodied and satirized countless times, inserted into everything from Game of Thrones to Dr. Seuss’s “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” Bossa Studios, developer of hit video game Surgeon Simulator, decided to take this one step further. The newest version of the game, titled the Anniversary…
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Josh Luckenbaugh | June 3, 2016
Five soldiers have been found dead after a tactical vehicle was turned over by a flood-swollen creek in Fort Hood, Texas late last night. At least four more men have been declared missing from the 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, according to a press release. Torrential downpours have become a serious issue for the state of…
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Josh Luckenbaugh | June 2, 2016
A man never short on unique ideas, multi-billionaire and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk may have just proposed his weirdest one of all. While speaking at Recode’s Code Conference 2016, Musk was asked whether life could be some form of simulation, and the businessman provided a remarkably thorough response. “If you assume any rate of improvement at all,” Musk said, “then the games will become…
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Josh Luckenbaugh | June 2, 2016
Young Pakistani schoolteacher Maria Sadaqat died on Wednesday, succumbing to her injuries after a group of men set her on fire. According to Maria’s aunt, Aasia, Sadaquat was attacked after refusing to marry the son of her school’s owner. “They sent in the proposal six months ago but the guy was already married and had a daughter,” Aasia told the BBC. “Her father refused the proposal and they…
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Josh Luckenbaugh | June 2, 2016
Major League Baseball announced on Wednesday that Cleveland Indians outfielder Marlon Byrd will serve a 162-game suspension for testing positive for Ipamorelin, a releaser of human growth hormone. This is Byrd’s second suspension for taking performance-enhancing drugs, having received a 50-game ban in 2012 after testing positive for Taxmoxifen. After MLB’s announcement, Byrd released a…