Day: February 19, 2017

‘Hypnotic’ makeup and hermit crab adoption schemes: the weird exports taxpayers are funding

Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer View text version of this page Help using this website - Accessibility statement Join today and you can easily save your favourite articles, join in the conversation and comment, plus select which news your want direct to your inbox. Hermit crab adoption schemes, health supplements comprised of sheep placentas and "kangaroo essence" and "hypnotic" makeup claiming to awaken "the goddess within" are among the weird and wacky exports Australian taxpayers are backing.

Gophers Outlast Michigan In Overtime, 83-78

TV is part of CBS Television Stations, a division of CBS Corp. and one of the largest network-owned station groups in the country. Click here for WCCO-TV news stories Send us your breaking news tips [] 830 WCCO Welcome to News Radio 830 WCCO on CBSMinnesota.com! WCCO is part of CBS Radio, a division of CBS Corp. and one of the largest network-owned station groups in the country.

Couple Found Dead In Rosemount Murder-Suicide Identified

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Reflecting On One Very, Very Strange Year At Uber

Susan Fowler, a former site reliability engineer at Uber, recounts her year of employment at the company , including stories of sexual harassment, retaliation by managers, and a pattern of inaction or coverups by the human resources department. Uber CEO and founder Travis Kalanick's response: "I have just read Susan Fowler's blog.

Berlin Film Festival 2017 Dispatches Part 4: Go Wild With…

What's so odd about a young, ennui-filled Parisienne whose romantic longings keep getting interrupted by the thump of dead seagulls falling from the sky? Nothing at all, if you're a fan of Strange Birds , a lightly surreal French film in one of the sidebar section at the Berlinale. It's an apt description for the festival's more eccentric selections: animal instincts keep getting intertwined with actual animals.

Gophers Beat Penn State In Overtime For Weekend Sweep

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Millsap wants to add sizzle to his All-Star Game

When the Eastern Conference All-Stars took the floor for Saturday's practice session at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, the first player introduced was Paul Millsap of the Atlanta Hawks . The atmosphere was electric : That's just about perfect, isn't it? Music blaring, public address announcer yawping, dancers gyrating ... and Paul Millsap, stone-faced, walks through it at an unhurried pace as fans offer a polite, respectful, muted pop.

Royal We-ekender: What is your bizarre injury?

I asked around for suggestions for a title for this "Sunday Notes" column and reader cmkeller suggested "Royal We-ekender", a delicious pun on "the royal we" , so we'll go with that for awhile. Dayton Moore has talked about extending the window past 2017, which is why he acquired Major League-ready players like Jorge Soler and Nate Karns and signed free agents to multi-year deals.

Sunday Spin 2: Strange bedfellows department

Tacoma, and Rep. Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley, are pretty far apart politically, but they managed to agree, albeit briefly, on the importance of a bill during a session of the House Judiciary Committee Thursday. The bill was HB 2097 , which prohibits employers or government officials from keeping a list of employees' or citizens' religious affiliations or asking about someone's faith.

Graeme Murty performs bizarre headstand during Rangers loss

Rangers interim boss Graeme Murty has become the latest Scottish football hero of social media after performing a frustrated headstand on the touchline during his side's loss at Dundee. The visitors trailed the hosts at half-time after goals from Mark O'Hara and Kevin Holt put Paul Hartley's side into a commanding lead.

Fearless Kung Fu master lets huge wooden pole slam into his manhood…

The bizarre stunt also sees the Chinese master take strong kicks to his private parts, while also repeatedly hitting his crotch with a BRICK You'd need balls of steel to take on a stunt as dangerous as this - not to mention a bag of ice - and that's exactly what this Kung Fu master has. In a stunt that will leave any grown man wincing, Master Wei Yaobin takes several kicks, a brick, and even a huge wooden pole to his manhood.

Bizarre interview part 2

Naoyuki Oi was at it again with another bizarre post-match interview after his defeat in the World Pool Masters. So with Oi in quarter-final action on Sunday, would we get more of the same in the interview stakes? Despite an 8-4 defeat to Albin Ouschan, Oi fronted up to speak with Wrighton alongside the Austrian in Gibraltar.

‘Congratulations me! Yay!’ – Pool player Naoyuki Oi gives…

Pool player Naoyuki Oi delivered an extraordinary post-match interview after winning his World Pool Masters match - one that nearly left Sky Sports presenter Tony Wrighton lost for words. Pool player Naoyuki Oi delivered an extraordinary post-match interview after winning his World Pool Masters match - one that nearly left Sky Sports presenter Tony Wrighton lost for words.

US slams Russia’s move to recognize Ukraine rebel documents

United States Vice President Mike Pence, right, shakes hands with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, left, as Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko looks on, centre, during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. America's commitment to NATO is "unwavering," Pence said Saturday, reassuring allies about the direction the Trump administration might take but leaving open questions about where Washington saw its relationship with the European Union and other international organizations.

Could ‘Nexit’ follow Brexit after Dutch elections?

Ships loaded with containers are docked at the Euromax terminal in Rotterdam's Maasvlakte port, Netherlands, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. For a small nation that has grown hugely wealthy thanks to centuries of doing business far and wide, the political mood in the Netherlands has turned surprisingly inward.

Tracing the strange history of Czech genius Gregor Mendel

Lord of the stunning self-portrait! Photographer dresses up as Gandalf for amazing shots at New Zealand's beautiful Lord Of The Rings filming locations Nervous fliers look away! With runways on cliff edges and snow covered peaks, these really are the world's most TERRIFYING airport landings Don't let your valuables fly away! How hand luggage put in the hold on jam-packed flights might not be covered by your travel insurance Pea plant pilgrims: Tracing the strange history of the 19th Century Czech friar who founded modern genetics in his garden Cycle from Bangkok to Saigon? Let's give it a Thai! Crossing three countries in a fortnight on two wheels Sea ice around Antarctica hits record low as NASA captures the moment massive iceberg the size of Manhattan breaks away from giant glacier Heartbreaking moment a grieving widow meets her hero Army vet husband's coffin on the airport tarmac - ... (more)

Tracing the strange history of Czech genius Gregor Mendel

Lord of the stunning self-portrait! Photographer dresses up as Gandalf for amazing shots at New Zealand's beautiful Lord Of The Rings filming locations Nervous fliers look away! With runways on cliff edges and snow covered peaks, these really are the world's most TERRIFYING airport landings Don't let your valuables fly away! How hand luggage put in the hold on jam-packed flights might not be covered by your travel insurance Pea plant pilgrims: Tracing the strange history of the 19th Century Czech friar who founded modern genetics in his garden Cycle from Bangkok to Saigon? Let's give it a Thai! Crossing three countries in a fortnight on two wheels Sea ice around Antarctica hits record low as NASA captures the moment massive iceberg the size of Manhattan breaks away from giant glacier Heartbreaking moment a grieving widow meets her hero Army vet husband's coffin on the airport tarmac - ... (more)

Germany bans internet-connected ‘spying’ doll Cayla

German regulators have banned an internet-connected doll called My Friend Cayla that can chat with children, warning Friday that it was a de facto "spying device." "Items that conceal cameras or microphones and that are capable of transmitting a signal, and therefore can transmit data without detection, compromise people's privacy," said the agency's head, Jochen Homann.

Ohio Woman’s Final Jab at Trump

As her loved ones mourn their loss, one Ohio woman found a source of comfort in her own passing by taking a shot at President Donald Trump in her obituary. Elizabeth "Liz" Smith died Monday at the age of 87, surrounded by her family, who then made her political views well known.

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Pool player butchers bizarre interview

Billiards: Nae-you-key Oi survived a nervy finish to reach the quarter-finals of the World Pool Masters, but his performance behind the mic was much more assured. NAOYUKI Oi gave one of the most bizarre post-match reaction interviews ever after his victory at the World Pool Masters.