Tillerson holds first set of talks with Chinese counterpart

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, front left, and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, front right, pose with, back row from left, South Korea Foreign Minister Yun Byung-Se, Italy Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano and India Foreign Minister Mallika Joseph Akbar at the G20 foreign ministers meeting group photo at the World Conference Center in Bonn, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. Foreign ministers from 20 of the world's leading nations met Thursday in the former German capital to discuss current conflicts and ways to prevent future crises against a backdrop of uncertainty among allies and adversaries about the direction of U.S. foreign policy.

Trent Dilfer lists $7M Spanish mansion in Saratoga

On the market for just shy of $7,000,000 is this 5,460-square-foot Saratoga mansion ; and the seller is none other than Trent Dilfer. Football fans will recognize Dilfer as a thirteen year NFL veteran: he played for the San Francisco 49ers and the Seattle Seahawks, among other teams during this decade plus.

Ants run on strange spherical treadmills

When scientists want to know how an animal walks or runs - from stumpy Chihuahua Dogs to huge African Elephants - they use a treadmill. Scientists have pondered how desert ants find their way home for decades, but without knowing how the tiny critters walk they have been left stumped.

Weird 25 mins ago 4:27 a.m.Brewery offers paid ‘paw-ternity’ leave for employees with new puppies

A newborn puppy can be a full-time job, that's why beer maker BrewDog - a Scottish brewery set to open up an Ohio location later this year - now offers a week of paid leave for employees with new puppies or rescued dogs. The company said it's the first company in the United States, and the first brewery in the United Kingdom, to offer the "paw-ternity" benefit.

Workman had a – weird vibe’ about Gojdics

... after the dog incident. Workman said he had been told by "at least two people" that Gojdics carried a gun. "I had a weird vibe about him," Workman said. "He seemed to be really critical of Mary. They'd been having problems. He seemed to be there a ...

Footsie down after ‘bizarre’ Trump press conference

The London boroughs where house prices have risen by A 1.5MILLION in two decades You can be the 'star in a reasonably-priced car': Top Gear's Vauxhall Astra thrashed by Will Smith, Margot Robbie and Hugh Jackman up for sale How to protect your retirement income plan in troubled times: Get prepared NOW, as no one can decide if the market will soar or crash Why do economists get it so badly wrong? Reasons behind mistakes from failing to predict the financial crisis to misjudging the post-Brexit vote slump If chocolate bars got costlier while cocoa prices fell there would be public outcry.

No. 1 Gonzaga blitzes USF in 2nd half

FEBRUARY 16: Nigel Williams-Goss #5 of the Gonzaga Bulldogs puts up a shot against Nate Renfro #15 of the San Francisco Dons in the second half at McCarthey Athletic Center on February 16, 2017 in Spokane, Washington. Gonzaga defeated San Francisco 96-61.

ABC: Trump Looked ‘Smaller’ & ‘More Insecure’ at ‘Bizarre’ Presser

During ABC News special report coverage following President Trump's press conference on Thursday, anchor George Stephanopoulos seemed to be in a state of shock over the commander-in-chief's hostility to the liberal media: "What a remarkable window into the state of mind of the President of the United States right there....lashed out at the press, made it very clear he thinks the press is dishonest....never seen anything like that." Special correspondent Matthew Dowd agreed: "No, that was the most amazing press conference by a president I have ever seen and I've been watching it since the mid-70s.

Doctor Strange

I was looking forward to watching this pretty much because of the sequences I saw in the ads with the Escher-like city transformations. So let's start with the good: The movie does indeed present some action sequences that are quite novel, from those aforementioned city manipulations to the fight in Hong Kong that takes place while time is reversing.

Rings: The strange history of a horror film franchise

This coming week, 12 years after The Ring movie franchise last haunted cinemas, the vengeful ghost Samara and her cursed video are back in search of new victims. Like any savvy supervillain with staying power, she's learned to adapt: In Rings , Samara's third go-round , she's upgraded from frightening curious souls to death through that worn-out VHS tape to killing them via handy, easy-to-transfer digital files.

Monopoly Retires Thimble Game Piece

Originally added to Monopoly in 1935, the thimble game piece will no longer ship with the iconic real estate-based board game. During a month of voting in the " Monopoly Token Madness " campaign, more than 4 million votes were cast to save current tokens and add new pieces to the game.

Autopsy heightens strange death of Downing girlFeb. 16, 1948 Today at

The mysterious death of Laura Downing, 27, whose frozen body was found three weeks ago in her car at Milan, was heightened today by the delayed release of the findings of an autopsy. Erie County Coroner James Walker said the examination revealed that a four months pregnant woman died "apparently by freezing" and showed no traces of alcohol or known poisons or drugs in her body.

Transcript: Donald Trump’s bizarre news conference in full

President Donald Trump spars with reporters for more than an hour, declaring his administration is 'running like a fine-tuned machine' even though he 'inherited a mess'. US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced his new nominee for labour secretary, Alexander Acosta, during a news conference at the White House.

Spanish woman, 64, gives birth to healthy twins

A 64-year-old woman has given birth to healthy twins following her second successful pregnancy at an advanced age, a doctor in northern Spain said. A 64-year-old woman has given birth to healthy twins following her second successful pregnancy at an advanced age, a doctor in northern Spain said.

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This Feb. 13, 2017, photo released by the Indiana State Police shows a man walking along the trail system in Delphi, Ind. Indiana authorities want to talk to the man in connection with the killings of two teenage girls.

Player benched when ice rescue causes him to miss team bus

A New York high school basketball player who helped rescue an ice fisherman from Lake Ontario was kept from suiting up for a game because the heroics caused him to miss the team bus. WWNY-TV reports Lucas Patchen was among the volunteer firefighters in Clayton who rescued a stranded fisherman from a drifting ice slab Saturday.

Half-ton concrete bird snatched from perch at chicken farm

That's what sheriff's deputies in Alexander County, North Carolina, are trying to figure out as they search for the concrete statue that disappeared from a farm west of Taylorsville over the weekend. Deputies think the statue was taken sometime between 8 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday from the driveway of the farm.

Trump’s Bizarre Stream of Consciousness Pressie

"Unfortunately, much of the media in Washington, D.C., along with New York, Los Angeles in particular, speaks not for the people, but for the special interests and for those profiting off a very, very obviously broken system," Trump said, echoing many of the complaints he made as a presidential candidate. "The press has become so dishonest that if we don't talk about it, we are doing a tremendous disservice to the American people.

An international search is on to find Scots teenager

A 15-year-old who lost his wallet on Iceland is now the subject of a search by the man who found it. Hallgrimur Oskarsson told The Extra he has found the small black coloured wallet yesterday in the town of Hverager i, a municipality in the south of Iceland located 45km to the east of Reykjavik.

Vegan cafe owner in bizarre rant at customers

Explosive phone records and intercepted calls show 'Trump aides and campaign staff were in constant communication with Russian intelligence officers before the election'... and Donald WAS briefed Is there a conspiracy inside Washington to destroy Trump's inner circle? Top Republican claims Flynn was the appetizer - Kellyanne will be next and Trump is 'the entree' 'This is a colossal scandal': Clinton campaign officials slam alleged Trump ties to Russia after 'records show his staff contacted intelligence officers prior to election' Rantings of the brilliant general who lost the plot: How Mike Flynn went from one of US's most respected intelligence officers to the country's 'angriest general' Pictured: Female assassin sent by Kim Jong-un to murder his playboy half brother at a Malaysia airport as taxi driver who helped poison hit squad escape is arrested Inside the drug ring run by ... (more)

Adam Devine’s Weird Life Tour Read More

... . Devine has become a fixture in the world of comedy, and with Workaholics finished he's back on the road with his Weird Life Tour 2017. There will be no shortage of funny stories and comedic possibilities when he takes the stage at 7:30 p.m. ...

DIY Net Gun

Everybody needs a net gun. They're necessities. Thankfully, this is a totally practical project you can complete at home with just a modest workshop. February 14th is now upon us, and whether you're newly single or forever alone, it's a crappy day to be solitary for a...

News of the Weird 2.15.17

On Jan. 31, doctors at Stanley Medical College and Hospital in Chennai, India, removed a live, full-grown cockroach from the nasal cavity of a 42-year-old woman whose nose had been "itchy" earlier in the day. Two hospitals were unable to help her, but at Stanley, Dr. M N Shankar, chief of ear-nose-throat, used an endoscope, forceps, and, for 45 minutes, a suction device-because, he said, the roach "didn't seem to want to come out."

Judge: Heinrich Won’t Pay Restitution To Victims

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The Genghis Khan monument in Mongolia features the world's tallest equestrian statue. A lift takes visitors to the horse's head.

Cat lost in Austria turns up in the Netherlands

Six months after her cat ran away, a woman in the Netherlands is looking forward to a reunion - in an Austrian village 950 kilometers away. She looked to be just another stray to the person who brought her to a local veterinarian.

Despite Late Rally, Cavs Hold Off Wolves 116-108

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Might Visit This Strange New World

With the exception of revisiting key locations like Tatooine and Coruscant, each Star Wars movie has introduced multiple new worlds to the franchise. The different environments is part of what makes the franchise so appealing; in a galaxy far, far away, you can bring in colorful and unusual places to make this fictional universe feel more alien, but also more exciting.

Would you try this Valentine’s Day menu? Restaurant where diners …

A restaurant in Toyko is serving up the Thai delicacy to loved-up couples who want to try something new Loved-up customers are being offered a rather unique Valentine's Day menu - cocktails and cakes served up with added dead insects. Diners were given the option of chowing down on bug carcasses or innards, that had been mixed into their alcoholic drinks or sweet desserts.

Blue Jets Swirl Above Thunderstorm in Photo from Space Station

In views from the International Space Station, a mysterious set of electrical discharges shine above a roiling thunderstorm in Earth's upper atmosphere. Andreas Mogensen, a European Space Agency astronaut who flew in 2015, took pictures over thunderstorms to try to see the strange atmospheric features, which are sometimes called red sprites, blue jets, pixies and elves.

Justin Trudeau shows how to expertly avoid an awkwardly long handshake with Donald Trump

During a photo op in the Oval Office, assertive Trudeau ensured he wasn't caught in the Donald's vice-like grip as Japanese PM Shinzo Abe had been days earlier Many things about Donald Trump's presidency have overshadowed actual policy, including - as his meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister proved - awkwardly long handshakes. The pair met in the White House on Monday to discuss nurturing economic ties while avoiding tensions over immigration, on which they have polar opposite opinions.

‘There Is An End To The Tunnel’: Minn. Woman Battles…

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Supergirl First Look At Classic Superman Villain Mr. Mxyzptlk Is As Weird As We Hoped

Supergirl has done a pretty stellar job with how it has handled a majority of the comic book superheroes and arch villains it has brought to live-action, and tonight delivered viewers' first peek at the classic Superman baddie Mr. Mxyzptlk . And not just the once during the episode's end, but also in the post-ep preview for next week's bonkers-looking installment, titled "Mr. & Mrs. Mxyzptlk."

Bloomington got weird with DeVine’s standup tour

Sunday night in Bloomington got weird at Illinois Wesleyan University as Adam DeVine visited during his " Weird Life Tour " 2017. For his second stop of the three-week American tour, DeVine and his opener Adam Ray created booming laughs in the gymnasium of the Shirk Center with the nearly 1,000-person audience.

Thor Meets Strange In New Featurette

With the "Doctor Strange" home video release imminent, Marvel Studios and The Walt Disney Studios have premiered a new featurette about the end credits stinger in the film - the one in which Thor and Strange meet. The clip, released though Chris Hemsworth's twitter account, is brief but shows some fun behind-the-scenes action.

What’s – Weird and Wrong’ With Casey Affleck’s…

"Manchester by the Sea" director Kenneth Lonergan says Lee Chandler, Casey Affleck's character, isn't as "inexpressive" as many filmgoers think - he just deals with his emotions in a way that can seem "weird and wrong." "It's funny, I don't think of him as being inexpressive, he's just expressing different emotions from what people would expect in the different situations he's in," director Kenneth Lonergan said in an exclusive featurette.