Non-IT News Thread
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Apple: Consumer-Electronics Company Reportedly Sets 2019 as Ship Date for 1st Electric Car
After spending more than a year investigating, leaders of the project have been given clearance by Apple to triple the team, currently at 600 people, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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Family Feud: Man Laughs at Opponent's Response to Question Asked on Game Show
"Name something the doctor might pull out of a person," host Steve Harvey asked the two contestants. "A gerbil," the woman said, prompting her opponent to burst into laughter.
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Okemah, Oklahoma: Pre-K Student Gets Teacher's Note About 'Evil' of Being Left-Handed, Report Says
Zayde Sands, 4, was forced to write with his right hand because his teacher said the left one was bad, KFOR reported. Sands' mother kept him from school afterward. The school is reviewing the case.
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Virginia Military Institute: Cadet Dies After Collapsing During Physical Training, College Says
The cadet, who was in his first year, has not been identified by the college. VMI said he was transported to the hospital shortly after collapsing during "routine afternoon physical training."
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Pinellas County, Florida: Soldier Says He Used GoPro to Prove Domestic Abuse by Estranged Wife
The man, who is known as Michael to protect his identity, told WTSP 10 News he tied the GoPro to his belt to film a custody exchange. The pair are in the middle of a divorce and custody battle.
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@scottalanmiller This is entirely possible, lol.
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Good news everyone. You can now freely use Happy Birthday in everyday life without having to pay royalties.
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@coliver said:
Good news everyone. You can now freely use Happy Birthday in everyday life without having to pay royalties.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34332853I read that in the voice of Professor Farnsworth
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@nadnerB said:
@coliver said:
Good news everyone. You can now freely use Happy Birthday in everyday life without having to pay royalties.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34332853I read that in the voice of Professor Farnsworth
LOL so did I!
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@coliver said:
Good news everyone. You can now freely use Happy Birthday in everyday life without having to pay royalties.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34332853About time. 122 years is a bit too long for a song to be charging royalties!! Finally something good from a US copyright suit.
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@coliver said:
Good news everyone. You can now freely use Happy Birthday in everyday life without having to pay royalties.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34332853GOOD! I have been losing so much sleep over that.... said nobody ever.
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@RojoLoco said:
@coliver said:
Good news everyone. You can now freely use Happy Birthday in everyday life without having to pay royalties.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34332853GOOD! I have been losing so much sleep over that.... said nobody ever.
I actually knew about this exact lawsuit already and it has been bothering me that WB was clearly scamming people with fake claims on that song. Now restaurants can sing it too!
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Ali Landry: Actress's Father-in-Law and Brother-in-Law Found Dead After Kidnapping in Mexico
Juan Manuel Gómez Fernéndez and Juan Manuel Gómez Monteverde were found dead Saturday after being kidnapped on Sept. 4. Landry is married to filmmaker Alejandro Gómez Monteverde.
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Chicago Public Schools: Mother Says She Found Son With Special Needs Wearing Trash Bag in Classroom
"My heart broke," Nyesha Terry said when she found her 5-year-old son, who has epilepsy and is non-verbal, seated away from other students wearing a trash bag in his classroom.
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Macomb County, Michigan: Prison Surveillance Video Shows Death of Man Jailed for Traffic Ticket
David Stojcevski, 32, was arrested for a careless driving charge because he could not pay the $772 fine. He lost nearly 50 pounds in 17 days and died in his jail cell, surveillance footage shows.
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New York, Louisiana, New Hampshire and Minnesota residents may soon need addition ID, such as a passport, to fly even domestically in the US as soon as 2016: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/real-id-act-us-travellers-211815575.html#oqXiLdB
The reason is simple.... those four states currently have ID cards that do not meet the minimum security qualifications of the Department of Homeland Security. NY and Minnesota have Enhanced ID card offerings that do meet the qualifications so are only semi-affected. Those states have the option to fix this, obviously.
@AVI-NetworkGuy and I were discussing this and were trying to figure out what was prompting the change.
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Hampshire College: School Says It Is No Longer Accepting SAT or ACT Scores From Applicants
The school was disqualified from the U.S. News & Word Report “Best Colleges” ranking after launching a, "new mission-driven admissions strategy," Hampshire president Jonathan Lash said in a statement.
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NASA: Space Agency to Announce 'Major Science Finding' About Mars on Sept. 28
The agency's press release said it would "detail a major science finding" of its Mars exploration mission at the event. The discovery of liquid water is one possibility, Inverse reported.
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Cleveland Metroparks Rangers: Agency Temporarily Closes I-90 After Finding Bomb in Car
The Rangers said the explosive device made from PVC pipe was found in a car underneath the interstate overpass during a routine traffic stop. Police arrested the driver of the vehicle.
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Australia set to deny visa to US singer Chris Brown
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-34372583
