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Sandstorm leaves 7 dead in Utah interstate pileup
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save At least seven people were killed, and several others were injured after a sandstorm blinded Utah drivers, causing a massive pileup over the weekend. High winds caused the sandstorm that impaired visibility in Millard County around 4:30 p.m. local time on Sunday, the Utah Highway…
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Florida man finds woman skinny-dipping in his pool
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Florida man who returned home from a doctor’s appointment got a surprise, and an eyeful, when he discovered a woman skinny-dipping in his pool. Clothes strewn on his veranda led the unidentified man to…
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Lindsey Graham vows ‘to go to war for the principles Chick-fil-A stands for’ after boycott threat
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sen. Lindsey Graham sees a fox in the henhouse, and he’s willing to declare war over it. In a Twitter thread on Wednesday, the South Carolina Republican voiced his displeasure about a letter from roughly 180 students at the University of Notre Dame opposing the…
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World’s tallest sandcastle sculpted at 69 feet
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A sandcastle in Denmark reached new heights, becoming the tallest in history at 69 feet. An international team of 30 artists led by Dutch sculptor Wilfred Stijger used almost 5,000 tons of sand mixed with…
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Celebrity’s son hospitalized after big fall at ski resort
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save During a recent trip to Aspen, the 9-year-old son of fashion designer and reality television star Rachel Zoe took a big fall from the West Buttermilk ski lift. According to a post made on Instagram, Zoe’s son fell from the lift during a Sunday afternoon…
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Leadville’s Melanzana will soon make surgical masks in response to coronavirus
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Melanzana, the outdoor clothing company located in Leadville, Colorado, will soon begin making fabric surgical masks, according to owner Fritz Howard. The manufacturing shop for the wildly popular Melanzana line of microfiber clothing – which can barely be kept on the shelf these days – will…
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Fun facts about leap day
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Julius Caesar and the Romans adopted the Egyptian, 365-day calendar, they soon realized that a solar year is actually 365.24 days long. Thus leap year, and leap day, were born. Here are some fun…
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Finland offering dads same paid parental leave as moms
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save HELSINKI – Finland’s woman-led center-left government plans to give new fathers the same amount of paid time off work as new mothers, nearly doubling paternity leave, it announced on Wednesday. Paid paternity leave will be extended to nearly seven months, in line with maternity leave.…
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Colorado Avalanche unveil new uniform for Stadium Series game at Air Force Academy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Avalanche on Thursday unveiled a new uniform for its upcoming Stadium Series game against the Los Angeles Kings at the Air Force Academy. The Avalanche’s jersey draws inspiration from the Mile High State and gives a nod to the Air Force Academy’s Cadet…