A Vietnamese man in Norway lost around 35,000 dollars after he was led to believe that mixing the cash with a special liquid would double its value.
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A gang of teenage girls may have blown up a house with a home-made liquid bomb, which killed a man in a neighbouring property, after arguing with another girl about a love rival. Purple liquid was poured through the letterbox of the Victorian house before the an explosion destroyed three houses.
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It’s hard to resist the lure of the open road when summer rolls around — and with our editors’ favorite scenic drives across the United States, you’ll know exactly where to point your car this year. We’ve listed our favorites from west to east —
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Researchers look into the secrets of one of the oldest people in the world. What causes long life?
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A 70-year-old’s take on Grand Theft Auto IV, his first experience with a GTA game.
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Batman is darker, has a tortured soul, rubber pants, and all those sexuality issues with Robin, but come on, does he have a stripper pole in his private plane? Of course not. And what about all the rest? Can he make his own gadgets without having to go run for help to daddy’s company? Can he let girls do their make-up while they look at his…
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The exhibit was intended to promote the theory that humans evolved from primates, as well as eugenics, and scientific racism. At the age of 32, he built a ceremonial fire, chipped off the caps on his teeth, performed a final tribal dance, and shot himself in the heart with a stolen pistol.
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As expected, Marvel came flying out of Iron Man’s $100 million dollar weekend with a high energy, optimistic outlook on their upcoming film slate. With the success of Iron Man and the release of The Incredible Hulk only months away, Marvel is looking to the future.
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Iron Man” was pure gold at the box office. The Marvel Comics adaptation, starring Robert Downey Jr. as the guy in the metal suit, hauled in $100.7 million during its opening weekend and $104.2 million since debuting Thursday night, the second-best premiere ever for a nonsequel, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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As the summer of 2008 approaches, Iron Man and Batman compare notes on their respective franchises in this Mac/PC parody.
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