Events have been unable to run, hosts have seen make up freeze on their faces as equipment seizes up in what could be the coldest Winter Games in 20 years. Conditions for the women’s slopestyle Olympic final were described as “too dangerous” because of the gusts. Of the 50 runs, […]
Daily Archives: February 12, 2018
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Welcome to a 1990s kid’s nightmare. YouTuber Sam of Look Mum No Computer spent years acquiring 44 Furbys, the cult favorite electronic talking toy from the 1990s, and then hooked them up to an electronic organ. If you thought the squawky wails of one Furby was bad, jam in some […]
Randall Margraves, the angry father who tried to attack former gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar at his sentencing hearing, is off the hook. A Michigan prosecutors announced Monday that they will not bring charges against Margraves, who went ballistic after his two daughters told the court that Nassar had abused them. […]
TaekwonV takes a practice run down the slopes. Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET The wild windy weather at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, may have forced some alpine skiing races to be postponed, but there are some very different competitors out on the slopes that aren’t fazed by […]
The Trump administration’s budget proposal for the next fiscal year, released Monday, reflects a stark new reality of the Republican Party: Balancing the federal budget just isn’t a priority. Even projected 10 years out, President Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget does not lead to elimination of the deficit. On the contrary, […]
A rare open debate where any senator can put forth an idea More With three weeks to go until protections for certain undocumented immigrants expire, Congress is preparing this week to launch into frenetic debate on immigration reform. What the result will look like, however, is anyone’s guess. The issue […]
John Simm, 47, is a British actor who has starred in Collateral, Trauma and Life on Mars on television. In the ITV show Trauma, John plays grieving father Dan Bowker, and stars alongside Adrian Lester. In Collateral, a BBC Two series, John stars alongside Carey Mulligan and Billie Piper. Born […]
Almost all of Iceland’s energy comes from renewable sources and a number of large virtual currency companies have started establishing bases for the energy-sapping task of mining cryptocurrencies. But the demand for mining bases has sparked a dire warning with one firm insisting Iceland will not have enough energy for […]