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  Police: Keene man stopped as he exited adult store with merchandise

  A Keene man was stopped trying to leave an adult store this week with more than $600 in merchandise, police said.

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  82 years ago today Orson Welles convinced the nation that NJ was having an illegal alien problem with asylum seekers

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  Oct. 30, 1938: 'War of the Worlds' sets off a panic among some St. Louisans

  More than 700 telephone inquiries, including 25 long distance calls, were received at KMOX.

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  Welcome to the 2020 Who The Hell Needs To Be More Scared Fark Halloween Scary Story thread. In the spirit of the moment, the top vote getter will get a full YEAR of TF. After that, the top 5 of each Smart and Funny will get a month. Reminder: No politics!

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  Masked man armed with a bag of leeks terrorises Scottish city

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  Leeks mistaken for machete spark Aberdeen police probe

  Officers called out to investigate reports of a masked armed man discovered he was actually carrying a bag of vegetables.

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  UNC Chapel Hill on lockdown due to armed and dangerous person on campus

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  BREAKING NEWS: 'Armed and dangerous' person at UNC Chapel Hill

  UNC Chapel Hill is in lockdown amid reports of an armed and dangerous person on the university's campus.

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  Welcome to the 2020 Who The Hell Needs To Be More Scared Fark Halloween Scary Story thread. In the spirit of the moment, the top vote getter will get a full YEAR of TF. After that, the top 5 of each Smart and Funny will get a month. Reminder: No politics!

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  Footie Friday. Starting off the soccer weekend is Crystal Palace traveling to Wolverhampton. Will there be dancing or dammits going on. In other leagues Eibar hosts surprising Cadiz., Schalke - Stuttgart and Marseille - Lens

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  Premier League Football News, Fixtures, Scores & Results

  For all the latest Premier League news, visit the official website of the Premier League.

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  Dear Abby: Man is unsure of the future with his bi-curious fiancee

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  Dear Abby: Man is unsure of the future with his bi-curious fiancee

  DEAR ABBY: My fiancee and I are in our early 50s. We dated for two years and have been engaged for three months. She's a wonderful lady, and I can't imagine life without her.

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  "People are still having sex. So why are S.T.D. rates dropping?"

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  People Are Still Having Sex. So Why Are S.T.D. Rates Dropping?

  Public health officials believe many cases are going undetected as clinics close during the pandemic and testing supplies are diverted to coronavirus screening.

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  "Why does my cat think my laptop is its personal heating pad, and how can I keep said cat off of my electronics?"

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  Why Won't My Cat Stay Away From My Laptop?

  A Slate investigation.

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  Covid-19, Clemson 16

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  Star Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence tests positive for COVID-19

  Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence, the Heisman Trophy front-runner and likely top pick in the 2021 NFL draft, has tested positive for COVID-19.

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  Footie Friday. Starting off the soccer weekend is Crystal Palace traveling to Wolverhampton. Will there be dancing or dammits going on. In other leagues Eibar hosts surprising Cadiz., Schalke - Stuttgart and Marseille - Lens

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  Premier League Football News, Fixtures, Scores & Results

  For all the latest Premier League news, visit the official website of the Premier League.

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  Jim Harbaugh is a party pooper

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  Jim Harbaugh has taken the fun out of Michigan-MSU football rivalry

  This week was a lot more fun when U-M had no idea whether it would beat the Spartans. Rivalry week feels the same as it ever was.

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  Coaches Mike Tomlin and John Harbaugh will face each other Sunday for a record 25th time

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  Familiar foes: Tomlin, Harbaugh to make history

  On Sunday, the Steelers' Mike Tomlin and the Ravens' John Harbaugh will become the first pair of head coaches in the Super Bowl era to face off 25 times in the regular season, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

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  COVID 19 Wisconsin 16

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  Badgers report 16 active cases of COVID-19

  The Wisconsin football program now has 16 active cases of COVID-19 after two additional staff members and one student-athlete tested positive since late Wednesday. The team has now had 15 positive tests since Oct. 24.

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  McRib and COVID-19 are coming back. Warning: Both may cause trouble breathing and an early death

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  McDonald's brings back McRib nationwide for the first time since 2012

  Starting Dec. 2, McDonald's McRib is returning to menus nationwide for the first time since 2012.

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  Tiger Mask buys masks, eventually

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  GET CUC Stock "You obtain the CUC stocks." USE CUC stock "You use the CUC stocks. To your dismay, it's full of fraud and accounting theft. You can only watch in horror as your gaming company is ripped away from you and sold off for parts. GAME OVER"

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  How Sierra Was Captured, Then Killed, by a Massive Accounting Fraud

  Sierra was one of the biggest game publishers of the 90s. Then they got an offer that was way too good to be true, but too good to decline.

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  Everyone's scaled-back Thanksgiving plans are leaving turkey farmers with too much tom on their hands

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  Scaled-back Thanksgiving plans leave turkey farmers in limbo

  For the turkey industry, this Thanksgiving is a guessing game. Millions of Americans are expected to have scaled-down celebrations amid the pandemic, heeding official warnings against travel and large indoor gatherings. That leaves anxious turkey farmers and grocers scrambling to predict what people will want on their holiday tables. Kroger - the nation's largest grocery chain - said its research shows 43% of shoppers plan to celebrate Thanksgiving only with those in their immediate household. It has purchased more turkeys than usual - in all sizes - but it's also predicting an increase in demand for alternatives, including ham, pork roast and seafood. Kroger also expects to see more demand

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  Almost 200 European airports are facing serious financial problems. What are they? Big facilities with hangars and towers, but that's not important right now

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  Almost 200 European airports face insolvency, trade body warns

  Passenger traffic at Europe's airports fell 73% in September, compared with the same month in 2019, bringing the total volume of lost passengers since...

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  I love when people get on my big deck. Here's a gallery of the biggest decks you've ever seen

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  Wooden Decks in Public Spaces: Welcoming Floors for Collective Meeting

  We reviewed 6 public space projects that manage to bring people together comfortably using the natural inviting quality of wooden floors.

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  The top 50 Draculas. This list sucks

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  The 50 Best Draculas, Ranked

  The real immortality of the ancient vampire Dracula, the villain who finally meets his demise in the last chapter of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel of the same name, resides less in the difficulty of kil...

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  It's that time of screams, terror, and soul-clenching fear for your bank account: the Steam Halloween sale has begun

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  Steam's spine-chilling Halloween sale has begun

  Deals! Getchyer deals here, readers. Steam's big Halloween sale has begun, decapitating game prices for a weekend of spooks, scares, and frightful events.

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  Ten critical episodes of The Walking Dead that proved it established a cultural zeitgeist

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  10 episodes that show how The Walking Dead became a cultural behemoth

  Before The Walking Dead takes its last bow at the end of this final season, here are 10 episodes that capture the breadth and scope-and horror-of which the show, at its finest, was capable.

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  Mandalorian season 2 is here you womp rats, get to watching

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  How to watch The Mandalorian season 2 when it premieres

  Without a Star Wars movie in December, the release times are a bit more obvious

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  82 years ago today Orson Welles convinced the nation that NJ was having an illegal alien problem with asylum seekers

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  Oct. 30, 1938: 'War of the Worlds' sets off a panic among some St. Louisans

  More than 700 telephone inquiries, including 25 long distance calls, were received at KMOX.

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  Bebe Rexha and Alica Silverstone ... and I'm spent ... wait, that's what "quiz" means ... and that's what she looks like now?

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  Bebe Rexha Gets 'Quizzed' by 'Clueless' Star Alicia Silverstone - Then Turns the Tables

  'Clueless' star Alicia Silverstone tests Bebe Rexha's knowledge on the iconic 1995 movie in the latest episode of Billboard's 'Quizzed.' Watch and see how she does!

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  The top 50 Draculas. This list sucks

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  The 50 Best Draculas, Ranked

  The real immortality of the ancient vampire Dracula, the villain who finally meets his demise in the last chapter of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel of the same name, resides less in the difficulty of kil...

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  Trapt invites Trapt fans to Trapt concert

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  Trapt are playing a concert and only the Proud Boys are invited

  MAGA lovers Trapt have invited neo-fascist group Proud Boys to their next concert in Dallas. They did it to spite "social justice warriors".

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  Old Grimey Grimes watched Apocalypse Now with her 5 month-old son instead of revisiting her origin story in "Homer's Enemy"

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  Grimes says she watched 'Apocalypse Now' with her five-month-old-son | NME

  He's also into "radical art", apparently.

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  "Conspiracy theories about the origins of COVID-19 outweigh science's influence." How's that for a Halloween scare?

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  Conspiracy theories about the origins of COVID-19 outweigh science's influence, researchers say

  Exposure to conspiracy theories suggesting COVID-19 was human-engineered can have a powerful impact on a person's beliefs, outweighing the influence of science-based messaging and reducing their willingness to act to reduce the spread of the disease, according to new research at Georgia State University.

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  Tiny meteorite, 2018

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  'Fireball' meteorite that crashed in Michigan holds extraterrestrial organic compounds

  The space rock landed on a frozen lake on Jan. 16, 2018.

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  Tube-dwelling anemones have pharmacological and brainworm potential, de dooooo de doo doo

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  Tube-dwelling anemone toxins have pharmacological potential, mapping study shows

  Researchers based in Brazil and the United States have completed the first-ever mapping exercise to profile the toxins produced by tube-dwelling anemones, or cerianthids, a family of marine animals belonging to the same phylum (Cnidaria) as sea anemones, jellyfish and corals. The analysis revealed that the toxins that can act on the nervous system, cardiovascular system, and cell walls, among other functions, paving the way to the discovery of novel medications.

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  Gimme volts, gimme amps, gimme dabajabazappa

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  Chevrolet readies an electric crate motor for homebuilt EV hotrods

  On sale next year, it includes a Bolt EV motor and 60kWh battery pack.

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  Fifty years ago, the golden era of piston air travel ended with the arrival of jets. Now, time has come for the piston fire fighting aircraft

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  "The Boys" are moving

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  Henfield Peacocks: Birds given new home by local

  A local person is offering the birds sanctuary on their land, after complaints were made to police.

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  A treat for your smell hound - a photographic pictorial of the destructive yet totes adorbs trash panda

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  Adorable Trash Panda Pics That Prove They're Cuter Than Most People Realize

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  Scottish Halloween - even in times of covid - is not crap

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  Covid in Scotland: Celebrating Halloween 2020 style

  When parties are banned and guising is outlawed, how do you spend a Covid Halloween?

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  Man builds a small water feature for his yard which quickly becomes a popular hot spot for the local waterfowl

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  It's time to watch these zoo cats doing zoo cat things

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  "Could?" Is sanity "health?"

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  Why coffee could be good for your health

  In the past, coffee was associated with increased health risks. But research from the last decade finds that drinking coffee may actually benefit your health.

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  With the right stuff, you can grow massive pumpkins

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  It looks like M&M's will release a key lime pie flavor next year. Bonus: they're green IYKWIMAITYD

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  Key Lime Pie M&M's? A New Leak Suggests We Can Expect It in 2021

  Early leak suggests an unlikely pairing between the classic pie and white chocolate.

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  Taste-testing 3 fast food chains' autumn chocolate pies in Japan to find the ultimate pie

  McDonald's, Lotteria, and KFC - who will win?

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  Japan is testing sandwiches that discount themselves as they age. Soon you'll be able to play - as well as eat - chicken

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  Japan testing sandwiches that discount themselves as they age

  Snacks will ID themselves using RFID and an app will tell punters when there's cheap chow to be chomped

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  Biden's list of Trump actions to undo is ready and growing. Thanks, Letitia

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  N.Y. attorney general developing 'long' list of Trump actions for Biden to undo

  The Democratic official also told NBC News she is reviewing legal options in case the president contests the election results.

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  Guy from Brazil who changed his name to Donald Trump because he looks like Trump has decided to campaign for Biden. Guy from Brazil who looks like Biden is unavailable for comment

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  Brazil's Trump takes to Amazon campaign trail but is backing Biden

  Miguel Simões Leal adopted his alias because of a physical likeness but he's not the only candidate with a familiar moniker

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  MAGA storm trumpers have gone full Wile E. Coyote to catch sign thieves

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  Trumpers Are Setting Up Elaborate Traps to Catch People Stealing Their Pro-Trump Signs

  They've set up cameras, and stings. But now one Trump sign vigilante might be a crook herself.

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  For the record, the election has never ended on November 3. Even when it's called, votes get counted for days afterward

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  Come on Kentucky, can't you vote this asshole out already? (We're one large metropolitan area short of being able to do this -Drew)

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