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A 24-year-old Lelystad man was arrested late last week in connection with a scam in which people posing as healthcare workers drew blood from elderly people while grifting them out of money. He was the third person to be arrested in the scam which dates back to last October. They were accused of scaring older […]
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Check out episode 19 of Between the Links as Mike Heck moderates the matchup between MMA Fighting’s Alexander K. Lee and UFC bantamweight Brian Kelleher as they discuss the beef between middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and Jon Jones, and if the UFC should make that fight right now. In addition, the panel lists their three […]
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A scientist from RUDN University analyzed the effect of visual impairment on a person’s perception of unfamiliar sounds when learning a foreign language. The experiment showed that lack of access to visual cues makes learning difficult. Results of this work are published in the journal Medical Hypotheses. In the traditional sense, speech perception is primarily […]
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More than half a dozen liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers were waiting to enter U.S. export plants in the Gulf of Mexico as Hurricane Delta marches toward the Gulf Coast. Most tankers were located outside of Cheniere Energy Inc’s Sabine Pass and Cameron LNG’s Cameron plants in Louisiana, according to data from Refinitiv. There were […]
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Roku today announced that it plans to bring support for Apple’s AirPlay 2 and HomeKit features to many of its streaming players and Roku TVs by the end of the year. The move will allow people to send content — music, videos, photos, etc. — from their iPhone, iPad, or Mac to their Roku device. […]
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A 65-year-old Amsterdam man was arrested off the coast of Den Helder on accusations that he was smuggling a half-dozen people aboard his sailing yacht. He was caught by the crew of De Zeearend, a Coast Guard ship which stopped the yacht on Wednesday evening. “The man had six Albanians on board his sailing yacht,” […]
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Alexander Hernandez will welcome back Chris Gruetzemacher back to the octagon for the first time in over two years. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a lightweight matchup between Hernandez and Gruetzemacher has been added to the UFC’s Oct. 31 fight card. The event takes place at UFC […]
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Chemotherapy-based cancer treatment has distressing side effects for patients and increases the risk of developing resistance to the treatment. In an attempt to solve these problems, scientists from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have developed a technique for quickly identifying from a large number of existing drugs the optimal synergistic combination and dose of products […]
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HOUSTON – Royal Dutch Shell Plc plans to keep its 227,400 barrel-per-day (bpd) Norco, Louisiana, refinery operating through Hurricane Delta’s landfall late this week, sources familiar with plant operations said on Wednesday. Shell could change its plans depending on changes in the forecast intensity and path of Delta, the sources said. Shell cut production at […]
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If you want to harvest those apples, you better get on it soon: Zynga is shutting down its original FarmVille web game on Facebook at the end of the year, the company announced. It’s not entirely unexpected news; Facebook said in July it would no longer support Flash games as of December 31st, the same […]
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