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- 6-Year-Old With Cancer Becomes Superhero for a Day
- Neil deGrasse Tyson Is Very Happy The Daily Show Fixed Its Biggest Problem
- These Are the 400 Richest Americans
- Meet the European Superstar Who’s About to Be Huge in America: Exclusive
- 2015 MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Award Winners Include Ta-Nehisi Coates, Lin-Manuel Miranda
- School Bans Distribution of Sombreros, Says The Hats are ‘Racist’
- Google Doodle Honors NASA’s Discovery of Water on Mars
- This Goat Just Did Not Want to Leave the Doughnut Shop
- Cinnamon Bun-Flavored Oreos Are Coming
- BBC Reporter Cat-Called During Report About Street Harassment
| 6-Year-Old With Cancer Becomes Superhero for a Day Posted: 29 Sep 2015 08:21 AM PDT When 6-year-old Mable learned that Edmonton Oilers’ captain Andrew Ference had been kidnapped, she wasted no time transforming into her superhero alter-ego to save the day. Mable was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2013 and has spent much of her treatment time reading Spider-Man comic books, reports MTV. The Children’s Wish Foundation and the city of Edmonton, Alberta, decided to join forces to fulfill Mable’s dream of teaming up with her favorite superhero for a day. The little girl woke up on Monday morning to an Action 7 “newscast’ that Ference was missing and in peril. She quickly suited up into her SpiderMable costume to save the beloved hockey player. SpiderMable met with Mayor Don Iveson and several other officials to learn more about the masked villain threatening her city and to help solve the crime. Her spidey sense eventually led her to the Edmonton Valley Zoo where she rescued Ference from the evil clutches of Mysterio using her spider string. The Oilers captain was extremely grateful for the mini superhero’s help. He took to Twitter to thank Mable. “What a day! Thank you for saving me Of course, it was all in a day’s work for the young Mable.
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| Neil deGrasse Tyson Is Very Happy The Daily Show Fixed Its Biggest Problem Posted: 29 Sep 2015 08:02 AM PDT Trevor Noah made his debut on The Daily Show Monday night, when he officially took over for the recently retired Jon Stewart. The 31-year-old South African comedian has received mixed reviews so far, but there’s one person who is thrilled about the new turn The Daily Show has taken. And that’s Neil deGrasse Tyson. The astrophysicist tweeted a note of congratulations to Noah, and also expressed his delight that the show has finally solved its biggest problem: Back in 2012, deGrasse Tyson told Stewart that his Earth was spinning the wrong direction, so this is something that has clearly been bothering him for years. (The show’s graphics department apparently created a new, scientifically accurate opening sequence the next time deGrasse Tyson made an appearance.) We’re just glad everything has finally been sorted out. Read next: Watch Neil deGrasse Tyson Tell Stephen Colbert Why He’s Not Impressed by Pluto  |
| These Are the 400 Richest Americans Posted: 29 Sep 2015 07:51 AM PDT Forbes has released its annual ranking of the 400 richest people in America. The financial news outlet announced that the combined wealth of “The Forbes 400” is $2.34 trillion, up from $2.29 trillion in 2014 and the highest ever. The average net worth of a Forbes 400 member is an astounding $5.8 billion, the highest to date, up from $5.7 billion last year. Additionally, the threshold for a spot on the list also reached a new peak at “$1.7 billion, up from $1.55 billion a year ago.” The youngest person on the Forbes 400 is 25-year-old Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel, who is ranked 327 with a net-worth of $2.1 billion, while the youngest woman is 31-year-old Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, who is ranked 121 with a net-worth of $4.5 billion. At 100 years old, David Rockefeller, Sr., ranked 211 with a net-worth of $3 billion, is the oldest ranked billionaire. Here are the top 10:  Read next: The 10 Richest People of All Time  |
| Meet the European Superstar Who’s About to Be Huge in America: Exclusive Posted: 29 Sep 2015 07:43 AM PDT Lorde said he gave “the best show I’ve ever seen.” President Obama owns his album. Madonna wants to collaborate with him. But most Americans don’t know him from Jack. That is about to change. Singer, songwriter and rapper Stromae, née Paul Van Haver, is a megastar in his native Belgium, where his second album, Racine Carrée, has gone platinum eight times, and across Europe, where he regularly sells out massive stadiums. That Stromae sings in French doesn’t makes his music any less danceable. But those lacking a translation may miss that his lyrics deal with topics not often set to a boisterous beat: cancer, absent fathers, AIDS. He is genre-defying, has a ridiculously cool haircut and is poised—with a headlining Madison Square Garden show Oct. 1 on the brink of selling out—to become a household name in the U.S. In this exclusive video, Stromae performs his hit song “Tous Les Mêmes” (“All the Same”) a capella, with a quartet of back-up singers in a chapel where he has just gotten married—to himself. “I got married with myself because I love myself too much,” he says. He is far from the only one who feels that way. Read next: Watch Belgian Superstar Stromae Decode His Biggest Music Videos  |
| 2015 MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Award Winners Include Ta-Nehisi Coates, Lin-Manuel Miranda Posted: 29 Sep 2015 06:57 AM PDT Twenty-four people—including bestselling writer Ta-Nehisi Coates and playwright and actor of the Broadway hit musical Hamilton Lin-Manuel Miranda—have been named as recipients of the MacArthur Fellows Program, commonly referred to as “genius grants.” Other winners include painter Nichole Eisenmann, whose art comments on the role of gender and sexuality in society; dancer/choreographer Michelle Dorance, commended for her innovative take on tap and contemporary dance; and neuroscientist Beth Stevens, whose work on neuron communication has changed previous beliefs of how the brain develops. “These 24 delightfully diverse MacArthur Fellows are shedding light and making progress on critical issues, pushing the boundaries of their fields, and improving our world in imaginative, unexpected ways,” Julia Stash, president of the MacArthur Foundation, said in a statement on the organization’s website. “Their work, their commitment, and their creativity inspire us all.” Each winner receives $625,000 over the course of five years, no strings attached. “We take ‘no strings’ quite seriously,” Cecilia A. Conrad, the foundation’s managing director, told the New York Times. “They don’t have to report to us. They can use the funds in any way they see fit.” For some winners, like writer Ben Lerner, this means childcare to pursue work in their area of interest. For others, like Miranda, it means charitable contributions to organizations like Graham Windham—which serves needy children and families and was founded in 1806 by Alexander Hamilton’s wife, Elizabeth—and the Mariposa Center, a group benefiting girls in the Dominican Republic. Regardless of how they spend the money, the fellows all feel a sense of responsibility for being labeled a “genius” worthy of the honor. “It puts a different kind of pressure,” Coates said. “You are called to go out and do something great, to do something for the ages.”  |
| School Bans Distribution of Sombreros, Says The Hats are ‘Racist’ Posted: 29 Sep 2015 05:54 AM PDT A university in England has banned a Mexican restaurant from distributing sombreros as a promotional gift to students. University of East Anglia’s student union said the hats, typically associated with the Mexican culture, were “racist” and violated a school policy that prevents vendors at a local fair from distributing “discriminatory or stereotypical imagery,” according to the Guardian. Employees from Pedro’s Tex Mex Cantina insist the gift was meant to celebrate Mexican culture, not demean it. “As we handed out the sombreros we were told it was ‘culturally indifferent’, which we think is a shame because we are not doing anything to offend and we are just celebrating the culture,” said Pedro’s general manager, Matthew Ward, the Guardian reports. But the school’s student union is standing by its decision. Some students, however, have claimed the student union is hypocritical—an annual event known as “Pimp My Barrow,” they say, plays into racist stereotypes associated with black people. Read more at the Guardian.
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| Google Doodle Honors NASA’s Discovery of Water on Mars Posted: 28 Sep 2015 08:23 PM PDT Now that NASA has confirmed water’s presence on Mars’ surface, Google decided to celebrate the landmark discovery in Tuesday’s Google Doodle, which shows the little red planet taking a big gulp of that wet stuff. NASA told journalists on Monday that briny water flows down certain craters and canyons on the planet in its summer months, the Guardian reports. The revelation means that the seemingly dry and desert-like planet could potentially support life. It is still uncertain what exactly makes the water flow, but it does contribute to NASA’s belief that a manned mission to Mars would have value to explore the planet’s surface further.  |
| This Goat Just Did Not Want to Leave the Doughnut Shop Posted: 28 Sep 2015 04:48 PM PDT Most folks like a hot cup of coffee to warm up in the morning, and a goat in Martensville, Saskatchewan was no exception early on Sunday. The barnyard runaway wandered in to a Tim Hortons and refused to exit the coffee and doughnut shop, CBC News reports. Every time the employees got the animal to leave, it just reentered through the automatic doors. Finally, the police were called, and they apprehended the four-legged vagrant. They visited many farmhouses to try to return the goat home, but no one recognized the stray, so they dropped it off at an animal hospital until the rightful owners are found. [CBC]  |
| Cinnamon Bun-Flavored Oreos Are Coming Posted: 28 Sep 2015 04:09 PM PDT What will it take to make America great again? While the 2016 contenders duke it out on that question, Nabisco is getting busy churning out Oreos that taste like cinnamon buns. The product is not yet available in stores, but snack food fans have been passing photos of the invention around the Internet; the packaging touts a “cinnamon cookie” and “cinnamon bun flavored creme.” Finally, shoppers who are torn between buying Oreos and cinnamon buns have a solution to their woes. It’s unclear whether the Cinnamon Bun Oreo is intended to be a limited edition product: other recent temporary offerings have included S’mores Oreos, Cotton Candy Oreos and Red Velvet Oreos. [People]  |
| BBC Reporter Cat-Called During Report About Street Harassment Posted: 28 Sep 2015 02:31 PM PDT A BBC reporter’s point was made for her when she had sexual obscenities shouted at her during a field report about street harassment. Sarah Teale was filming a segment about harassment faced by women in public areas when a male passerby hurled a sexually explicit remark at her. Teale was sitting outside the Nottingham Women’s Center, which was hosting a summit about street harassment, when the incident took place, according to BBC News. In the clip posted to BBC Radio Nottingham’s Facebook page, Teale reports, “An online study found a shocking 95 percent of people said they had been harassed, either jeered at or had obscenities shouted at them in the street, and a large proportion said they had been groped or grabbed inappropriately in public.” Almost as soon as she finishes speaking, you can hear a male voice make a comment that is bleeped out. The reporter gestures at the offender and says, “Yeah, like that.” “It’s not banter, it’s not funny and no one should have to put up with it,” Teale told BBC News.  |
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