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Watch The House That Inspired The Great Gatsby Get Torn Down

Surely a sad sight to behold, here is video of Land’s End, the name of the home on Long Island’s “Gold Coast” that inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic American novel The Great Gatsby being torn down and demolished. The 13-acre property has been on the market for 7 years with no buyers so the land owners decided [...]

Osama Bin Laden Has Been Killed By US Forces

One of the top 10 wanted persons on the FBI’s Most Wanted has been killed by US forces. A developing story at the moment. A few links: Osama Bin Laden’s Wikipedia page is going crazy obviously Here is his Wikipedia page’s revision history — edited by the second FBI’s Most Wanted List has not been updated (as of this post) [...]

Tsunami Hitting Miyako City

I am never looking at the sea the same again… This whole town is basically cleared out. It’s almost like a miniature disaster set filled with water, except of course, that it’s all real.

8.9 Earthquake Struck Japan Triggering A Tsunami Alert

If you haven’t heard by now, turn on the news! Japan was hit with a 8.9 magnitude earthquake earlier today. The Globe & Mail has released a collection of photographs which you should definitely check out. The images below will give you an idea of where the earthquake actually hit and also show you areas [...]

Inappropriate Tweet Spotted On Kenneth Cole Window Display

So maybe you heard about Kenneth Cole’s ill-timed tweet about the events in Cairo coupled with the launch of his Spring collection. If you haven’t, let me just say you’re one of the few — brush up on your current events!! Anyway, lots of people are angry about it — as they should be — and some [...]

Gunman Opening Fire at School Board Meeting

This is pretty scary but incredible at the same time. A gunman opened fire during a school board meeting in Panama, Florida and the whole event was caught on video camera. Miraculously, nobody was hurt in the ordeal (except for the gunman who later killed himself). CBS has the disturbing video if you want to [...]

Asian Man Disguised as an Elderly White Man

CNN has photos of a clever Asian man who boarded an Air Canada flight from Hong Kong to Vancouver while disguised as an elderly white man. Yes, that’s two photos of the same man above. “The passenger in question was observed at the beginning of the flight to be an elderly Caucasian male who appeared to [...]

G20 Chaos – Toronto in Flames

Check out some of these pictures from the G20 Summit riots in Toronto last week.  Canadian authorities planning for the event spent an estimated $1 billion, mostly for security. Protesters from all over gathered in Toronto, looking to have their voices heard on a broad range of issues, from indigenous rights to anti-capitalist ideals, to human and [...]

Sinkhole in Guatemala City

A huge sinkhole that was caused by tropical storm Agatha has consumed a large portion of an intersection in Zone 2 of Guatemala City. The storm apparently removed soil underneath the city streets which created this big hole. How unreal does this look? Gizmodo has this entitled as “The gates of hell just opened in [...]

Alouettes > Roughriders

Montreal Alouettes quarterback Anthony Calvillo (centre) hoists the Grey Cup between Anwar Stewart (left) and Avon Cobourne after defeating the Saskatchewan Roughriders 28-27 on a field goal on the game’s final play. The Alouettes captured the 97th Grey Cup championship. Montreal stand up!

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