Man travels 1,000 miles to meet Words with Friends pal

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When Spencer Sleyon agreed to play a Words with Friends game with a random opponent over a year ago, the 22-year-old never expected that stranger — an 81-year-old woman named Rosalind “Roz” Guttman — to become his lifelong friend. Spencer Sleyon shares a screenshot of the pair’s Words with Friends […]

Winklevoss twins become first “bitcoin billionaires”

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Last Updated Dec 4, 2017 5:34 PM EST Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, twins who made a prescient $11 million investment in bitcoin, are reportedly now billionaires, thanks to that 2013 bet. The brothers had first gained notoriety more than a decade ago when they unsuccessfully sued Facebook (FB) CEO Marc […]

Cheerleader with Down syndrome inspires fellow students

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MIDDLEBORO, Mass. — A cheerleader continues to inspire his peers at a high school in Massachusetts. Evan Adelman has Down syndrome, but it’s not holding him back. CBS Boston reports he and his Middleboro High School teammates performed over the weekend weekend at Gillette Stadium, which is the biggest stadium in the […]

Philly man wins election with just one vote — his own

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The old saying “every vote counts” has taken new meaning since Philadelphia resident Phillip Garcia learned he won a seat as a local election judge with just one single vote. Garcia, editor-at-large of The Rumpus, an online literary magazine, received a letter Friday from the city informing him that he […]

Baby born addicted to drugs gets “forever family”

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Baby Dylan was born in April and entered into the Buckner Foster Care and Adoption system in Texas. Like many of the children Buckner encounters, Dylan was born addicted to drugs.  The little girl suffered from tremors, sneezing fits, and a high-pitched cry. She had to be put on morphine, […]

Who was strongman violently killed by rebels?

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SANAA, Yemen — Ali Abdullah Saleh survived for decades as Yemen’s strongman, the master of shifting alliances, playing both sides – or flipping sides freely – in the multiple guerrilla conflicts and civil wars that tore apart his impoverished nation throughout his life. But his last switch proved to be […]