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1. Lawsuit over YouTube persona Poppy ends in settlement
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... and abuse directed at Mr. Mixter are preposterous projections of her own actions." This week a judge dismissed Argo/Sheets' lawsuit following a settlement agreement between the parties. The Verge's Megan ...

2. Orrin Hatch on Kavanaugh accusations: "...it would be hard for senators not to consider who he is today"
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... nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Hatch told Bloomberg News' Laura Litvan, "If that were true, I think it would be hard for senators not to consider who he is today. He has denied this and I feel bad that ...

3. Donald Trump Jr. pokes fun of Brett Kavanaugh's sexual assault accuser on Instagram
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Donald Trump, Jr. thinks that allegations of sexual assault against Judge Brett Kavanaugh is "nonsense." He also thinks that a woman accusing Kavanaugh of attempted rape is joke-worthy material. Rather ...

4. Read Christine Blasey Ford's letter accusing Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her
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... not be the verbatim text of Ford's letter. "REDACTED" is apparently Mark Judge, author of Wasted: Tales of a GenX Drunk, which contains stories of his alcoholic teenage escapades with one "Bart O'Kavanaugh" ...

5. Kavanaugh accused of sexual misconduct in letter provided by Feinstein to federal investigators: REPORT
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Sexual misconduct allegations today surfaced involving Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh. The FBI confirms receipt of “information” which Sen. Diane Feinstein spoke of earlier ...

6. Hollywood’s Most Hated Man, The Queen’s Assassins, and Meg Ryan Walks AND Talks, in this week’s dubious tabloids
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... when it has spent the past year telling readers that “now-deceased psycho drifter Glenn Meyer” was the infant pageant queen’s killer. Has TV chef Rachel Ray quit? You be the judge: her show is still on ...

7. European Court rules UK surveillance program violated human rights
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is the latest to deem the UK government's mass surveillance program unlawful. Judges ruled the "bulk interception regime" violated the right to ...

8. Scientists unlock methods for testing evil
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... judge exactly how evil a given individual is: if you're a malicious jerk in one corner of your life, the chances are very good that you'll be a sociopath about stuff in other areas as well. They're calling ...

9. Accused Russian agent Maria Butina will remain in jail, U.S. judge rules
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A U.S. judge ruled Monday that the accused Russian military operative Maria Butina must remain in jail, saying she poses a “very real risk of flight,” and also granted the government prosecutors' request ...

10. 'Project Judge' is the new series from the creators of 'Yakuza'
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If you're all Yakuza'd out, then we have some good news. The creators of your favorite gangster series have something new -- Project Judge (or Judge Eyes, depending on your translation choice). ...

11. Judge OKs Dish lawsuit over Univision's soccer livestreams
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Dish and Univision haven't been on the friendliest of terms for quite a while now, and we doubt this development will help bridge the widening gap between the two companies. According to The Hollywood ...

12. 6 days until the EU votes on an extinction-level event for the internet: here's what they'll debate
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... video, photos, code, etc through copyright filters that anyone can add anything to; anything judged to be a copyrighted work is automatically censored) and "the link tax" (users are banned from linking ...

13. Roy Moore sues Sacha Baron Cohen over "pedophile detector" stunt
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... beeped loudly in proximity to the disgraced judge. His lawyers say the satirist falsely accused their client of being a sex offender. They are seeking $95m (£73m) in damages from Baron Cohen and from ...

14. Fishmonger shut down after gluing googly eyes on his catch
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... viral. As one Twitter user wrote, "Never judge the freshness of fish by the googliness of their eyes." Truer words, truer words... https://www.facebook.com/Ayman.Mat.News/videos/1475870085847456/  ...

15. Parkland victim's dad says Kavanaugh walked away from him, wouldn't shake his hand today
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Fred Guttenberg, father of 14-year-old Jamie, who was murdered during the Parkland school shooting, says he was snubbed today by Judge Brett Kavanaugh, nominee for the Supreme Court. When he tried to shake ...

16. Last 'celebgate' hacker sentenced to eight months in prison
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The "celebgate" saga appears to be winding to a close. A federal judge in Connecticut has sentenced George Garofano to eight months in prison and three years' supervised release after pleading ...

17. Texas company sells plans for 3D-printed guns despite ban
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A judge may have extended a ban preventing Defense Distributed from publishing plans for 3D-printed guns, but that isn't stopping the company from finding loopholes to continue offering the weapons. ...

18. Tesla convinces judge to dismiss Model 3 production lawsuit
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Tesla has successfully convinced the court to dismiss the securities fraud lawsuit filed by shareholders over its Model 3 production issues. US District Judge Charles Breyer has officially dismissed the ...

19. Watch: Spectacular air guitar performance by world champion amazes judges
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... watch it twice. From Digital Trends: Nagura, who was also crowned best air guitar player four years ago and performs with the artist name “Seven Seas,” astounded both the audience and judges with her ...

20. Judge extends ban on publication of 3D-printed gun designs
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A federal judge in Seattle issued an injunction today that blocks Defense Distributed from publishing its 3D-printed gun designs online. The move extends a temporary ban issued last month and the injunction ...

21. Cops destroyed man's house with explosives to flush out hiding shoplifter, offered $5,000 in compensation
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... seem to be going well. Attorney Rachel Maxam, who represents Lech, isn't giving up. After U.S. District Court judge Philip Brimmer ruled against her earlier this year, she appealed the case to the U.S. ...

22. Doomed crew seeking Northwest Passage didn’t die from lead poisoning
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The Franklin expedition disappeared in 1845. One theory suggests lead in the crew’s diet impaired their judgement – but a new analysis suggests otherwise Read all  ...

23. The OZORA music festival is a psychedelic tribal gathering I keep coming back to
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... Italian ethnobotanist Giorgio Samorini comments about a possible outside observer witnessing such events: People who know nothing about this and watch this, their fair judgement could be: "These are idiots." ...

24. Killer released from prison because second-degree murder and assault are not "crimes of violence"
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A 38-year-old Montana man who assaulted his ex-girlfriend and killed his uncle is freed from prison after a judge says that second-degree murder and assault are not considered "crimes of violence." In ...

25. Paul Manafort GUILTY on 8 counts, judge declares mistrial on 10 other counts
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In the trial of U.S. vs. Paul Manafort, a jury has found Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort guilty on 8 counts. He faces a maximum of 80 years in prison. Judge T.S. Ellis declared a ...