Kenneth Lim

Half A Million Drones Surpassed: Hobbyists Bring Multi-Billion-Dollar Industry Into U.S.

Over half a million drones flown by hobbyists in the past eight months have been registered with the Federal Aviation Administration, FAA director Michael Huerta told a White House gathering on Tuesday, August 2, 2016. The consumer drone success is seen as a precursor to a commercial drone industry boom calculated to add $82 billion […]

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Michael Moore Prediction: Donald Trump Will Win

Michael Moore has made his prediction: Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump will win the election come November, 2016, and be the next president of the United States. During his guest appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher on Wednesday, July 20, 2016, Moore voiced his opinion with much regret and fatalism. Going by his penchant […]

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Black Lives Matter Challenged By A$AP Rocky, Jesse Lee Peterson, And Charles Barkley

Black Lives Matter has been challenged by A$AP Rocky, Jesse Lee Peterson, and Charles Barkley, adding to the list of African-American notables not buying the protest group’s condemnation of “all lives matter.” Other high-profile personalities who have not toed the BLM line are Dr. Ben Carson, Janet Jackson, and Ray Lewis. According to the Guardian, […]

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Philippines Welcomed By China After U.N. Arbitration Ruling On South China Sea Maritime Zones

The Philippines has been welcomed by China to resume bilateral talks in the wake of the ruling by the United Nations Permanent Court of Arbitration clarifying entitlements to the South China Sea maritime zones. China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang responded positively on Friday, July 15, 2016, to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to send […]

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Homegrown Jihadists, Latter Generation Migrant Offspring, Bred In French Riviera

Homegrown jihadists, second to fifth generation offspring of migrant families, have been identified in sharia zones of the French Riviera. Just a mile or more from the opulent Nice coastline are impoverished housing estates where underemployed Islamic youths are bombarded by preachings of radical imams. French Interior Ministry data show that the French Riviera’s Alpes-Maritimes […]

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Donald Trump|Greta Van Susteren|hillary clinton|Islamic State

Massacre In Nice By Truck Driver Shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’, Claims 10 Children Among 84 Dead, With Obama, Clinton And Trump Reacting

The massacre in Nice, southern France, carried out by a truck driver shouting “Allahu Akbar” included 10 children among the 84 dead. Later identified as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, the perpetrator drove a white 25-ton refrigerated truck into crowds of men, women, and children who’d just watched a fireworks display to celebrate Bastille Day on July […]

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Canadian Tenor Singing ‘All Lives Matter’ Catchphrase Of Ben Carson, Ray Lewis, And Janet Jackson Gets BLM Backlash

Canadian tenor Remigio Pereira altered the lyrics of “O Canada” to include “all lives matter” while singing with his group at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San Diego’s Petco Park on Tuesday night, July 12, 2016, echoing a phrase used by Ben Carson, Ray Lewis, and Janet Jackson. Vancouver-based The Tenors, reacting to […]

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Solar Plane On Second-To-Last Leg Of Globe-Circling Voyage, Leaves Spain For Egypt

The solar plane, manned by pilots Andre Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard, has left Spain for Egypt in the second-to-last leg of its globe-circling voyage. The Solar Impulse 2 flew out of Seville airport on Monday, July 11, 2016, and is Cairo-bound, for the near-completion of a trip from the United Arab Emirates in March of […]

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Duterte Drug War: About 4,000 More Druggies Surrender As Bodies Turn Up Across Philippines

The Duterte drug war has yielded close to 4,000 more self-confessed drug pushers and users who gave themselves up en masse on Saturday, July 9, 2016, in Tagum City, Davao del Norte, Philippines. It was the single biggest surrender so far since President Rodrigo Duterte took office on June 30, riding a campaign promise to […]

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How To Fight A Bear: Canadian Amateur Boxer Choosing Fight Over Flight, Sucker-Punches Charging Bear

How to fight a bear was a dilemma Canadian amateur boxer Rick Nelson faced on Sunday, July 3, 2016, when a 300-pound mama black bear attacked him for being too near her cub. Nelson, 61, was walking his wife’s dog, Maggie, in the bush of Sudbury, Ontario, when a frightened bear cub brought its mother […]

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california|Fourth of July|modern family

Ariel Winter, Cleavage-Versus-Talent Icon, Slams Body-Shamers For Robbing Her Of Self-Esteem

Ariel Winter, whose cleavage, she claims, has overshadowed her talents as an actress, hit back at body-shamers with an Instagram photo of herself in a bikini on Monday, July 4, 2016. The Modern Family star who gained worldwide attention for her breast reduction surgery on June 4 last year, downgrading from a size 32F cup […]

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Superbug Sniffing Dog Cracks Down On Deadly Bacteria Lurking In Hospitals

Superbug sniffing dog Angus was introduced Tuesday at the Vancouver General Hospital to detect Clostridium difficile or C. difficile, a deadly bacteria causing diarrhea, pseudomembranous colitis, bowel perforation, sepsis, and even death among patients. After proving himself in tests, the English springer spaniel has been sent to the trenches to combat the purveyor of infectious […]

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Solar Spacecraft At Jupiter’s Doorstep For Historic Close-up Visit From Earth After 5-year Journey

Solar spacecraft Juno arrived at the outer reaches of Jupiter on Monday, July 4, for an exploratory plunge into its orbit, farther than any other rocket ship before. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been watching the Juno probe throughout its epic, 5-year journey to the largest planet in the Solar System for […]

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Algae Closes Beaches Along Florida’s Atlantic Coast As Rubio Asks Obama To Declare State Of Emergency

As algae closes beaches along Florida’s Atlantic coast, United States Senator Marco Rubio is calling on President Barack Obama to declare a state of emergency and protect businesses from the bright green deluge. Rubio, who toured the Treasure Coast on Friday, July 1, said he could not think of a precedent anywhere else in the […]

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Park Ranger Beaten And Robbed Of Obama Coin Honoring Her For Being Oldest In Her Field

United States’ oldest park ranger, Betty Reid Soskin, 94, was awakened in her Richmond, California, home around midnight on Monday, June 27, 2016, by a man who attacked and robbed her. Among the items he took was a commemorative coin President Barack Obama gave her during the Washington National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony she attended […]

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texas

Library Cat Fired, Pitting Cat-Lovers Against Cat-Haters In North Texas Town

A library cat was fired by city council vote in the Fort Worth suburb of White Settlement, North Texas, on June 14, 2016, pitting residents against each other. The city council voted to remove Browser, a former shelter cat, from the public library because “City Hall and city businesses are no place for animals,” according […]

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afghanistan|africa|niger|Sudan

Filipino Attitude Toward China Remains Friendly In Advance Of U.N. Arbitration Ruling By July 12

The Filipino attitude toward China continues to be friendly amid speculation on what will happen once the United Nations Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague hands down its decision by July 12, 2016, on the South China Sea dispute. An olive branch waved by the Philippines at its giant neighbor has called for partnering […]

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Aerosmith|howard stern|joe perry|steven tyler

2017 Farewell Tour For Aerosmith: Steven Tyler Says, ‘Because It’s Time’

A 2017 farewell tour for Aerosmith is in the works, says band frontman Steven Tyler, “because it’s time.” In an interview with Howard Stern on Tuesday, June 21, 68-year-old Tyler confessed that the Boston-based rock group would be gone permanently. According to People magazine, radio host Stern made Tyler confirm that a 2017 farewell tour […]

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DMX|eminem

Arrested For Swearing At St. Kitts Gig, Rapper 50 Cent Sprung Loose And Coming Home

Arrested for swearing before 40,000 concertgoers at the St. Kitts Music Festival, rapper 50 Cent returned to court on Sunday morning, June 26, 2016, to pay his fine and was on his way home by Sunday afternoon. The annual festival in its 20th time around and lasted from Thursday through Saturday. According to the New […]

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Ben Carson|Billy Graham|Franklin Graham|mike huckabee

Trump ‘Baby Christian’, Says Evangelical Icon James Dobson At Christian Conservative Meet

GOP Presidential aspirant Donald Trump is a “baby Christian,” according to Focus on the Family founder James Dobson in an interview posted on Friday, June 24, 2016, by Pennsylvania pastor Michael Anthony to his blog. Dobson made the statement at a rally of Christian conservatives who came to New York City on Tuesday, June 21, […]

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