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Tuscany, Giglio Sue Costa Cruises Following Costa Concordia Crash

Tuscany, Giglio Sue Costa Cruises Following Costa Concordia Crash

Tullio M. Puglia/Getty Images(ROME) — The Italian region of Tuscany is demanding almost $40 million from the owners of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that crashed off the Italian coast almost three years ago.The Costa Concordia struck a rock off the Tuscan island of Giglio in January 2012, killing 32 people. Along with Tuscany’s demand…More

Los Angeles-Based ‘Dating Guru’ Banned from UK

Los Angeles-Based ‘Dating Guru’ Banned from UK

iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — A self-styled “dating guru” who has stirred up controversy in a number of countries with what many feel are offensive tactics to approach women has been banned from entering the United Kingdom. Julien Blanc holds seminars claiming to teach men how to attract women, but his methods have been widely criticized as sexually…More

Australian Newscaster Wears Same Suit for a Year, No One Notices

Australian Newscaster Wears Same Suit for a Year, No One Notices

Channel Nine Australia(NEW YORK) — An Australian TV anchor wore the same suit every day for a year on camera — yet none of his viewers noticed. Karl Stefanovic told Fairfax News Media in Australia that he donned the same blue Burberry knockoff day in and day out on Channel Nine’s Today program to illustrate…More

WATCH: This Chinese Music Video May Be the New ‘Gangnam Style’

WATCH: This Chinese Music Video May Be the New ‘Gangnam Style’

Youku.com(BEIJING) — A bizarre music video by Chinese singer Rong “Rollin” Wang for a song called “Chick Chick” seems to be aiming for viral status around the world. It features the Chinese songstress dressed up in a white, deep-cleavaged chicken corset and shirtless male dancers in animal masks making barnyard noises. Here is a link…More

Purported Audio Message from ISIS Leader Released

Purported Audio Message from ISIS Leader Released

Al-Furqan Media/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — An audiotape featuring a message purportedly from ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has emerged online, in what would be the leader’s first public comments since the shadowy figure appeared on camera in July.The message was released by an ISIS-linked media group on Thursday and in it, a man identified…More

America’s Guardrail Safety Scare Goes International

America’s Guardrail Safety Scare Goes International

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A Canadian province has joined more than half of U.S. states in suspending the installation of a controversial guardrail system linked to severed limbs and deaths in auto accidents, as reported in a recent ABC News investigation.Transportation officials in the province of Quebec announced the suspension on Thursday, as well as an…More

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