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Kid Absolutely Crushes This Boardslide

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Kid Absolutely Crushes This Boardslide Knowing skateboarders, this was probably dozens of attempts in the making. That doesn't make it any less impressive. December 11, 2017 at 04:56PM

Picture of the day for December 12, 2017

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Picture of the day on December 12, 2017: Malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus) on Lake Baringo, Kenya. To celebrate Jamhuri Day which marks Kenya's establishment as a republic on 12 December 1964.

Congress took $101 million in donations from the ISP industry — here’s how much your lawmaker got

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Congress took $101 million in donations from the ISP industry — here’s how much your lawmaker got Comcast, Verizon, AT&T and others spread their money far and wide to influence your government.

Article of the day for December 12, 2017

The Article of the day for December 12, 2017 is William Beach Thomas . William Beach Thomas (1868–1957) was a British author and journalist who worked as a war correspondent and wrote about nature and country life. After a short-lived career as a schoolmaster, he began to write articles for newspapers and periodicals, as well as books. During the early part of the First World War he defied military authorities by reporting news stories from the Western Front for his employer, the Daily Mail. He was briefly imprisoned before being granted official accreditation as a war correspondent. His book With the British on the Somme (1917) portrayed the English soldier in a very favourable light. Both France and Britain rewarded him with knighthoods after the war, but Beach Thomas regretted some of his wartime output. His primary interest as an adult was in rural matters. He was an advocate for the creation of national parks in England and Wales, and mourned the decline of traditional village so...

Picture of the day for December 12, 2017

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Malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus) on Lake Baringo, Kenya. To celebrate Jamhuri Day which marks Kenya's establishment as a republic on 12 December 1964..

Congress took $101 million in donations from the ISP industry — here’s how much your lawmaker got

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Congress took $101 million in donations from the ISP industry — here’s how much your lawmaker got

Kid Absolutely Crushes This Boardslide

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Kid Absolutely Crushes This Boardslide

Wiktionary: Word of the day for December 12, 2017

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Word of the day is Wiktionary : A collaborative project run by the Wikimedia Foundation to produce a free and complete dictionary in every language. The dictionaries, collectively, produced by that project. A particular version of this dictionary project, written in a certain language, such as the English-language Wiktionary (often known simply as the English Wiktionary). Happy birthday to us! Wiktionary went online on this day in 2002.

Article of the day for December 12, 2017

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Article of the day is William Beach Thomas. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

Wiktionary: Word of the day for December 12, 2017

Wiktionary , proper n : A collaborative project run by the Wikimedia Foundation to produce a free and complete dictionary in every language. The dictionaries, collectively, produced by that project. A particular version of this dictionary project, written in a certain language, such as the English-language Wiktionary (often known simply as the English Wiktionary). Happy birthday to us! Wiktionary went online on this day in 2002.

A Blizzard Made the Unwatchable Colts-Bills Matchup Must-Watch TV

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A Blizzard Made the Unwatchable Colts-Bills Matchup Must-Watch TV The rules of football met their breaking point under several inches of snow.

A Blizzard Made the Unwatchable Colts-Bills Matchup Must-Watch TV

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A Blizzard Made the Unwatchable Colts-Bills Matchup Must-Watch TV