Twitter helps Delhi Police locate lost Alzheimer patient's family

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India's police forces are discovering the power of social media. On Sunday, Delhi Police organised a unique rescue when they were able to reunite a lost Alzheimer patient with her family in just a few hours, with the help of Twitter.

After a police van found 80-year-old Kamla Gupta in north Delhi, the city's Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Madhur Verma tweeted her details. Gupta, an Alzheimer's patient, had lost her way after visiting a temple in the morning. She was unable to remember her address even after she was taken to the police station. Read more...

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Democrats' closing pitches in Iowa: 'Hard choices' vs. 'Revolution'

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DES MOINES, IOWA — Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders came full circle with their closing arguments before the Iowa caucuses, the former emphasizing "Hard choices" and the latter touting "Political revolution."

The two returned to the core initial messages of their candidacies as they made their final pitches to voters in what's turned into a nail-biter of a race in the early-voting state. Clinton reprised the title of her memoir "Hard Choices" to argue that she's the battle-tested candidate who can move liberal priorities forward and protect the country. Sanders called for upending the status quo. Read more...

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Olympic figure skating champions perform a perfect Bollywood dance to win championship

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Olympic figure skating champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov decided to give a Bollywood spin to their performance at the 2016 European Figure Skating Championships in Slovakia. The judges and the audience clearly loved the results, with the pair earning the highest scores as well as thunderous applause and winning their fourth gold at the competition.

The Russian pair, dressed in Indian-inspired clothes, danced to the song "Nagada Sang Dhol" from the 2013 Sanjay Leela Bhansali film Goliyon ki Rasleela Ram-Leela starring Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone. Volosozhar and Trankov are famous for being the first figure skaters to win two gold medals at the same Olympics in 2014. Read more...

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'The Good Wife' just staged its latest major elevator moment

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After 11 episodes of build-up, it finally happened: Alicia and Jason kissed — in an elevator, because this is The Good Wife and elevators are where some of the most personal, emotional, timing dependent moments happen on this show

The kiss, along with several other things that happen in Sunday's episode, "Judged," is part of the series' attempt to tighten its storytelling up and to start bringing it's many threads closer together. With its eye toward moving on, "Judged" shakes off some of the cobwebs

When the episode opens, Alicia is still unable to focus on work because she's so focused on that deleted voicemail. She decides to pay Eli a visit and demands to hear everything Will said in the voicemail. As Eli points out, this is an exercise in torture that will do very little to ease Alicia's hurt Read more...

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Berlin teen recants rape claim that stoked migrant fears

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A thirteen-year-old Berlin girl has recanted her claim that she was kidnapped and raped by a group of migrants, an incident that stoked migrant fears in Germany that were already heightened due to assaults on New Years Eve in Cologne.

The girl, known only by the name Lisa, went missing for approximately 30 hours on January 11. When she reappeared, she told her parents she had been kidnapped and raped by men of North African or Middle Eastern descent

It was three days later, though, under official questioning, that Lisa admitted to having lied about the kidnapping and rape, telling officials that she had been scared to go home after the school contacted her parents over an unnamed incident Read more...

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Dog saves owner from deadly brown snake slithering under his feet

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A quiet Sunday afternoon quickly became frightening for a man on Australia's Gold Coast, when a deadly eastern brown snake slithered up behind him, while he was relaxing in his backyard.

Fortunately for the man, his dog chased the snake, alerting him to its presence and allowing for a super-speed escape. Deadly crisis averted.

The eastern brown snake is currently the leading cause of snakebite deaths in Australia, which is why it's probably a smart idea to keep a worthy canine companion by you side, just like this guy.

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MIT team wins Hyperloop competition, Elon Musk predicts global transportation network

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The SpaceX Hyperloop Pod competition crowned a winner on Sunday, naming the MIT Hyperloop Team as the group with the best look at what the Hyperloop transportation pod system might look like in the future

First conceived by SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk back in 2013, the concept transportation system would transport riders in sealed tubes to different cities at speeds of over 700 mph, reducing a trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco to just 30 minutes

In addition to the announcement of the overall winning concept, Musk himself made an appearance at the event in Texas and even took a few questions Read more...

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'Kung Fu Panda 3' had a record-breaking $57M opening in China, passing U.S.

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"Kung Fu Panda 3" had a huge opening weekend in China, both setting the record for the nation's best-opening animated film and surpassing the movie's U.S. opening that same weekend.

The third installment in the blockbuster franchise from DreamWorks Animation drew $57 million in China, unseating Minions — which previously took in $50 million in its first eight days.

At the U.S. box office, the movie showed plenty of punch as well, earning $41 million — a total that means it was nearly as well-received as Kung Fu Panda 2, which made $47.7 million its first weekend in 2011, according to Reuters. Read more...

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45 questions we all had while watching 'Grease: Live'

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Grease: Live was a rip-roaring good time, and a heck of a way to spend your Sunday night

But like most people watching, we had questions about the show.

Here are a few thoughts that struck us while watching the east coast broadcast of this not-soon-forgotten moment in live TV musical history.

1. So Danny and Sandy met on the set of The Young and the Restless?
2. Is Jessie J. part of the Grease cannon?
3. Is this the most impressive golf cart choreography in the history of TV?
4. What are the odds that Droughtland, California would get intense storms the one day someone set a live production outside?
5. How many heads of normal hair are hiding inside Aaron Tveit's Grease hair?
6. What is Patty Simcox on?
7. Is she willing to share?
8. Is Ana Gasteyer's principal character giving anyone else SNL feels? #WemissyouAna
9. WHAT IS MARIO LOPEZ DOING HERE? Read more...

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Dog playfully spars with owner, gets KO'd

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Ding, ding!

If anyone paid for tickets to see this main-event brawl, they would be very disappointed. Come on dog, act like you've been here before — get in there! Use your doggie spunk. I'm starting to suspect you're trying to throw the fight for cash.

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Your high school dance was probably not on the level of 'Grease: Live'

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Nothing gets out a little teen angst like a good dance-off. Unfortunately, this is probably not a coping mechanism you were equipped with in high school.

But there's no reason you can't pretend that you and your classmates, somehow, did an ultra-coordinated hand jive. Just take some tips from Grease: Live and pretend you're cool enough to run with the T-Birds and the Pink Ladies.

Who is Cha-Cha if not the human form of the dancing woman emoji, and therefore your life inspiration?

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Vanessa Hudgens' 'Grease: Live' solo performance gave everyone chills

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Vanessa Hudgens shut it down during Grease: Live

The actress, who plays Rizzo in the Fox production, crushed her solo performance of "There Are Worse Things I Could Do," inspiring online applause from viewers on social media for her soaring voice. What's even more chilling is that the actress is performing just one day after announcing the death of her father, who was battling cancer

Praise for Hudgens' performance came flooding in via Twitter.

Of course, because this is Twitter, people also couldn't resist making a few High School Musical references, drawing similarities to the Disney musical franchise Hudgens starred in Read more...

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Australians can use roaming for free in New Zealand with Vodafone

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After years in the #Vodafail wilderness, telecommunications company Vodafone really, really wants Australians to like them. And what better way to earn brownie points than by offering customers free roaming when travelling?

For 12 months, Vodafone Red and SIM-only customers will have their $5 per day international roaming fee waived in New Zealand, the company announced at a press conference Monday

This means they will be able to use their data on the country's 4G network, make local and international calls at standard rates and take advantage of other features of their plan, without worrying about bill shock once the holiday is over. Read more...

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Samsung sends out invites to 'Unpacked' event to debut Galaxy S7

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It looks like we'll know soon enough how many of those Galaxy S7 rumors were true as invitations to Samsung's "Unpacked" event have been sent, according to Android Central

The event will happen on Sunday, February 21 in Barcelona, Spain, a day ahead of the Mobile World Congress, which is held in the same city.

The announcement follows similar moves in 2015 and 2014 when Samsung unveiled its latest Galaxy incarnations just ahead of or at the beginning of the MWC main event

So far, there are plenty of rumors to go on. Several of those indicate that, physically, the Galaxy S7 could look an awful lot like the Galaxy S6. Read more...

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'Grease: Live!' changed its naughty original lyrics and everyone noticed

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What's a "dragon wagon," anyway?

Fox's production of Grease: Live surprised fans Sunday night by changing some of the original musical's racier lyrics. "Greased Lightning" appeared to be the most affected song; "the chicks'll cream" turned into "the chicks'll scream," while "pussy wagon" became "dragon wagon."

Viewers hopped onto Twitter to virtually cackle and voice frustration with the lyrical changes. You know, because you can't say "we’ll be getting lots of tit” on television

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The Internet raised $50,000 so a retired police officer can keep his K9 partner

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The Internet can often be a cold, dark place. But there are instances when a story strikes such a chord with online audiences that a community can coalesce around a subject for the greater good

Retiring Marietta, Ohio police officer Matthew Hickey and his K9 partner, Ajax, are discovering how wonderful that can be

As Hickey planned to retire, he had assumed that Ajax would come to live with him. Ajax has lived with Hickey for the last three years and the retired officer considers the dog "a family member" in addition to the dog's role on the police force. Read more...

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'Grease: Live' is turning Twitter into a deeply confused high school class

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Grease Live is here, and much like realizing that your summer fling actually attends your high school, it's a lot to process. But we're all in it together.

As we collectively discover what an Aaron Tveit is and think about the fact that Vanessa Hudgens is playing Rizzo exactly ten years after High School Musical premiered, there is the comfort of knowing that everyone else with WiFi is equally confounded

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