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The rights to the first 2020 Mustang Shelby GT500 were sold at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Saturday night for $1.1 million, but it wasn’t all about the car. The build slot was being auctioned by Ford to raise funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and all of the proceeds from the sale were earmarked for the organization. Barrett-Jackson owner Craig Jackson, an avid Mustang collector who owns several historic GT500s, placed the winning bid himself. It was the second highest price ever paid for a Mustang at auction, and exactly half of the $2.2 million that...

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (Gray News) – The Super Blood Wolf Moon was cool to look at, but looking at it while lying in a road landed a Florida man and woman in the hospital Sunday night. The unidentified pair were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to The Palm Beach Post. Police described them as 24 years old and said they were alert and talking with officers at the hospital. An officer patrolling the Apoxee Wilderness trail at about 11:30 Sunday night ran over the two people with his 2018 Ford Explorer. That officer has reportedly been...

Today’s Cryptogram XKS HGWHTCQXGFL FZ HFLZGESLHS GJ VSXXSW XKQL XKS HGWHTCQXGFL FZ YFLSO. NQYSJ YQEGJFL You can find this little fun word game, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications, unfortunately they are copyrighted so we can't use them here. So, we're just going to make up our own. The way it works is a letter stands for another letter. For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogram) Beware, the game is very addictive. If this is your first time, don't be intimidated. Send me a private reply if you...

Hillary Clinton hit stepped out in Manhattan to take in a Broadway show with friends and family Thursday night. The ex-New York Senator was spotted at The Ferryman along with her daughter Chelsea, son-in-law Marc Mezvinsky, Barry Diller, chairman and senior executive with media and internet corporation IAC and Annette de la Renta, socialite and widow of fashion designer Oscar de la Renta. Temperatures were under the freezing mark in New York City on Thursday night, and the group of theater-goers seemed bundled up against the cold. Chelsea Clinton is on the board of directors for IAC, and Hillary Clinton...

I've been wracking my brain trying to figure out a change in my tax situation, and hope that I'm just stupidly missing something. I turned 65 last year, and I only learned today that I should be eligible for an increased exemption on my federal taxes - it appears to be $1,300 for our situation. But when I look at the 1040 form, I can't see where you enter that amount, or see a line for it. There's a box to check if you turned 65, but I don't see what you do after that. Our taxes have always been...

Native American elder Nathan Phillips, in his own words Native American elder Nathan Phillips, who has made headlines everywhere after a video showed him in a face-off with a Catholic school student in front of the Lincoln Memorial, spoke at length with CNN the day after the incident. Phillips described what he felt was hatred coming from the young people in the crowd, who are pupils at Covington Catholic School in Kentucky and who had traveled to the nation's capital to attend the March for Life rally, also held Friday. The interview was conducted Saturday after the video went viral....

Greenland’s enormous ice sheet is melting at such an accelerated rate that it may have reached a “tipping point,” and could become a major factor in sea-level rise around the world within two decades, scientists said in a study published on Monday. The Arctic is warming at twice the average rate of the rest of the planet, and the new research adds to the evidence that the ice loss in Greenland, which lies mainly above the Arctic Circle, is speeding up as the warming increases. The authors found that ice loss in 2012 was nearly four times the rate in...

I remember the initial DVD release and the US soldiers referred to the enemy combatants as ragheads. The version I purchased later doesn't have that word. Or am I imagining things?

There is no title to this so there was nothing for me to search against. If it's a duplicate, I apologize in advance.

Looking through YouTube for a video compilation of all news sources calling for Trump's impeachment on Friday, 1/18/19 because of the BuzzFeed report about Michael Cohen's new allegations, and the way that everything came down in flames on Friday night, when Mueller released his statement pointing out inaccuracies in the story. This has the potential of becoming an "All Hail The Trumpen King" moment, if a video compilation is made or has been made. Any ideas where I could find such a compilation? I assume the same could be said and made about the MAGA hat Catholic School matter at...

Teen who taunted Native American man at march defends his actions The MAGA hat-wearing teen who went viral over the weekend — after he was caught on camera smiling and staring down an elderly Native American war vet at the Indigenous Peoples March in Washington — has come forward to defend his actions. “I am providing this factual account of what happened on Friday afternoon at the Lincoln Memorial to correct misinformation and outright lies being spread about my family and me,” explained Nick Sandmann, a junior at Covington Catholic High School in northern Kentucky.

There are many things that a person can do to improve themselves. In my case, I could lose some weight, and eat better. I could be kinder to people, and stop reading the news so much. I could spend more time with friends and family, and I could spend more time in nature. I think that if I did those things, I would be a better person. It’s not just me. I look around the world and see all kinds of things that could be improved with a modest amount of effort. The key here is the word “modest”. For...

Well this isn't good. LadyQanuck @LadyQanuck Follow Follow @LadyQanuck Mike Pence, Newt Gingrich Evacuated After Fire damages MSNBC, Fox News, C-SPAN studios in D.C. as Mike Pence scheduled to appear Coincidence? Nothing to see here https://wset.com/news/nation-world/mike-pence-newt-gingrich-fire-fox-news-studio-dc ~~~ Oliver @oliverartist 4h4 hours ago Replying to @LadyQanuck @POTUS and @VP lives are in danger now @SpeakerPelosi are the 3rd in line for the presidency @SecretService @FBI And that tweet from @donnabrazile needs to be investigated https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DxYc_VRWwAAtUvz.jpg

Today’s Cryptogram TX LKESPUASUM SFVTUNX, CZRSPMD HKUMPTHMX. PKUTCN PSTLTU You can find this little fun word game, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications, unfortunately they are copyrighted so we can't use them here. So, we're just going to make up our own. The way it works is a letter stands for another letter. For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogram) Beware, the game is very addictive. If this is your first time, don't be intimidated. Send me a private reply if you need a hint for today’s Cryptogram....

During me being at my parents over the holidays (Christmas 2017) I had the usual IT-support stuff to do, that always happens to tech savvy kids when they are back at home. As I am a happy Linux user for over a decade now, I asked myself if it would be a good idea to switch my parents away from Win 10 to a GNU/Linux (I will call it only Linux during the rest of the post. Sorry Richard ;) ) based system. I did that and now 2 years later I still think it was a good idea: I...

PEARLAND, Texas (FOX 26) - Pearland police say a woman posed as her autistic "twin", who doesn't exist, and deceived a caregiver in a hoax for her own sexual gratification. According to the Pearland Police Department, Rachel Childs, 29, solicited a caregiver online under the pretense of caring for her twin sister with autism. Police say Childs instructed the caregiver to pick up her sister and take her to the caregiver's home for the night.

Brilliantly clear (but very cold) sky over SouthEast US after rains earlier in the day. Very good viewing, for a few minutes outside in the cold air.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — They just won’t die. The Patriots survived a wild, back-and-forth game to beat the Chiefs 37-31 in overtime in the AFC Championship at Arrowhead Stadium. The win puts them back in the Super Bowl for the third straight year and fourth time in five years where they will face the Rams in two weeks in Atlanta.

Patriots won the toss... and then took it in for a TD.