Monday, January 4, 2016

No one was happy about Uber's surge pricing on New Year's Eve and 10 More

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No one was happy about Uber's surge pricing on New Year's Eve

Many Uber riders had more to worry about on New Year's morning than a hangover -- namely a bill for a late-night ride that might have totaled as much as hundreds of dollars.

'Game of Thrones' creator George R.R. Martin too busy to finish book

George R.R. Martin wants you to know that his latest book "The Winds of Winter" is -- still -- not finished, he penned in a remorseful 1,800-word blog post.

Militia group led by Bundy brothers seizes federal building after protest

A protest group took over a federal building in Oregon and vows to stay there "for years."

7 simple meditation methods to help improve your daily life

When trying to find the meditation technique that's right for you, try to fit the practice to your nature, not the other way around.

Twins born on New Year's Eve have birthdays in different years

Jaelyn Valencia arrived at 11:59 p.m. on December 31, 2015, while Luis Valencia Jr. was born just two minutes later at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 2016.

The Internet really, really doesn't want to 'clean for the Queen'

#CleanForTheQueen began trending on Saturday, but not for the reasons its creators probably intended.

Postal service honors Pluto mission, 'Star Trek' in new space-themed stamp collections

The U.S. Postal Service is looking to the cosmos for inspiration in its latest collections of stamps.

Australia is obsessed with this cricket fan who devoured an entire watermelon

Australians went nuts when a boy eating a watermelon like an apple got air time during a Women's Big Bash cricket match this weekend.

Group says BBC website hack was a test for attack on ISIS

A group called New World Hacking has claimed responsibility for an attack that brought down the BBC's website for several hours on Thursday.

Al-Shabaab uses Trump's anti-Muslim statements in recruitment video

The al-Shabaab militant group released a recruitment video targeting Muslims in the U.S. that used clips from Donald Trump on the campaign trail.

Protesters set fire to Saudi embassy in Iran after prominent cleric's execution

A crowd of Iranian protesters stormed and ransacked part of the Saudi embassy in Tehran on Saturday in response to the execution of a Shiite cleric.

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