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Randy Bachman details the unexpected origin of song ‘American Woman’

Fifty years ago, on May 9, 1970, The Guess Who became the first-ever Canadian rock band to top Billboard's Hot 100 chart.




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‘The Complex’ is almost a good FMV game

There are countless examples of the real world intruding on art, making something that was fine a day ago a grisly mistake now. The pilot episode of X-Files spin-off The Lone Gunmen, which aired six months before 9/11, featured a terrorist plan to fly a plane into the World Trade Center, for instance. And it's likely that The Complex, an interactive movie about dangerous biotechnology, skirts the same issue. After all, nobody wants to fixate on doctors in a life-and-death race against disease when there's a pandemic raging, do they?




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‘Apex Legends' brings back duos and Kings Canyon permanently

The next Apex Legends event is about to get underway and while that might only last for a few weeks, Respawn is bringing back a couple of key features on a permanent basis. The original Kings Canyon map will join the current World's Edge arena on rotation after it recently popped back up for a limited time. Meanwhile, the duos mode that debuted last fall is returning for good alongside the original trios option. They'll both come back on April 7th.




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COVID-19 Exposes America’s Educational Inequities



Dr. Tanjii Reed Marshall says we must step for our kids.




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R. Kelly Creates Third Excuse For Release From Jail



The judge has previously denied the singer's attempts.




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Watch! Cam'ron Flexes His Double Dutch Skills On Instagram



The rapper has some major moves!




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Erykah Badu Will Take On Jill Scott In Next Verzuz Battle



The queen of Neo-Soul will be decided on May 9.




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Brandy Explains Why She Doesn’t Watch ‘Moesha’ With Daughter



She gushes about her 17-year-old Sy’rai in interview




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Director Of ‘Last Dance’ Explains Change To Obama’s Title



The former president was weirdly credited.




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Kandi Burruss Opens Up About Her Plastic Surgery Experiences



The couple chatted on Todd's YouTube show.




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Tracee Ellis Ross Shares Message About Marriage Expectations



She's pushing back on the expectations of women over 40.





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Here is Sanya Malhotra's take on her distinctive experience on shooting for an upcoming film!




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China's next-generation crew spacecraft sticks its test mission landing

After it launched on Tuesday and nailed a series of maneuvers, China’s future crewed spacecraft has made a successful desert touchdown. Built by China’s main space contractor, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC), the uncrewed prot...




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Amazon's 'Making the Cut' is the ultimate example of product placement

Thanks to the quarantine and not having much else to do, my husband and I recently sat down to watch the premier of Amazon’s Making the Cut, a reality competition show hosted by Project Runway alumni Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn. Aside from a few dramatic...




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Apple will reopen stores in four US states next week

Apple will reopen some stores in Idaho, South Carolina, Alabama and Alaska next week. The company closed all stores outside Greater China in mid-March to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. At the start of April, it told employees Apple Stores in the US...




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This 3D-printed foam expands up to 40 times its original size

Until now, the size of 3D-printed objects has been limited by the size of 3D printers. In most cases, in order to produce large items used in, say, aerospace, manufactures have had to fasten, weld or glue smaller 3D-printed substructures together. Bu...




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'Apex Legends' season five will add PvE hunts to the mix

Like every other free-to-play battle royale game out there, Apex Legends is constantly refreshing the game with new content and modes. Season five “Fortune’s Favor” kicks off next week, and along with the newly-revealed character Loba, Respawn is als...




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Leafs forward Alex Kerfoot has a leg up on fellow players during the lockdown — his family has a rink


NHLers aren’t used to being off skates this long but Kerfoot thinks they’ll have time to get up to speed.




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Raptors to open practice facility to players starting next week


The province announced Friday it was easing restrictions on Ontario’s professional sports teams to open their doors, subject to municipal guidelines.




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Uber's report on sexual assaults and accidents offers some answers, more questions

Uber's first-ever safety transparency report establishes a baseline from which the ride-hailing giant must improve.




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Column: Are extended warranties worth it? Not so much, experts say

"Extended warranties are generally a bad value," says one consumer advocate. "Rarely do they pay off."




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Controversial San Bernardino airport cargo expansion approved

Inland Empire residents have protested the airport expansion — rumored to be an Amazon project — for months. On Monday, airport officials approved the project.




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Actors sheltering at home perform in live VR experiences, making case for new theater form

Los Angeles studio Tender Claws brings live theater to virtual reality with actors at home during coronavirus. It's a new form of theater.




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Changing reality: VR finds its moment with actors, artists and experiences that change the game

Virtual reality isn't just for gamers. Artists, exercise fiends and actors in a new theater form are experimenting now.




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How USC is experiencing a bold recruiting renaissance even during coronavirus crisis

After failing to keep up with most of the Pac-12 in the recruiting game, Clay Helton and his staff are adopting a different approach to lure recruits.




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Season Interrupted: Simi Valley's Chase Aurand prepares for his next act

Simi Valley two-sport athlete Chase Aurand learned a valuable history lesson amid the coronavirus outbreak: 'Don't take going to practice for granted.'




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Tight end Hunter Henry excited to see what Chargers can do on offense

Chargers tight end Hunter Henry will miss Philip Rivers. But he's eager to see what the team can do with a different offense.




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Granderson: Daishen Nix's journey is the latest example of amateur hour at the NCAA

The nation's top high school point guard chose the G League over UCLA. He was scorned. European-born players turn pro as early as 13. They are praised.




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Michael Jordan's gambling explained: 'I love to bet'

Michael Jordan's famous competitiveness produced six NBA titles. It also generated juicy gambling tales, which include reported seven-figure losses.




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Dodgers and Angels say staging games without fans would require extensive personnel

Team presidents Stan Kasten of the Dodgers and John Carpino of the Angels agree a lot of essential employees are needed to hold games in empty stadiums.




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'Next Olympic Hopeful' DeAira Jackson eager to make an impact with rugby sevens

After being named one of six winners of Season 3 of the TV show "Next Olympic Hopeful," DeAira Jackson began to train as an Olympic rugby sevens player.




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Angels owner Arte Moreno expected to reveal stadium development plan this month

Angels owner Arte Moreno's company could disclose before the end of the month whether it plans to build a new ballpark or renovate Angel Stadium.




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16 explosive Corrie spoilers - from coronavirus storylines to murders exposed

From Geoff Metcalfe's comeuppance to David and Shona trying to fall back in love with one another, there's a lot that Corrie fans can get excited about...




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BBC's The Primates expert claims eco tourism is gorillas' best hope for survival

EXCLUSIVE: As BBC documentary The Primates hits our screens, experts warn there are only a few ways




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Musk's SpaceX to make satellites 'invisible' after light pollution complaints

SpaceX plans to make its satellites "generally invisible to the naked eye within a week of launch" following complaints about light pollution.




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Lockdown extends Britain's longest run without coal since 1882

For the first time since 1882, Great Britain has gone more than 28 days without using coal, and the lockdown is contributing to keeping power consumption low.




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Gary Neville explains how he would end Premier League season

The Premier League are set for crunch talks with its 20 clubs on Monday amid the suspension of football.




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Can we estimate the time until the next recession?

As the world economy is falling into one of the biggest contractions of the last decades, a new study of economic recession patterns finds that the likelihood of a downturn was high even before the onset of the Coronavirus crisis.




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Traffic pollution drops in lockdown -- but other risks revealed by Manchester experts

Traffic pollution for most parts of the UK is plummeting thanks to the COVID-19 lockdown but more urban ozone -- a dangerous air pollutant which can cause airway inflammation in humans -- is probably being generated, say experts from The University of Manchester. Observations in cities across the UK show marked decreases in nitrogen oxides but with corresponding increases in ozone during lockdown.




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Immunity of recovered COVID-19 patients could cut risk of expanding economic activity

New modeling of coronavirus behavior suggests that an intervention strategy based on shield immunity could reduce the risk of allowing the higher levels of human interaction needed to support expanded economic activity.




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How herpes simplex virus can evade the immune response to infect the brain

A research team has discovered a molecular mechanism that helps Herpes simplex virus (HSV1) evade the innate immune system and infect the brain causing a rare disease with high mortality. The study from Aarhus University, University of Oxford, and University of Gothenburg, led by first author Chiranjeevi Bodda in Søren Paludan's lab, will be published May 8 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine (JEM).




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Newly discovered mechanism can explain increased risk of dementia

Millions of people around the world use acid suppressants called proton pump inhibitors for conditions like heartburn, gastritis and stomach ulcers. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden now report that how the long-term use of these drugs could increase the risk of developing dementia. Their results are published in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia.




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How does the brain link events to form a memory? Study reveals unexpected mental processes

The brain has a powerful ability to remember and connect events separated in time. And now, in a new study in mice published today in Neuron, scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute have shed light on how the brain can form such enduring links.




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NTU Singapore scientists develop sustainable way to extract chitin from prawn shells

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a green way to create chitin, by using two forms of food waste - prawn shells and discarded fruit - and fermenting them.




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Discovered a multilayer haze system on Saturn's Hexagon

The most extensive system of haze layers ever observed in the solar system have been discovered and characterised on the planet Saturn.




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Promising study by Texas A&M scientists offers hope for Menkes disease patients

A Texas A&M AgriLife Research team has good news for patients with copper-deficiency disorders, especially young children diagnosed with Menkes disease.




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OSU study shows grange a 'natural partner' for expanding health outreach

In the ongoing struggle to address health care disparities in rural communities across the US, a recent study found that the perfect partner may be hiding in plain sight. The grange, founded in 1867, is a community-based organization that is likely familiar to anyone who's spent time in a small town. In addition to political advocacy on behalf of farmers, the grange's missions around community and family also align closely with the goals of public health.




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Nicola Sturgeon says lockdown must continue in Scotland but people may be allowed out more than once per day to exercise

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says the lockdown period in the country should be extended.




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VE Day remembered as 'day of hope' and lockdown exit plans lead the papers

The marking of Victory in Europe and the coronavirus lead the Friday papers.