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Captured fugitive was traveling by bicycle with another man

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A 30-year-old man recaptured after escaping from a police station in Osaka Prefecture last month had likely been traveling on a stolen bicycle with another man who was unaware of who he was, police said Sunday. Junya Hida was with a 44-year-old man who had been traveling by bicycle across Japan when he was arrested at a roadside shop Saturday after having been on the run for nearly seven weeks, according to police. He was allegedly stealing food when arrested at the shop in Yamaguchi Prefecture, hundreds of kilometers to the southwest of Osaka, after arriving there on a bicycle he stole in Osaka. He was arrested again Sunday by the Osaka police on suspicion of aggravated escape. Police said they identified Hida by fingerprints and a tattoo on his leg, and that he was wearing a windbreaker and sneakers, and only carrying a few hundred yen. Hida had been with the man on a cycling trip since the two met about three weeks ago in Ehime Prefecture, though they did not spend all the time toge

Overdosing man dies after "stupid" family members attacks paramedics

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A man has died after paramedics were attacked by dozens of angry men in Sydney"s west while trying to save a patient from a drug overdose. Paramedics were called to a Riverwood unit block at about 8am yesterday for a 25-year-old man suffering a suspected drug overdose, the Australian Paramedics Association said in a statement. Family members of the dying man became irate and tried to intervene, the APA says. A man has died after a group of people interfered with paramedics. (AAP) Up to 80 angry males quickly gathered at the unit and allegedly threatened the health workers and charged at a female paramedic, injuring her shoulder. "Paramedics were forced to fend off angry males who eventually forced them to stop treating the patient who was in cardiac arrest and subsequently died," APA secretary Steve Pearce said. READ MORE: Riot squad police called in after paramedic assaulted while treating unconscious woman The paramedics barricaded themselves inside the unit as the vi

"Stupid" thrill-seeker goes swimming with Great White Shark off Sydney"s coast

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A man has filmed himself swimming alongside a Great White Shark off Sydney’s coast. Jai Kiggins filmed the daring exploit with the help of brother Kurt while they were swimming at Wattamolla Beach in the Royal National Park. The pair were drawn to investigate after being tipped off about a shark feeding frenzy involving a giant whale carcass that had washed up on rocks. A man has filmed himself swimming alongside a Great White Shark off Sydney’s coast. (9NEWS) "Probably one of the craziest things I"ve ever seen you know,” Jai told 9NEWS. “The great white came straight up like, face to face and then just turned and kicked away.” Jai admits that while approaching the shark was not the “smartest” move, “if you"ve got the balls to do it, I don"t see why not". Jai Kiggins filmed the daring exploit with the help of brother Kurt while they were swimming at Wattamolla Beach in the Royal National Park. (9NEWS) The pair were drawn to investigate after being tipped off a

How a disastrous change in perspective disempowered the left and let the right rise

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I n August 2001, the radical writer and film-maker Michael Moore presented HarperCollins with the manuscript later known as Stupid White Men. It was still being edited when the September 11 attack occurred. In the newly hyper-patriotic environment, the publisher baulked at releasing a book ridiculing George W Bush and the Republican administration, with chapters entitled Kill Whitey! and A Very American Coup. Moore was instructed to revise substantially a work that would, HarperCollins decreed, appear under the more palatable title Michael Moore: the American. That extraordinary editorial intervention, which ostensibly came directly from Rupert Murdoch himself, attracted the attention of a group of librarians. The outraged book-lovers publicised Moore’s predicament with sufficient vigour to ensure the text’s release in its original form. On the first day of its release, Stupid White Men sold all 50,000 copies of its print run – and by its fifth day was on its ninth printing. Quickly, i

Motor racing-I"d rather be bad guy than an idiot, says Mercedes F1 boss

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How a disastrous change in perspective disempowered the left and let the right rise

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I n August 2001, the radical writer and film-maker Michael Moore presented HarperCollins with the manuscript later known as Stupid White Men. It was still being edited when the September 11 attack occurred. In the newly hyper-patriotic environment, the publisher baulked at releasing a book ridiculing George W Bush and the Republican administration, with chapters entitled Kill Whitey! and A Very American Coup. Moore was instructed to revise substantially a work that would, HarperCollins decreed, appear under the more palatable title Michael Moore: the American. That extraordinary editorial intervention, which ostensibly came directly from Rupert Murdoch himself, attracted the attention of a group of librarians. The outraged book-lovers publicised Moore’s predicament with sufficient vigour to ensure the text’s release in its original form. On the first day of its release, Stupid White Men sold all 50,000 copies of its print run – and by its fifth day was on its ninth printing. Quickly, i

12 bold, crazy, and definitely stupid predictions for Ryder Cup Sunday

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Europe leads the the Ryder Cup , 10-6, and the USA will need a longshot comeback on Sunday to take it back across the Atlantic. We now have the lineup for the Sunday Singles session. There are 12 points remaining in the 2018 edition and in order to retain the Cup, the USA must win eight of those 12 points. Here are 12 crazy, bold, semi-serious, and definitely stupid predictions for this final day of 12 matches. 1. Europe wins the Ryder Cup, 16.5 to 11.5. 2. Patrick Reed aggressively shushes the crowd after winning his match against Tyrrell Hatton. This comes, however, well after Europe has already clinched the Cup. Reed does not care. 3. The portly, feisty Reed and the diminutive, temperamental Hatton have to be separated by their caddies at some point. Need Reed-Hatton drama! Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images and Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images 4. Phil Mickelson concedes his match to Francesco Molinari on the 13th tee. He is out of golf balls. 5. Unsolicited, US

Mercedes would have been stupid to let Valtteri Bottas beat Lewis Hamilton

6:02 PM GMT SOCHI, Russia -- Team orders are an unfortunate part of Formula One but Mercedes" use of them at the Russian Grand Prix was entirely justified. Even Sebastian Vettel -- the driver who arguably lost more from the decision than Valtteri Bottas -- said as much after being dealt another hammer blow to his chances of a fifth world championship. Once Lewis Hamilton had forced his way back into second position after a thrilling fight with Vettel, barring any unforeseen drama Mercedes looked certain to leave Sochi with 43 points regardless of which order its cars finished. The choice the team had was simple: whether Hamilton left with 18 (a gain of three points) or 25 (a gain of seven points). Mercedes chose the latter. It has effectively given Hamilton a two-race buffer over Vettel with five left. He does not need to win another race to claim a fifth championship. In a season which has been as wildly unpredictable as 2018, the idea of leaving seven points on the table seems

Pete Davidson Faces Backlash After Fans Accuse Him of Objectifying Fiancee Ariana Grande

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The backlash continues. Pete Davidson angered Ariana Grande ’s fans yet again when he made controversial comments about other men’s interactions with his fiancée in a recent interview. Lightning Fast Love! Relive Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson’s Whirlwind Romance During his Monday, September 24, appearance on SiriusXM’s  The Howard Stern Show , Davidson addressed Grande’s awkward run-ins with Bill Clinton and Bishop Charles E. Ellis III at Aretha Franklin ’s funeral in August. The 24-year-old  Saturday Night Live star said he’s “never been prouder” than when the former president, 72, seemed to be eyeing the “No Tears Left to Cry” singer and later told her she’s “so hot” that people look at her like that at a funeral. He also noted his sympathy for Ellis after the bishop was called out for touching Grande, 25, inappropriately during the service. “We didn’t even know it happened until after,” Davidson claimed. “It’s not cool and I feel really bad. We both don’t think that was

Romesh Ranganathan: "I"ll stop talking about race when I stop experiencing racism"

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M y first ever gig was at a Pontins holiday camp when I was nine. It had a talent competition and I decided to enter as a standup, with a book of jokes from which I took all of my material. A lot of the jokes seemed to have no problem playing with the stereotype of Irish people being stupid. They were incredibly racist, but the bigger crime here, comedy-wise, was that my set was entirely built on stolen material. There was a joke about a man buying a Rolls-Royce who is a bit short of cash. He goes out into the street to see if someone can lend him 10p to make up the price. He bumps into an Irish man – we know he’s Irish, because his name is Paddy. Paddy says, “Here’s 20p. Buy me one as well.” The point of that joke is that Paddy is incredibly stupid, because he’s assumed that Rolls-Royces cost 10p. I’d never even met an Irish person, but I had the clear impression that they were all thick – and the Pontins crowd seemed to agree: the joke went down a storm. That was one of the many huge

Investigator Cecil Younger is back in Straley"s new Sitka-set crime novel

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Baby"s First Felony John Straley. Soho Press, 2018. 241 pages. $25.95. Cecil Younger is back! Crime and mystery readers will fondly recall Sitka writer John Straley"s popular series of Cecil Younger investigations that began in 1992 with "The Woman Who Married a Bear" and seemingly ended five books and nine years later with "Cold Water Burning." Happily, both Straley and Younger are back, and they are in fine form. Not only that, but Soho Press has republished the whole series with striking new matching covers. Investigator Cecil Younger is now fifty-six years old and as flawed as ever, with a history of alcoholism, poor relations with the law, and plain old bad luck. He has a wife and a thirteen-year-old daughter. He is still accompanied by his ward and friend Todd, who "rests comfortably on the solidly affected end of the Asperger"s scale." Todd, an endearing character, has taken up both an interest in Buddhism and a hobb

The Reel Life: Breakfast bandit edition

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The Reluctant Townie | Guidelines for every man to follow

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Other Related Content It was the cartoon that launched a thousand letters to the editor. Earlier this week, The News-Gazette printed a syndicated political comic titled "Teen Angst in the Era of #MeToo." The comic depicted a couple parked on Lovers Lane, and the male unwilling to make the first move for fear of future consequences. The cartoon engendered an enthusiastically negative response, with its detractors flooding The News-Gazette with calls and letters. The syndicated cartoonist issued a statement to the paper, claiming that people misunderstood the intent of his satire — by his words, to point out the "chilling effects surrounding the #MeToo movement" and as commentary on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh"s sexual-assault allegations. I would argue that the problem was, in fact, the opposite. With the gripping testimony of judge Kavanaugh"s accuser, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, captivating the country Thursday and inflaming polarization a