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A drag racer has survived a fall off his bike at 230 mph (370 kph) with nothing but a broken ankle.
*User discretion is advised as the video includes brutal footage.
Australian racer Chris Matheson is the unlucky star of the video posted above, shot during the Sydney Dragway’s 2013 Nitro Champs competition.
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15 May 2013
08:13 GMT |
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A third explosion reported yesterday at the JFK library in Boston has turned out to be a fire unrelated to the events at the Boston Marathon.
As I previously informed you, two blasts took the lives of a child and two adults during Friday's race, and police inform that 141 people have been injured in the process... |
16 April 2013
08:38 GMT |
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The identity of a 78-year-old man running the Boston Marathon and being thrown to the ground in yesterday' explosions has gone viral, leaving everyone wondering about the man's condition and identity.
The elderly runner featured in the photo is Bill Iffrig of Boston, participating in his 45th race and ente... |
16 April 2013
03:07 GMT |
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A second horse has died within two days of competition on the Aintree Racecourse, near Liverpool in England, the British Horseracing Authority confirms.
The incident, which has taken place before the Grand National race, have raised concerns among animal rights group who are complaining about the condition of the co... |
6 April 2013
06:25 GMT |
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The developers at Telltale Games that have created The Walking Dead adventure game series say that they have made their main character black because it meshed well with the Georgian setting, but also so that they could explore how race influenced his reactions.
Developers Jake Rodkin and Sean Vanaman are quoted by P... |
3 April 2013
19:31 GMT |
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A race car accident involving two vehicles at the Marysville Raceway Park in California has left two people dead in one of the cars. According to Sky News, a driver has been killed in the crash and the teenage driver of the second vehicle has escaped the collision unharmed. While 68-year-old Dale Wondergem Jr. fro... |
18 March 2013
09:53 GMT |
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A 53-year-old man has brought home the prize at the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race this year. That makes Mitch Seavey the oldest winner recorded in the 41-year history of the game. According to Anchorage Daily News, he won the race by 23 minutes and 39 seconds, snatching a win from last year's runner-up, Aliy Zir... |
13 March 2013
08:28 GMT |
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President Obama has unveiled a statue of Rosa Parks in the Capital building. Parks' statue lies in the Capitol’s National Statuary Hall, as a testament to her contribution to supporting African Americans' Civil Rights. According to the Belleville News Democrat, the woman that many dub a heroine for h... |
28 February 2013
10:26 GMT |
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This year's first Nascar practice session has been interrupted by a five-car crash at Daytona International Speedway. Fortunately, none of the drivers or team staff members has been injured.Kurt Busch, Carl Edwards and Mark Martin have been forced to use their backups for this Saturday's preseason race, Inq... |
16 February 2013
07:34 GMT |
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The Walt Disney Company is being sued by a family claiming one of their employees at the Ananheim Disneyland amusement park has displayed racist behavior. The Black family from San Diego is claiming that the person embodying the White Rabbit character has refused to interact with their children due to their race. A... |
8 February 2013
04:36 GMT |
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Kimberly McCarthy's execution in Texas, scheduled for today, has been rescheduled, sources say. Her death by lethal injection would have marked the 13th female execution in Texas in 40 years. As I detailed yesterday, McCarthy was convicted of murdering her next-door neighbor in 2010. She also cut off the senior... |
30 January 2013
05:31 GMT |
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Nine African-American applicants to the coveted title of American Idol are suing for being wrongly disqualified. They claim the decision was racially motivated.
Corey Clark (Season 2), Jaered Andrews (Season 2), Donnie Williams (Season 3), Terrell Brittenum (Season 5), Thomas Daniels (Season 6), Akron Watson (Season... |
26 January 2013
06:59 GMT |
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The Lego company has created a palace for Jabba the Hut that apparently resembles a Turkish mosque, a bit too much. The model is part of their Star Wars-inspired series, and it is aimed at teenagers around the age of 14.
It was supposed to be a fun game about freeing Han Solo from the Palace, as seen in the Return ... |
25 January 2013
08:51 GMT |
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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is dodging questions about whether or not he is in a relationship with former Indy Car racer Danica Patrick.
Stenhouse responded to a series of questions during his Sprint Media Tour, on Thursday, January 24. As expected, a lot of them were about him dating fellow Sprint Cup driver Patrick.
The... |
25 January 2013
08:32 GMT |
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48-year-old Copa Burse from Des Moines, Iowa is bringing farm-implement company Deere to court, claiming her employer did nothing to stop racial discrimination against her, at the work-place. The woman has been employed at the Deere plant in Ankeny since 2010, the Inquisitr writes. During this time, Burse claims she... |
1 November 2012
09:56 GMT |
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For many months now, Halle Berry has been arguing in court that it would be in her daughter’s best interest if she moved to France, thus taking her from her father, her ex, model Gabriel Aubry. She talks about that and much more with the New York Times.
All personal drama aside, Halle also talks about another ... |
23 October 2012
13:51 GMT |
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Disney Junior has landed itself in very troubled waters with its new made for TV movie, “Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess,” which claims to have as protagonist Disney’s first Latina princess. Visuals, though, contradict this statement.
Check out the trailer for the new movie, which is present... |
19 October 2012
08:16 GMT |
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Devin Graham is somewhat of a YouTube god, after uploading fresh, creative, videos on his devinsupertramp channel, every Tuesday.
Other 2 videos Graham uploaded 2-3 weeks ago went viral, with more than 600,000 views. Paramotor Sky Racers – Parabatix has already amassed over 100,000 views in just 2 days.
The c... |
3 October 2012
03:48 GMT |
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27-year-old Mike Lovell was killed on Sunday during a speedboat championship in Weymouth Bay, Dorset. His boat capsized during the last race of the P1 Superstock class. The driver was accompanied by his navigator, Dan Whapples. Whapples also suffered severe injuries, but he is now recovering in hospital, and althoug... |
18 September 2012
03:29 GMT |
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The stars of this mesh-up defied death and survived, not without a serious adrenaline rush. Their quick-thinking, good reflexes and luck helped them tell the tale on YouTube.
It seems like they had an appointment with the Grim Reaper but, some without even acknowledging the danger they were in, managed to escape at ... |
17 September 2012
08:56 GMT |
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Tokyo’s annual Eco Products exhibition has managed to showcase an eco-friendly innovation built entirely by teenagers who have manifested their passion both for eco-friendly values and scientific technology.The result of their work is an amazing-looking solar-powered car, designed during an educational program ... |
19 December 2011
02:27 GMT |
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is one of the biggest upcoming launches of the year and the fans who have had a chance to get their hands on the game at recent trade events, mainly the Eurogamer Expo, have joined forces in order to combine a repository of the racial perks and the skills trees that players will get to cho... |
27 September 2011
05:49 GMT |
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If it’s not one thing, then it’s the other: days after rumors of a trial separation between Beyonce and Jay-Z emerged in the press, another report suggests she may be bleaching her skin regularly to appear whiter. The report comes in the British tabloid the Daily Mail, bearing, as expected, a question mar... |
17 February 2011
08:47 GMT |
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Perhaps in response to rumors of ex Gabriel Aubry telling people that his and Halle Berry’s daughter Nahla is white, the Oscar-winning actress is in the latest issue of Ebony magazine talking race, identity and the “one-drop theory.”As it’s already well known, Halle and Gabriel have been locke... |
9 February 2011
06:46 GMT |
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A new study carried out by two University of Sydney veterinarians, investigating the impact of whipping on performance in Thoroughbred races, concluded that whipping racehorses is futile and does not make any difference in the race results.Dr David Evans, study co-author and Honorary Associate Professor at the Facult... |
31 January 2011
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A blonde-haired and blue-eyed 21-year-old beauty queen has stepped forward to speak of bullying and racial discrimination on the Miss IndiaNZ beauty pageant, where she was told to the face she was “not Indian enough” to win. According to the Telegraph, Jacinta Lal is born to a Indo-Fijian father and a New... |
14 October 2010
13:41 GMT |
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This month’s issue of Interview magazine features a lengthy interview and a very eerie photospread with none other than temperamental Naomi Campbell, in which she talks about anything and everything from fashion to her scandalous run-ins with authorities.In the interview, Naomi talks a bit about being a supermo... |
30 September 2010
15:21 GMT |
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Oscar-nominee Gabourey Sidibe, one of the most promising actresses of the moment, finds herself in the middle of yet another controversy, though it’s not something she did herself. For the 25th anniversary of Elle, the magazine is coming out with 4 different covers, one of which shows Gabby in close-up frame. T... |
17 September 2010
06:07 GMT |
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One week ago, it was announced that Stacy Schiff’s book “Cleopatra: A Life” would be turned into a film and that Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie had already been cast for the part. While some details still remain sketchy, the first reactions to the announcement have been anything but enthusiast... |
18 June 2010
07:15 GMT |
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In a new study from researchers at the University of Toronto Scarborough, scientists reveal that the human brain fires differently when an individual sees another person from outside his or her own ethnic group or race. The investigation was meant to gage how the mirror-neuron-system functions when exposed to cues co... |
27 April 2010
14:01 GMT |
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Humans are known for their tendency to divide society into groups. Most commonly, these groups fall into two simple categories, the ones that a certain individual is a part of, and another one to which he or she does not belong to. Some groups are formed through experiences, such as a group of friends, while others i... |
13 April 2010
05:56 GMT |
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Danica Patrick made her NASCAR debut over the weekend, at Saturday’s Nationwide Series but, despite the preceding hype and expectations pinned on the race, it did not end well for the driver and occasional (glamour) model. Her car was caught up in a 12-vehicle pileup and she finished only 35th, as the Blea... |
15 February 2010
04:40 GMT |
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Days ago, the Internet almost went ablaze when a photo of baseball pro Sammy Sosa emerged, showing him with obviously much lighter skin tone. Speculation of him bleaching his skin to appear “whiter” immediately started to make the rounds but, strangely enough, no matter how intense the rumors go... |
12 November 2009
10:15 GMT |
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Just recently, an Australian television show with a tradition of many years was singled out for allowing a group of white entertainers to perform a skit in blackface. Shortly after, the French Vogue also came under serious fire, as it had a model do the same for an entire spread. Now, it’s Tyra Banks’ tur... |
30 October 2009
09:28 GMT |
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This week, Rachel Christie became the first black Miss England in history. In doing so, she proved to the world that beauty pageants are not all about girls who can only think of shoes and diamonds, while proving to herself that she could attain her goal no matter the color of her skin. In a brand-new interview with ... |
25 July 2009
04:31 GMT |
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Next year's early April will have NASA host the 16th yearly Great Moonbuggy Race, just the same as it did since 1994. This competition is addressed to high school and college teams (separately) that want to test how their technology skills would fare on the Moon. The winning condition is that a vehicle is the fi... |
1 December 2008
07:25 GMT |
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Cartoon Network Racing is the creation of Cartoon Network Interactive, Eutechnyx and The Game Factory. It was developed for the PlayStation 2 and the Nintendo DS. There is one driver on each kart. In the DS version, there are 20 characters and the Powerpuff Girls have separate karts. Their karts are similar to their... |
8 October 2008
16:41 GMT |
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The number of people who address the matter of whether we're good or bad as a race increases by the day, especially in later times, when issues such as global warming, resource depletion, pollution, urbanization or wars are believed to eventually threaten the planet's equilibrium up to some point.Of course,... |
2 October 2008
11:07 GMT |
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Apparently, there is no doubt about the winner of the Rocket Racing League's first race, since the competition that took place on Tuesday saw only one rocket plane in the sky, namely that of the XCOR Aerospace of Mojave. The Armadillo rocket plane did not receive the flight approval from the Federal Aviation Adm... |
30 July 2008
09:48 GMT |
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Two of the most promising concepts in the quest to establish a future commercial space flight service, the Armadillo and the XCOR rocket planes, designed and built by the Armadillo Aerospace of Mesquite, Texas and by the XCOR Aerospace of Mojave, California, are scheduled to flight a head-to-head race next week, as p... |
23 July 2008
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While studying the human remains found in two ancient Danish burial sites dated as far back as the iron age researchers from the University of Copenhagen discovered the remains of a man that appears to be of Arabian origin, meaning that during the iron age humans were much more mobile than previously though and that ... |
10 June 2008
03:43 GMT |
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You surely have heard about the Tasmanian devil. You understand why devil, but what do you know about the island of Tasmania?It is a land located between 40o 38' and 43o 39' S, off southeastern Australia, being slightly larger than the island of Ireland (with a similar clime, too). The wet cool temperate cl... |
14 March 2008
17:46 GMT |
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One of the most primitive human groups on Earth were the native inhabitants of the Tierra del Fuego ("Land of Fire") island, at the southern tip of South America, a stormy, cold and inhospitable area, discovered by Magellan in 1520. The weather is cloudy almost all year long and violent storms are accompanied by trem... |
11 March 2008
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What's behind the racial mix we call Polynesians and Micronesians (and think about from Hawaiians to Maori)? A new research carried out by a team led by Jonathan Friedlaender points that the race of the Pacific islanders could be the result of East Asians who quickly island-hopped through Melanesia (New Guinea,... |
21 January 2008
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The Australian Aborigines form together with the Bushmen and pygmies one of the oldest human race. They are one of the first human groups to have moved out of Africa perhaps 60,000 years ago. This group formed a race later known as Black Asians. 12,000 years ago, they were the main inhabitants of India, Indochina, In... |
5 January 2008
03:47 GMT |
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Pygmies make the smallest human race, but they are not dwarfs. Amongst those of pure blood, men have an average height of just 1.45 m (4 ft 10 in) and women of 1.33 m (4 ft, 1in), still they do not represent a dwarf variant of the Black Africans. Their body proportions are the same with those of other humans, that�... |
12 December 2007
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Europeans regarded them as part of myths for long, the old Egyptian and Greek texts mentioned the existence of very short people in Africa. Ancient Greeks spoke about "Pugmaeus" ("foot" as a measure unit). But in 1874, a German explorer met the first pygmies ever seen by a European in the current Congo republic. Stil... |
30 November 2007
13:21 GMT |
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Being bald or boasting a "leonine mane", having straight or curled hair, blond or black… it's all in the genes. And while you're admiring the silky hair of the East Asian girls, you should know one fact: their hair fibers are 30% larger than those of Africans and 50% than those of the Europeans.A new resear... |
5 November 2007
05:37 GMT |
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For the Europeans, which are generally unaccustomed to seeing people of other races, Asians and Blacks look all the same at first. This is due to the fact that, amongst Europeans, there is a huge variation inside the same population when it comes to eye/hair/skin color, while they see just black haired brown eyed peo... |
24 October 2007
14:06 GMT |
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"FIA World Rally Championship" will be available from now on at a global scale, bringing car racing fun to handsets everywhere. I-play will try to bring the intense racing feeling on mobile phones through this officially licensed WRC mobile game.Millions of fans take part in World Rally Championship events every year... |
3 October 2007
06:19 GMT |
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