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Canada’s ‘HitchBOT’ Destroyed in Philadelphia

HitchBOT’s co-creators Frauke Zeller and David Smith said Monday that they’ve been overwhelmed with support and offers to revive the robot since it was vandalized beyond repair and left on a street in Philadelphia on Saturday and they are considering rebuilding it.

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Preliminary Report on Amtrak Crash: No Infrastructure Anomalies

What did cause the crash, if not heartless penny-pinching Republican budget-cutters? “Based on the NTSB’s preliminary review of the train’s event recorder data, the train was travelling at 106 mph before the emergency brake system engaged. The data indicated that the engineer activated the emergency brakes seconds before the derailment.”

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Nicki Minaj’s Road Manager Stabbed to Death at Bar

The manager of Nicki Minaj’s concert road team was stabbed to death outside of a bar in Philadelphia, PA early Wednesday, while a second crew member remains in critical condition, also with stab wounds, according to Billboard. Minaj first took

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