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The all-day event featured teams competing in multiple varied events, which also included a pork butt eating contest, a "Florida Ma'am" beauty contest and an "evading arrest obstacle course" that featured competitors being pursued by actual police officers.

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Key Points

  • A driverless goods train in India traveled over 40 miles (70 km) reaching nearly 62 mph (100 km/h) before being stopped safely.
  • The incident occurred on Sunday morning when the train, carrying chip stones, stopped to change crew and was left without the handbrake applied.
  • Officials used wooden blocks on the tracks to slow down and eventually stop the train, preventing a potential accident.
  • No injuries were reported.
  • The cause of the incident is under investigation, and railway crossings were closed as a precaution.
  • In June, more than 280 people died in a train crash in the Balasore district of Odisha, near the Bay of Bengal.
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Well, that certainly didn't work out.

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I SAID MARYLAND COUPLE ATTENDED 135 CONCERTS....

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Stupid sexy Florida Marlins

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It is headed towards the earth at the speed of an unladen European swallow since we're using esoteric measurements now.

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I'm Chandler Bing. Could I BE wearing any more clothes?

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Is Gator e-wallet back?

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12105603

Former U.S. Rep. George Santos alleged in a lawsuit filed Saturday that late-night host Jimmy Kimmel deceived him into making videos on the Cameo app that were used to ridicule the disgraced New York Republican on the show.

The lawsuit filed in U.S. district court for the southern district of New York names Kimmel, ABC and Walt Disney Co. as defendants. A Disney representative listed as a media contact for the Jimmy Kimmel Live! show didn’t immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press seeking comment.

Santos, who was expelled from the House of Representatives last year after being charged with multiple counts of fraud and stealing from donors, is suing over alleged copyright infringement, fraudulent inducement, breach of contract and unjust enrichment.

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Surprisingly not someone's rent payment

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Dash bandits

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Something something good intentions hell....

People can be miserable fucks.

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Is 9 months long-lost? Is this fake? What do you think?

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You guys got a 30x12 place I can borrow? (Article says lean-to but I've never seen a 360 sq ft lean-to before.)

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