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James Glindemann, 68, was sat on a park bench in Sale, southeastern Australia, on Tuesday when the incident occurred. “I sat down at a bench there and the magpie came up and I started talking to it because I like them,” Glindemann told ABC News. “And it looked at me and I didn’t give it any food, so it just attacked me.” “First it struck my left eye and when it landed back on the ground, I didn’t drop my food and so it attacked me again in the right eye....

One of the new MacBook Pro’s best features is the breakaway, magnet-powered MagSafe charging port. It’s convenient, it’s safe (of course), and it lets you know if your Mac is charged with a glance from across the room, thanks to its built-in LED indicator. Over the years, countless Macs have been saved by the breakaway connector snapping free, instead of dragging the poor Mac to its doom. But if it’s so good, why did Apple ditch it in the first place?...

His achievement is particularly commendable considering he is playing both singles and doubles in the tournament and is still flying high in both the arenas. It was one-way traffic throughout the first set, where the top seed steamrolled past the clueless Frenchman with his excellent serving and powerful forehand. He won five back to back games to lead 5-0 in the set before Simon was finally able to hold serve at his third attempt....

Maid Sama! gained popularity through its manga run originally. It debuted in 2006, and ran all the way until 2013. In 2010, a 26-episode anime was also released under the same name by Sentai Filmworks. The anime was popular enough that it had an official DVD release in North America, in addition to an official English translation of the manga series. RELATED: The Most Iconic Anime Maids, Ranked Maid Sama!...

The Road to Abu Ghraib Congratulations on a brilliant piece of investigation into the shocking images coming out from Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq (“The Roots of Torture,” May 24). Thanks to the cameras, we are able to see what went on behind the prison walls. Torture and abuse at Abu Ghraib are abhorrent, but not unique. Worse goes on in Israeli, Syrian and Libyan jails. You might want to focus the spotlight on the systematic abuse and inhumane treatment of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, for example....

Diagnosing Depression I am glad that teen and childhood depression are showing up on the radar (“Young and Depressed,” Oct. 7). My husband and I both have fought depression since our late teens, and it was no surprise that three of our four sons have had problems with depression as well. However, your article was also frightening, and led me to wonder if depression will become the diagnosis du jour whenever a child is not “fitting in” at school, much the way thousands of children were misdiagnosed with hyperactivity and given strong medication in the form of Ritalin....

Butte County, north of Sacramento, said it had relocated a number of ballot drop-offs to give voters more opportunities to post their votes ahead of the November 3 election. The county’s clerk-recorder, Candace Grubbs, said at least two boxes had been moved outside. She said a third had been moved from inside the Gridley City Hall to the lobby of the police station “to provide greater hours of operation and accessibility for voters....

Earlier this year, photographer Chris Hamilton toured the camp. What impressed him most was the inhabitants’ courage. Their injuries and poverty have not kept them from building two mosques, a church and a school. “If it wasn’t for the heart of these people, this place would be even more horrific,” says Hamilton. One of his pictures shows a man sitting with a friend’s small daughter. She lost her arm to an RUF bullet....

In 2017, they bought centre back Abdou Diallo from Monaco for €5 million, and sold him a year later to Dortmund for €28 million. They’ve also bought Jean-Philippe Mateta from Lyon for €8 million, Jean-Philippe Gbamin from Lens for €5 million, and Moussa Niakhaté from Metz for €6 million. In total, €19 million, although they’ll likely triple or quadruple their profit. Intriguingly, this is a new development. Since West and East Germany were reunified, Mainz did not make a single permanent transfer from France until 2015, when they signed Gaëtan Bussmann from Metz....

The poll, which was conducted by The Economist/YouGov, surveyed 1,500 adults from July 5 to July 7. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points. According to the poll, 57 percent of respondents said they support closing state economies again, with 34 percent saying they strongly support and 23 percent saying they somewhat support it. In comparison, the poll found that 32 percent say they oppose closing down the economy again, with 15 percent saying they somewhat oppose and 17 percent saying they strongly oppose....

Conducted by the Center for Opinion Research at Franklin & Marshall College between July 20 and 26, the poll found that 55 percent of Biden backers were motivated to vote for the former vice president so they could see Trump unseated, rather than out of an eagerness to see Biden himself in power. Among those who said they would be voting for Trump, the overwhelming majority expressed the opposing sentiment, saying they were backing their candidate out of support for the president himself, rather than as a vote against Biden....

By sending their child to school in the fall, seven in 10 American parents said there would be a large or moderate risk to their child’s health and well-being, according to an Axios/Ipsos poll released Tuesday. Although Democrats were 29 percentage points more likely than Republicans to express that the concern, 53 percent of Republicans surveyed said they thought there was a risk with resuming in-person classes. Schools nationwide moved to online learning as cases of the new coronavirus rose in the in the spring....

First, he got some shots off against Braden Holtby and fought Tom Wilson. (What a takedown!) Your browser does not support iframes. Then he dropped the puck before the Caps took on the Sabres, but not before clearing Steve Ott from the faceoff circle. Your browser does not support iframes. Neinaber suffers from cell histiocytosis, according to Russian Machine Never Breaks, but we hope this day brought a smile to the young boy's face....

Today, this concept of pen pals is broadened with the help of technology. You can now write to someone living hundreds of miles away through smartphone apps. So, let’s look at five of the best pen pal apps for Android. 1. SLOWLY SLOWLY lets you connect with users across the world by writing them digital letters. The app is pretty different from traditional instant messaging apps, though. SLOWLY has a mailing time feature that makes you wait for the communication with your friend....

Filmed on location in 18 countries, “Dancing” investigates not styles or stars but ideas: dance in religion, dance at court, dance as the product of colliding cultures. The third program, for instance, “Sex and Social Dance,” moves among different cultures to show how each conveys lessons in morals and behavior through formal social dancing. While kids in the Cook Islands grin and wriggle as they dance in joyful groups, their counterparts in Connecticut wear white gloves and belabor the waltz without a trace of rhythm or spontaneity....

Dr. Mark Sauer and his colleagues at the University of Southern California implanted fertilized eggs into seven 40- to 44-year-old women who had stopped ovulating. The eggs were extracted from three younger women and fertilized with sperm from the older women’s husbands. The older women were treated with gonadal hormones to make their wombs more receptive. Not only did six of the seven become pregnant, but four gave birth to healthy babies....

The latest target? “Woke” ideology. One of France’s leading magazines, Le Spectacle Du Monde, ran a cover story titled “The Suicide of America.” The magazine blamed America’s retreat from Afghanistan on “a woke dictatorship” and questioned whether the American “empire was collapsing.” In the same issue, an article faulted U.S. universities as islands of extremism, where even students’ Halloween costumes are policed, citing Yale University as a place where “offensive” costume-wearers were punished....

The game in question is Half-Life 3, and while Valve seems adamant on not saying anything about the game, no one has forgotten about it. In fact, even video game developers are getting in on the fun, referencing Half-Life 3 any chance they get, like Avalanche Studios did in their recent Mad Max game. Although most gamers would love to see Half-Life 3 become a reality, Avalanche is less optimistic....

The summary on both the websites reads: “Be the playmaker in Madden NFL 16 with all-new controls that allow you to dominate in the battle for air supremacy”. Revamping the controls looks like the right move on the part of EA Sports, who have seemingly responded to fans demands for a more exciting game. Upgrading the controls stands a high chance of attracting fans of the series. Another explanation for EA’s decision to revamp Madden 16’s control could be so that the game proves to be strong competition for the upcoming Joe Montana 16 which is set to rival Madden 16 for the title of the best NFL game....

RELATED: NBA 2K20: Ranking The 10 Best Golden State Warriors Of The Last Decade On the flip side, there have been numerous superstars who haven’t lived up to what was expected of them on the field and their overalls should be lowered in response. Here are 5 NFL players whose ratings deserve to skyrocket and 5 who need an overall rating drop tomorrow. 10 Down: Ben Roethlisberger This entry mostly has to do with Ben Roethlisberger injuring himself and being out for the year....