The Wednesday Slatest Newsletter

Edit Slate 21 Jul 2016
Today's biggest stories. After 36 hours of denying it, the Trump campaign admitted that parts of Melania Trump's Monday RNC speech were copied from a 2008 speech by Michelle Obama ... It seemed like Donald Trump Jr ... We caught up with famous/infamous ex-South Carolina governor Mark Sanford, who finds a lot of things about the Trump campaign disturbing ... ....

Keys from doomed Titanic to be sold at Christie's

Edit Belfast Telegraph 21 Jul 2016
Lawrence of Arabia's headscarf, a Stetson owned by Sir Winston Churchill and a set of keys from the Titanic are among the eclectic items on sale at Christie's Out of the Ordinary auction ... "I hope my insatiable appetite for the curious, the famous and the infamous will inspire a new generation of custodians." ... ....

Pokemon Go: Where might you catch 'em all in Japan?

Edit BBC News 21 Jul 2016
Much of the world is already consumed by Pokemon Go fever, but in Japan, the birthplace of Pokemon, desperate fans are still awaiting their turn. There are rumours the game will launch there soon, alongside a sponsorship deal with McDonald's turning restaurants in to "Pokestops" or "gyms", where players can battle against each other or find new monsters ... Magmar first appeared in an infamous volcanic gym battle, with his trainer Blaine....

Does Meredith McIver Actually Exist? Twitter Has Its Doubts

Edit The Wrap 21 Jul 2016
Meredith McIver has taken the fall in the plagiarism scandal surrounding the RNC speech given by Melania Trump. But she also seems to have fallen off the face of the earth, as far as the Twitterati are concerned ... Does McIver actually exist?. Also Read ... Meredith McIver now revealed to be D B Cooper,” went another reponse, referring to the infamous aircraft hijacker for whom the FBI recently abandoned its decades-long search ... "No....

Trump-Pence Is the Ultimate Throwback Ticket

Edit Bloomberg 21 Jul 2016
Donald Trump and Mike Pence are trying to win the White House for the next four years by pitching a throwback ticket to a bygone American era ... Senator James Lankford ... "The GOP platform would drag us back 50 years or more, and Trump's running mate is famous (or infamous) for his anti-women, anti-gay extremism," said Paul Begala, an adviser to presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's super-PAC ... ....

Infamous Quests to Shut Down After Release of Next Titles

Edit TechRaptor 20 Jul 2016
Unfortunately, there is some sad news to share with all of our readers today. The independent gaming studio Infamous Quests – which has worked on titles such as Quest for Infamy and Order of the Thorne. The King’s Challenge – will be shutting down. The studio published this message on their website on July 18, ... The post Infamous Quests to Shut Down After Release of Next Titles appeared first on TechRaptor ... ....

Sign from “infamous” Colorado delegation at RNC heading to Smithsonian

Edit Denver Post 20 Jul 2016
CLEVELAND — Colorado made history ... “You are famous, infamous, as a delegation,” Colorado GOP Chairman Steve House told the delegates at a breakfast meeting Wednesday. “So, I guess, congratulations, all of you.” ... Related Articles ... Whether famous or infamous, Colorado is generating heated feelings on both sides as it exemplifies the divide in the party created by Trump’s candidacy ... ....

A Chilean murder and a French woman's fight against extradition

Edit Topix 20 Jul 2016
Rooted in Chile's political turmoil in the early 90s and embroiled in extradition proceedings almost 17,000 km away in Delhi, Frenchwoman Marie Emmanuelle Verhoevan's journey to Tihar, she says, is like a movie ... the assassination of a conservative politician, her service in prison administration, an infamous jail-break, her seeking out spirituality and eventual incarceration in a faraway land ... ....

Twitter bans Milo Yiannopoulos, one of its worst trolls

Edit The Verge 20 Jul 2016
Twitter has permanently suspended the account of Breitbart tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos, a day after the infamous internet troll helped incite his ......

Cronulla riots film director Abe Forsythe says Australia is more racist now

Edit Topix 20 Jul 2016
The director of a new film on the Cronulla riots says the country is more racist now than when that infamous event took place more than a decade ago. Set in the aftermath of the Cronulla Riots, Down Under sees two groups of hotheads crash into each other, with alarming and comedic results ... ....

Zidane's headbutt 10 years on: the hit that shocked the football world

Edit Australian Broadcasting Corporation 20 Jul 2016
It's been a touch over a decade since Zinedine Zidane's infamous headbutt on Italian defender Marco Materazzi that brought an end to the football great's career on the biggest stage of them all ... ....

Bid to stop Ahmed Elomar, brother of slain jihadist, release from prison

Edit Canberra Times 20 Jul 2016
The decision to release Ahmed Elomar - the brother and nephew of two infamous Australian terrorists - from prison will be challenged by the NSW government ... ....

Chief judge raps 'porno-trolling collective' attorneys

Edit Chicago Business 20 Jul 2016
Two members of Prenda Law, an infamous Chicago firm that threatened to sue thousands of people for downloading porn, continue to fight a court order to pay $261,000 in sanctions ... ....
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