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A young Bruce Springsteen fan may have had the best late note a kid could get. A nine-year-old’s dream came true last week when he not only got to see his idol Bruce Springsteen in concert AND mitch his morning classes, but got a personalised late note from Bruce himself.

New study has found testicular cancer survivors need only be monitored with CT scans for two years following treatment instead of five. Scientists looked at the cases of about 1,000 testicular cancer patients who had been treated for metastatic disease, or cancer that had spread. Scientists at the University of Calgary collected data from about 1,000 metastatic testicular cancer patients …

It seems that there is a spanking new rumor going around concerning the upcoming Nintendo NX, and this time around it would involve the alleged controller of the Nintendo NX. This image that you see above hails from Reddit user Idriss2Dev, who claims that it is indeed the Nintendo NX’s official controller, although we would like to take what we …

Lucy Jones, known to many Southern Californians as the voice of calm after the earthquake, announced Friday that she is retiring from her position with the U.S. Geological Survey. The seismologist has been a familiar voice over the years, providing context on some of the biggest earthquakes to hit Southern California and partnering with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to …

Missing Katy teenager Adriana Coronado was shot to death, according to Harris County medical examiners. Adriana Coronado went missing on March 12 in Katy, Texas, after police believe she was a witness to the murder of her father, Cesar Coronado. Her father’s burned body had been discovered in a rural area in Walker County, and an Amber Alert was immediately …

A new PlayStation 4.5 more powerful, able to run games without any problems at 4K resolution is being developed by Sony. Plans for the improved version of the Playstation 4 have not been officially announced, but Kotaku reports that Sony has informed several game developers about the new console. A Sony spokesman refused to respond to the rumors.

Facebook has decided to cease all support for BlackBerry smartphones, which includes BlackBerry 10 and BBOS platforms. They have decided to discontinue its essential APIs for BB, which will affect the working of the existing Facebook and WhatsApp apps on all BlackBerry devices. BlackBerry has replaced the official BB Facebook App with a native app that uses a simple web …

A teacher at a South Bronx middle school was fined $300 for showing her eighth grade students a video of an ISIS terrorist beheading a journalist, allegedly telling them, “This is what’s going on in the real world.” Investigators spoke to three of the eighth-grade students who saw the clip, which showed a masked man holding a knife to the …

Police in Metro Vancouver want one very distracted driver off the road for a long time. In a tweet, the Vancouver Police Department noted one of its officers has just handed a woman her 14th ticket for using a cellphone while behind the wheel.

Paracetamol, a common over-the-counter pain-reliever, does not work in the treatment of osteoarthritis, a joint disorder afflicting tens of millions of elderly people, according to a study released Friday. Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disease worldwide. In Switzerland, 20 percent of the population over the age of 60 is affected. The disease leads to pain, function restrictions of the …

A single injection of stem cells could one day restore normal bone structure in patients with osteoporosis, say researchers from the University of Toronto and The Ottawa Hospital who achieved this reversal in mice. Osteoporosis affects over 200 million people worldwide and, unlike post-menopausal (type-I) osteoporosis, both women and men are equally susceptible to developing the age-related form of this …