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☆ Fearsome spinosaurus wasn't the scourge of prehistoric seas after all
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Sereno and his team returned to their work with Spinosaurus in search of answers about what life had really been like for the fearsome dinosaur. James GurneyNext, the team turned to Spinosaurus’ tail. Dr. Frank Fish, tail mechanics expert and professor of biology at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, took the lead. Fish compared the Spinosaurus tail with those of alligators and other reptiles and found the dinosaur would have been too rigid to function well underwater. Spinosaurus fossils have largely been found in the riverbank deposits of Niger’s inland basins, which are distant from prehistoric marine coastlines.

"Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile" is written by Will Davies ("Flushed Away") and directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon ("Blades of Glory"). After you purchase "Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile," you'll be able to stream it whenever you like with no restrictions. Is 'Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile' worth watching? "Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile" received generally positive reviews. "Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile" is based on the classic children's book of the same name by author Bernard Waber.

☆ ‘Irreverent’ Review: Mobster of the Cloth
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Given that he’s about to impersonate a pastor in a spiritually needy backwater, Chicago mobster Paulo ( Colin Donnell ), the felonious fulcrum of “Irreverent,” may seem unworthy of our sympathy. Perhaps worst of all, he’s seated next to a real minister who has just been dumped by his wife. And won’t stop talking about it. There are worse things than crocodiles. Good natured and good enough, “Irreverent” is a 10-part series that has to rely on the charms of its cast—which are abundant—because the circumstances are both comedic and clichéd.

☆ 'Crocodile Of Wall Street' and the battle over billions in stolen bitcoins
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email'Crocodile Of Wall Street' and the battle over billions in stolen bitcoinsOn the morning of Aug. 2, 2016, all around the globe, thousands of unsuspecting crypto investors woke up to find their digital wallets mysteriously wiped out. News broke of a shocking digital heist: nearly 120,000 bitcoins stolen from Bitfinex and the start of a manhunt for the hackers. It has all the ingredients of a wide-screen thriller … only this one is true, and is unfolding to be "super, super weird," according to one of the investors targeted in the hack. 45:14 an hour ago

Instead, they're embroiled in a battle over who is the legal owner of all that stolen crypto. A company spokesperson told CNBC that Bitfinex customers could have sold the tokens for cash and then used the cash to buy more bitcoins at the time. The decision to offer customers tokens came after the company decided to generalize its losses across all account holders by 36%. Bitfinex hack victim Rafal Bielenia. Will Hogarth, who also had his crypto stolen in the Bitfinex hack, told CNBC, "I still expect my bitcoin back and I don't see any reason why they would keep it."

☆ CNBC's 'Crocodile of Wall Street' exposes the biggest crypto laundering scheme to date
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Eamon Javers | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCNBC's 'Crocodile of Wall Street' exposes the biggest crypto laundering scheme to dateCNBC's Eamon Javers joins 'TechCheck' to discuss crypto's largest laundering scheme thus far, the intrinsic ability of blockchain to help catch perpetrators and his new CNBC documentary on the subject, "Crocodile of Wall Street," available on YouTube.

☆ CNBC's 'Crocodile of Wall St' focuses on a couple accused of laundering billions in Bitcoin
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCNBC's 'Crocodile of Wall St' focuses on a couple accused of laundering billions in BitcoinCNBC's Eamon Javers joins 'Squawk Box' to report on the couple accused of laundering billions in stolen Bitcoin. They are featured in a new CNBC documentary, 'Crocodile of Wall St,' on YouTube.

☆ Fact Check-Image does not show an alligator swimming in a Florida home after Hurricane Ian
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

An image shared on social media purports to show an alligator in a Florida home, with some posts on social media saying it was after Hurricane Ian. But the image has been digitally manipulated using a photo of a crocodile in Australia. The Daily Mail credits Adelaide River Cruises for the photo (here), a river tour company based in the Northern Territory of Australia. “We know every crocodile in our part of the river.”The photo does not show an alligator in Florida after Hurricane Ian. Read more about our work to fact-check social media posts (here).

☆ Elton John set to perform at the White House on Friday
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Trevor Hunnicutt | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Elton John performs as he returns to complete his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour since it was postponed due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in 2020, in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan BachmanWASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will host British rocker Elton John for a performance on Friday at the White House, according to a press release. The "Tiny Dancer" and "Crocodile Rock" hit maker, 75, will headline an event where Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are also set to speak, the White House said on Tuesday. John previously performed at the White House during the Clinton administration in 1998. White House workers were setting up staging on Tuesday while cooks, technicians and other professionals got tests for COVID-19 in preparation for the event.

☆ Aide to Iran's Khamenei visits family of woman killed in custody -media
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

People protest outside Tehran's Amirkabir University of Technology following death of a woman in custody, in Tehran, Iran September 19, 2022 in this still image taken from a video obtained by REUTERS. Pourzahabi told Amini's family "all institutions will take action to defend the rights that were violated" and that he was sure Khamenei was "also affected and pained" by her death. "As I promised to the family of Ms. Amini, I will also follow up the issue of her death until the final result." In the nationwide condemnations of Amini's death, the Persian hashtag #MahsaAmini has reached over 3 million Twitter mentions. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said an investigation had been ordered into what he called Amini's tragic death and accused Washington of "shedding crocodile tears".

☆ Căsătorii în vremea coronavirusului - Ceremonii „virtuale”, restrânse sau amânate
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-20 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +10 min

Este cea ce-a treia căsătorie a actorului, care anterior a mai fost însurat cu Madonna şi Robin Wright. "Am avut o nuntă COVID. Prin aceasta vreau să spun că a fost oficiată de un comisar al comitatului prin videoconferinţă, iar noi eram acasă cu cei doi fii ai mei şi cu fratele meu. Sean Penn a avut până în iunie 2015 o relaţie cu actriţa de origine sud-africană Charlize Theron. Cu mulţi ani înainte, el a fost căsătorit cu actriţa Robin Wright, în perioada 1996-2010, şi cu Madonna, din 1985 până în 1989.

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