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Watch world's first successful car backflip by French stunt driver

Watch world's first successful car backflip by French stunt driverIf it looks like Chicherit was driving slow, it's because he was. He approached the 25-foot-high ramp at 37 miles per hour on Sunday, reported the Daily Mail.The 34-year-old flew 75 feet upward while performing the stunt in a Mini Countryman. The car company also posted a video of the backflip.The event took place at Tignes, a French ski resort located in the Alps.View "Watch world's first successful car backflip by French stunt driver" on Spundge

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Watch asteroid 2012 DA14 live as it does a fly-by of Earth

Watch asteroid 2012 DA14 live as it does a fly-by of EarthAt noon EST, NASA will stream near real-time imagery of the asteroid's fly-by from feeds made available by astronomers in Australia and Europe. At 2 p.m., the stream will switch to a half-hour broadcast including commentary, real-time animation and live or near real-time views of the asteroid. The asteroid is projected to pass by the Earth at a distance of 17,150 miles, which is comparable to six times the distance between New York and Los Angeles. "The asteroid's path is ...View "Watch asteroid 2012 DA14 live as it does a fly-by of Earth" on Spundge

Amazing video of huge meteorite exploding over Russia, damaging buildings and injuring hundreds

Amazing video of huge meteor exploding over Russia, damaging buildingsA huge meteor exploded over Russia Friday morning in a burst of light and thundering boom that blew out windows and damaged some buildings. Many Russians captured the event on camera.This dashcam footage shows the initial explosion in the skyIn this video, the incredible blast is heardMeteor explosion in numbersThe collapsed roof. (Oleg Kargapolov/Chelyabinsk.ru/AP Photo) More than 500 people were injured, at least 34 of them had to be hospitalized. Scientists estimated the meteor weighted about 10 tons. It ...View "Amazing video of huge meteor exploding over Russia, damaging buildings" on Spundge

Jim Boeheim calls ESPN's Andy Katz an 'idiot' and 'disloyal person'

Jim Boeheim calls ESPN's Andy Katz an 'idiot' and 'disloyal person'Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim opened his postgame press conference Wednesday night a peculiar way, calling out ESPN reporter Andy Katz.According to the New Haven Register, after the sixth-ranked Orange were upset by UConn, 66-58, Boeheim immediately lashed into Katz. Boeheim said to Katz that he would answer "anybody's question but yours, because you're an idiot, a really disloyal person. And a few other things I could add, but I'm not gonna go there."As noted by Deadspin, this isn't the ...View "Jim Boeheim calls ESPN's Andy Katz an 'idiot' and 'disloyal person'" on Spundge

WATCH LIVE: President Barack Obama sells preschool plan

President Barack Obama sells preschool plan: Watch liveDuring his State of the Union address Tuesday, Obama said: "I propose working with states to make high-quality preschool available to every child in America." He singled out Georgia in his address, which made pre-K programs universal in 1995, reported Businessweek.The administration has since released the details of Obama's plan for early childhood education.View "President Barack Obama sells preschool plan: Watch live" on Spundge

Bizarre blotter: Topless protest leads legislators to define nipples as indecent and other unusual crimes

Bizarre blotter: Topless protest leads legislators to define nipples as indecent and other unusual crimesWhen indecent exposure just isn't enough: North Carolina law seeks to clarify the state of women's nipples(Evan Amos/Wikimedia Commons)It was a topless protest hosted in a park last summer that apparently prompted North Carolina legislator Rayne Brown to introduce a bill defining women's nipples as indecent, reports WRAL. An indecent exposure law is already in place, but because it doesn't specifically define private parts, there's some confusion going on. Brown's law would define "the nipple, or any portion of the ...View "Bizarre blotter: Topless protest leads legislators to define nipples as indecent and other unusual crimes" on Spundge

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Watch world's first successful car backflip by French stunt driver

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Watch asteroid 2012 DA14 live as it does a fly-by of Earth

Amazing video of huge meteorite exploding over Russia, damaging buildings and injuring hundreds

Jim Boeheim calls ESPN's Andy Katz an 'idiot' and 'disloyal person'

WATCH LIVE: President Barack Obama sells preschool plan

Bizarre blotter: Topless protest leads legislators to define nipples as indecent and other unusual crimes

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