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Saturday March 31st, 2018 night edition

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36-Year-Old Accountant Called In As Emergency NHL Goalie — And He Crushed It.

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Scott Foster is a 36-year-old accountant who lives in Oak Park, Ill. More than a decade ago, he was goalie on Western Michigan's hockey team.

These days he plays in a rec league at a rink called Johnny's Icehouse.

That rink is just a few blocks east of the arena where the Chicago Blackhawks play — and where, on Thursday night, Foster became a legend.

Just before faceoff against the Winnipeg Jets, the Blackhawks tweeted that they had signed Foster to an amateur tryout contract to be the team's emergency backup goaltender: EBUG, for short.

Then fill-in goalie Collin Delia, making his own NHL debut, had to leave the game in the third period due to cramping. »

Lindsay Lohan loses GTA V privacy case appeal

Authored by bbc.com

Instead, the judges said, the in-game "actress slash singer" merely resembled a generic young woman.

The case dates back to 2014 when Ms Lohan first sued Rockstar Games.

The court also rejected a claim that another GTA V character was based on the reality TV star Karen Gravano on similar grounds. »

Japan whalers return from Antarctic hunt after killing 333 whales

Authored by afp.com
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A fleet of five whalers set sail for the Southern Ocean in November, as Tokyo pursues its "research whaling" in defiance of global criticism.

The fleet caught 333 minke whales as planned without any interruption by anti-whaling campaigners, the Fisheries Agency said in a statement.

Japan is a signatory to the International Whaling Commission moratorium on hunting, but exploits a loophole that allows whales to be killed for scientific research. »

Dear People Who Won't Shut Up In Movie Theaters: You're The Worst.

Authored by dailywire.com

But more and more, I’ve found, it has become harder and harder to get the movie theater experience at movie theaters.

They’ve graciously invited you into their home to watch a movie, so they’ll do as they damn well please.

It’s sad that they even need to play the “Don’t Talk Or Text” announcement before the movie starts. »

AI-driven unemployment in Hong Kong can be offset by a tax on profits generated by robots

Authored by scmp.com

In the 2018-2019 budget, Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po vowed to spend more money to boost innovation and development.

Any responsible government must address the gap between the interests of potentially displaced workers and those of shareholders and corporate management.

Governments should be thinking about how to deal with the potential upheaval as a result of massive unemployment. »