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(WIDK by Nora Poggi) – A Robot-Woman sings like a human, and wows audience at Robots in Motion exhibition.

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Hiroshi Ishiguro, famous Japanese robot designer, creates for 10 million Yen a robot-woman called Geminoid F with 65 and more facial expressions, singing and speaking ability in human-like voice, now selling for 110, 000$ at Robots in Motion Exhibition in Hong-Kong.

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(WIDK By Bob Bachelder) - Two sisters have been diagnosed with an extremely rare condition which turns their cells into crystals.

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Emily, 3, and Poppy-Mae, 22-months, are suffering from a one in 3.5 million condition, cystinosis, which is a genetic disorder that causes a buildup of amino-acid cystine in cells in the body.

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(WIDK By Mike McCurdy) - A seized South African man is saved by his girlfriend using Twitter.

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Lynn Peters, after receiving a message from her boyfriend, taken hostage after a carjacking in Johannesburg, turned to Twitter with a message for help that led to a city wide mission to find and rescue the frightened man.

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(WIDK By Max McKeon)The tech giant made the purchase on Monday, April 9th.

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Instagram, a Chicago based company, is only 2 years old, and was bought by Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg for a sum of one billion dollars.

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(WIDK by Patrick Heywood) - Children in Africa are being turned into the walking dead by a mysterious disease. 

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In East Africa, a mysterious disease, referring to as the ‘nodding disease’ by locals, is turning an increased number of children into ‘zombies’. Click to read more…

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(WIDK by Colleen Bjornholm) For one little boy the simple pleasure of eating ice cream could be life threatening. 

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He Since Joshua, 9, of New York is allergic to most foods and could die if he eats or even smells them, his family cooks meals on their patio deck.

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(WIDK By Bob Bachelder) - A new study has shown how men can tell if a woman is interested in them.

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Scientists say that the secret is all about eye contact and specific eye movements women make almost instantly after making eye contact.

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 (WIDK by Colleen Bjornholm) - This was one lucky baby.

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When it was discoved in a routine sonogram that baby Alaitz needed surgery on her lungs, doctors decide to operate on her while she was still in the womb, a world’s first which was announced Tuesday in a press conference in Barcelona.

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This incredible picture shows the Southern Lights between Antarctica and Australia as seen from the International Space Station.

The Southern Lights between Antarctica and Australia as seen from the International Space Station

Picture provided by Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers.

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(WIDK by Peter Storey)An out of this world visitor has manifested itself within a tree trunk.

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Ken Dobson, an octogenarian, discovered the bizarre likeness while bucking up some firewood in his Wiltshire backyard; his wife and he have decided to preserve the portrait from its intended incineration. Click to read more…

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(WIDK By Max McKeon) - The mask, while still in the concept phase, could be used in a variety of ways.

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Inventor Joco Paulo Lammoglia, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, created the device with the intention of using alternative energy to power mobile devices.

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 (WIDK by Max McKeon) -The woman hopes her story will provide inspiration to others.

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Harriet Smith, 26, struggled with an eating disorder since the age of 14.

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(WIDK By Bob Bachelder) - One woman is using gasoline as fuel for her body rather than her vehicle.

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TLC’s television program, My Strange Addiction, has introduced the public to Shannon, a 20-year-old London citizen who is addicted to drinking gasoline, and claims to ingest about 12 teaspoons per day.

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young man with his cancer-stricken girlfriend

Good guy boyfriend.

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Insurance exists to make money, not to assist with people’s healthcare.

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