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15-ton ‘fatberg’ extracted from blocked London sewers

It may look like an iceberg, but there’s nothing cool about it.

Utility company Thames Water says it has discovered what it calls the biggest “fatberg” ever recorded in Britain — a 15-ton blob of congealed fat and baby wipes lodged in a sewer drain.

 
TMZ pays $18,000 for Hernandez letter, internet buzz

In the hand-written letter Hernandez states he is not guilty and at the ends asks his friend not to post the letter on social media.

Of course within hours it had been leaked to media outlets online.

 
5-year-old cancer survivor scores TD in Browns scrimmage

Humanity rose above rivalry when football fans set aside their differences to root for a 5-year-old cancer survivor Ryan Encinas who scored a touchdown at a Cleveland Browns scrimmage.

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Two-year-old boy dies after serving as parents’ best man

A terminally ill 2-year-old western Pennsylvania boy who served as his parents’ best man at their wedding last weekend has died, according to his mother’s Facebook page and a family friend.

 
A-Rod gets 211-game ban, 12 others get 50 games

Alex Rodriguez was suspended through 2014 and All-Stars Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta and Everth Cabrera were banned 50 games apiece Monday when Major League Baseball disciplined 13 players in a drug case – the most sweeping punishment since the Black Sox scandal nearly a century ago.

 
Las Vegas sports books adjusting odds because of Manziel investigation

The LVH Super Book stopped taking bets on Texas A&M University football games after ESPN reported the National Collegiate Athletic Association is investigating potential rules violations by Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Johnny Manziel.

 
Teen pleads guilty in Utah soccer ref death

A teenager charged with killing a Utah soccer referee because he didn’t like the man’s call during a game pleaded guilty Monday to a charge of homicide by assault in a case that brought new attention to the issue of violence and sportsmanship in athletics.

 
Will fast-food protests help super-size the minimum wage?

Thousands of fast-food workers in seven major cities are protesting for better pay, the right to unionize and a more than doubling of the federal minimum hourly wage from $7.25 to $15.

 
Taste test: Lab-grown burger needs years of work, and some cheese

The food of the future could do with a pinch of seasoning — and maybe some cheese. Two volunteers who took the first public bites of hamburger grown in a laboratory gave it good marks for texture but agreed there was something missing.

 
5 spectators injured at old power plant implosion

More than 1,000 people had gathered at 6 a.m. in a nearby parking lot to watch the planned implosion at the plant owned by Pacific Gas and Electric in Bakersfield. After structures on the property came crashing down, a police officer at the scene heard a man screaming for help and saw his leg had been severed, police said.

 
A-Rod homers; awaits likely drug penalty from MLB

Alex Rodriguez feels singled out — by Major League Baseball in its drug investigation and by his New York Yankees.

“There are a lot of layers,” he said after homering Friday night for the Double-A Trenton Thunder in his return from a leg injury.

 
Cooper’s slur is learning moment

Riley Cooper insists that he is sorry, that he is disgusted by his own words, that he is embarrassed and ashamed beyond belief.