February 18, 2016 12:44 PM EST
Ryan Reynolds, star of the new Marvel film Deadpool, got dunked for charity on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to raise $25,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which hosts trips and experiences for terminally-ill children. It only took the comedian a few tries before he got dunked in the water tank.
The cause is related to his latest role because Deadpool, whose real name is Wade Wilson, is a “former Special Forces operative turned mercenary” who was diagnosed with an incurable cancer after getting engaged to Vanessa (Morena Baccarin).
Natural disasters and wars do their damage spectacularly and quickly–shaking, crushing, burning, ripping, smothering, drowning. The devastation is plain; victims and survivors are clearly distinguished, causes and effects easily connected. With the unnatural disasters caused by environmental toxins, however, the devastation is seldom certain or clear or quick. Broken chromosomes are unseen; carcinogens can be slow and sneaky. People wait for years to find out if they or their children are victims.
She then posted a video of her dancing to the song "Baby Shark" while holding a book in front of her stomach, eventually pulling it away to reveal a baby bump. "Surprise guys! Can you believe it? I'm about to be a mommy shark very soon," Hall says in the video. ADVERTISEMENT
In a follow-up post , Hall explained that her doctor had finally cleared her to share the happy news.
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Senator Muhammed Musa, Chairman Senate Committee on Finance, said this on Saturday at the FIRS 2024 Stakeholders Engagement with the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Finance in Lagos. Musa said the move was important to give the country the right legislation for tax collection and revenue generation. He said that the process would enable the modification of tax laws that have been in existence even before the independence of the country.
Sandy Huffaker / Getty ImagesVisitors gather at the Mount Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego, Calif., in 2006.
A federal judge ordered the removal of a giant cross from the top of San Diego’s Mt. Soledad, ruling that it violates the constitutional separation of church and state.
U.S. District Judge Larry Burns issued the order on Thursday. It’s the latest chapter in a long legal battle over the 43-foot cross, which was erected in 1954 as a memorial to Korean War veterans.
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One young man had the same experience in Enugu and did something different and remarkable. What did he do? Upon graduation from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1990 and completing his National Youth Service Corps scheme in 1991, young Nnaeto Orazulike started work in a bank.
What do you do when you have ingrown hairs and razor bumps whenever you shave?
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Sitting in front of a computer not long ago, a tenured history professor faced a challenge that billions of us do every day: deciding whether to believe something on the Internet.
On his screen was an article published by a group called the American College of Pediatricians that discussed how to handle bullying in schools. Among the advice it offered: schools shouldn’t highlight particular groups targeted by bullying because doing so might call attention to “temporarily confused adolescents.