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Engadget reports: If what you need today is a dog robot twerking to “Uptown Funk,” well then you’re in luck. Boston Dynamics’ SpotMini robot is featured in a new video intended to show off its mobility, and it certainly does that as the robot dog steps, gyrates and dances in time with music. The SpotMini goes on sale sometime in …

Mashable reports: “What we do here in Hollywood when we have a bad idea? We make a major motion picture out of it,” Kimmel joked, before playing the trailer. The film focuses on a family driving through a city, when the parents begin to receive alerts for what they assume are Trump’s tweets coming to their cell phones. But after …

The Billings Gazette reports: Billings West High School senior Tyler Linfesty learned Thursday morning during first period that he had been selected for VIP treatment at President Donald J. Trump’s rally at MetraPark. Not long after Trump took the podium Thursday night at MetraPark, social media cued into Linfesty’s puzzled facial expressions, visible just over Trump’s right shoulder. Early on …

The New York Post reports: Five NYPD pilots were so ­angry at their supervisor that they used a $4 million, federally funded spy plane to fly a route shaped like a giant penis, The Post has learned. Inspector James Coan, head of the Aviation Unit, learned of the phallic airborne artwork from his minions, who discovered the lewd pattern on …

Britain’s Daily Mail reports: A new TV advert featuring four people at the point of orgasm has been given the all clear to be screened on mainstream television after the 9pm watershed. It shows real couples ripping off each other’s clothes as it builds to a climax featuring two men and two women as they enjoy an orgasm. It was …

The New York Daily News reports: Joey Chestnut proved it again: He’s second to bun. The king of competitive eating slammed down a record 74 franks in steamy Coney Island to easily capture his 11th Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog contest in the last 12 years. He gobbled up 10 more than the next-closest chomper in the annual Fourth of July …

Politico reports: White House counselor Kellyanne Conway appeared to suffer a verbal glitch on Wednesday when she apparently referred to President Donald Trump as the “commander in cheese.” Conway, when asked about the recent dust-up over the president disinviting the Philadelphia Eagles to the White House, said, “The problem with the President of the United States, and the commander of …

Publix can’t catch a break lately: A Christian homeschool grad was “humiliated” when a cake for his big day turned up with the phrase “Summa — Laude Class of 2018” thanks to a computer system that deemed “cum” a vulgar word. Cara Koscinski didn’t think twice after placing the online order for the $70 cake from her local Publix supermarket. …

The Palm Beach Post reports: A city power outage alert in Lake Worth on Sunday caused concern in residents for its mention of zombies. That’s correct. Zombies. Lake Worth Live, a community Facebook page, said an update from the city indicated the message was unintended. “We are looking into reports that the system mentioned zombies,” said Ben Kerr, the city’s …

The Washington Post reports: Several hundred young warriors stormed a 21-foot-high obelisk at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis on Monday, slipping and sliding as they formed a human pyramid around a monument covered in 50 pounds of vegetable shortening. The annual tradition marks the end of their hellacious “plebe” year at the academy, the country’s premier training ground for …

USA Today reports: Zip it, everyone — Dr. Evil is back! The menacing antagonist (played by Mike Myers) from the Austin Powers films appeared on The Tonight Show Wednesday for an exclusive interview. Jimmy Fallon told viewers his guest had been “fired by Trump moments ago.” “I’ve got to say, I had no idea that you were part of the …

The Hill reports: Lindsay Lohan is offering to help President Trump find a lawyer. The actress, who has faced legal challenges of her own and was last month announced as the new spokeswoman for Lawyer.com, tweeted the pitch to her more than 9 million Twitter followers on Wednesday. The “Mean Girls” star was once a tabloid fixture, with news outlets …

Sexually “fluid” Dancing With The Stars winner and model/actor Nyle DiMarco would like you to know how to curse in ASL. From his clip’s description: Since I started making tutorial videos I’ve gotten so many requests to do a bad words video. I think curse words are some of the first things a lot of people learn when they are …

The Week reports: On Monday’s Kimmel Live, Jimmy Kimmel hosted a “Make America Grate Again Spelling Bee,” inviting on three spelling bee champions from the Los Angeles area, one each from fourth, fifth, and sixth grade. “You’re all familiar with spelling bees, but this is not an ordinary spelling bee,” Kimmel told the young contestants. “This spelling bee is presidential, …

Via Public Policy Polling: In hypothetical match ups for reelection Trump trails Joe Biden 56-39, Bernie Sanders 55-39, Elizabeth Warren 51-40, Cory Booker 49-39, Kamala Harris 43-39, and Kirsten Gillibrand 42-40. Trump is consistently at 39% or 40% no matter who you poll him against. We also tested Trump against 2 other hypothetical opponents- although they are one and the …

USA Today reports: They don’t call her Notorious RBG for nothing. Stephen Colbert hilariously attempted to keep up with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at D.C.’s Watergate Hotel gym on Wednesday’s episode of The Late Show. While the funnyman gushed over the 85-year-old clad is a shirt that read “SUPER DIVA,” RBG seemed less impressed with Colbert. The thing …

Salt Lake City’s Fox affiliate reports: Lawyers across Utah opened their email inboxes on Monday afternoon to be greeted by an image of a topless woman. An email shared with FOX 13 that included an image of a topless woman. The email (shared with FOX 13 by several lawyers) was advertising the Utah State Bar’s annual spring convention in St. …

The Hill reports: Colorado’s senators are celebrating the Winter Olympics by doing some training of their own. Sens. Cory Gardner (R) and Michael Bennet (D) on Wednesday posted a video of themselves curling in the hallway using brooms. Colorado sent 36 athletes to this year’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, according to The Denver Post. The video says that …

Thrillist raves: During Sunday’s Super Bowl you’ll see close-ups of players on the sidelines. They’re celebrating, walking through plays, and sometimes yelling at each other. The broadcast would be greatly enhanced by getting to spy on them, having the opportunity to hear what Tom Brady is saying to Danny Amendola between plays. Bad Lip Reading is letting you do that. …

The BBC reports: A discount on Nutella has led to violent scenes in a chain of French supermarkets, as shoppers jostled to grab a bargain on the sweet spread. Intermarché supermarkets offered a 70% discount on Nutella, bringing the price down from €4.50 (£3.90) to €1.40. But police were called when people began fighting and pushing one another. “They are …