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     Ready for another Star Wars: The Black Series review? Today we return to the original film with a look at one of the many dangerous patrons of Chalmun's Caninta: Dr. Evazan. Dr. Cornelius Evazan certainly doesn't have much screen time in A New Hope but, my gosh, does he make the most of it. He has some of the most memorable lines in the movie and both he and Ponda Baba com off as a truly threatening duo until they get their butts handed to them by Obi-Wan Kenobi. Since appearing in the original film Dr. Evazan have...

The owner of a Chilliwack trucking company who was attacked on social media after one of his drivers was caught on camera intentionally hitting a cyclist says the driver has been fired. A video in a Tweet seen nearly 100,000 times showed a semi driver at the corner of Ontario Street and 12th Avenue in Vancouver driving through a green light into a cyclist who appeared to be intentionally blocking the truck. The cyclist was with several others on bikes, and the truck driver did not stop when confronted by the person on a bicycle. He slowly drove into him,...

Google CEO Sundar Pichai, addressing the African Union Summit Business Forum Monday (Feb. 7), said the continent is moving toward a digital transformation. He called Africa “increasingly a place where innovation begins.” He cited the development of mobile payment systems, first developed in Kenya, and renewable energy innovations currently being done there. He praised the Summit's leadership for “rapid economic growth”  in spite of the challenges. Google, he says, has been partnering with African governments to help bring new tech to people. He cited the company’s plans to invest $1 billion to support digital transformation in Africa, focused on expanding...

Footage from Leeds, captured February 2, shows a man on a stolen motorbike without a helmet narrowly avoid death, as he throws himself off the vehicle to avoid ploughing into a car.

A man died and another was taken to a hospital after a crash involving a vehicle and a motorcycle in Lake Elsinore on Sunday night, Feb. 6, authorities said. The motorcyclist was traveling westbound on Grand Avenue when he collided with a vehicle at McVicker Canyon Park Road just before 7 p.m., Sgt. Edward Soto of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said. Deputies arrived and found the motorcyclist, believed to be 38-years old, down in the roadway with major injuries, Soto said. He later died at the scene. The driver of the vehicle, a man believed to be 25-years old,...