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Author: Kim Bellware

The "Storm Area 51" viral Facebook event that once jokingly called for people to crash the fabled military base was more calm than "storm" Friday morning - but local authorities in the US state of Nevada remain on alert as tourists continue to stream into the desert for spinoff events throughout the weekend.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/115984329/storm-area-51-event-is-mostly-peaceful-but-still-plenty-weird
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Author: Kerry Warren

More than two million people said they would attend Saturday's "storming" of mysterious military base Area 51 — but when push came to shove, only 75 actually showed up.

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Armed police officers and dog units have swarmed Somerville St in Waverley this afternoon. 

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Author: Caroline Williams & Catrin Owen

Investigations into the cause of an e-scooter incident which resulted in the death of a 23-year-old man found no fault with the scooter, a councillor has been told. 

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/115980426/lime-escooter-death-no-faults-found-with-scooter-councillor-says
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Author: Reuters

Scores of UFO enthusiasts converged on rural Nevada on Thursday for a pilgrimage of sorts to the US installation known as Area 51, long rumored to house government secrets about alien life, as law enforcement officials beefed up security around the military base.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2019/09/ufo-fans-ready-to-storm-area-51-see-them-aliens.html
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Author: Katie Fitzgerald

Scooter company Lime has responded to news a man died after falling from one of the company's e-scooters on Monday.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/09/lime-responds-to-auckland-e-scooter-rider-s-death.html
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A Wanaka group says it has have no choice but to take legal action over the airport.

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Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/michael-ros-wanaka-residents-taking-legal-action-of-airport-development/
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Facebook said today that it has suspended "tens of thousands" of apps made by about 400 developers as part of an investigation following the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

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Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/world/facebook-says-has-suspended-tens-thousands-apps
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