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Well, we're officially living in the future. The folks at Delphi Automotive PLC have been working hard over the past years to get their self-driving car ready for the masses. And if all goes according to plan over the next week and a half, they will be one step closer to that goal.

We always thought cheerleaders got a significant amount of attention. That is why we find it a little surprising to discover some people are surprised that cheerleaders dance seductively.

It's the moment we all knew would happen eventually -- and, based on the immediacy of the news cycle and when late night shows are actually filmed, it's the moment most of us also knew was happening yesterday -- but 'Daily Show' host Jon Stewart has finally announced his retirement after seventeen years at the news desk. Stewart's show films in the late evenings in New York City, so the news that he had announced his imminent retirement during a taping last night hit the wire many hours before the show actually aired.

The hostage situation in Sydney finally came to an end Monday after about 16 hours. Police stormed Lindt Chocolate Cafe at Martin Place when they heard a gun go off, and then the hostages ran out. Three people were killed, including the gunman, and some were injured, Sydney's Seven News reported. However, 15 out of the 17 hostages made it out alive, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.

This is one of those stories we hear about quite a bit. A guy in Massachusetts went to an auction and paid $40 for an old desk. According to officials from the auction house, Kelley Auctions, they see this type of desk every day. They're extremely common. But the one thing that wasn't common about this desk is what was left inside, WCVB-TV reported.

It's good to know that even in a blizzard, some people are still making it out to work.

Poor Sarina Fazan. On Election Day, she was simply trying to do a news report for Tampa Bay's WFTS-TV on the Florida gubernatorial race between Republican Gov. Rick Scott and Democratic challenger Charlie Crist, Florida's former governor.

Mistakes happen when you record the news live. Most of the time it's no big deal, but sometimes something glorious happens.

Local reporters often get a bad rap for generally being terrible, and rightfully so. Jared Goodell, though, wasn't going to stand for the establishment shutting his reporting down.

Meet Fox 17 meteorologist Kelly Smith. She is not a fan of spiders at all. So, what better way to freak her out than to replace her weather maps with pictures and video of spiders?!