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This cool James Bond-like lighter and watch in one will make you look cool, and might even make you a Time Lord, because you are creating fire with TIME itself.

You will always have fire when you need it. This stylish lighter has a fully functional watch. And the watch has a fully functional butane lighter. Of course people will wonder why they smell burnt hair every time they ask you for the time.

It’s only $8.60(USD) from Amazon. Say, “Bond. James Bond.” as you light your smoke. Then stop, drop and roll to put yourself out.

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TOKYO (AP) — Japanese officials said Saturday they were investigating a purported message from the extremist Islamic State group about the two Japanese hostages it holds.

The purported message claims one hostage has been killed and demands a prisoner exchange for the other. The Associated Press could not verify the contents of the message, which varied greatly from previous videos released by the Islamic State group, which now holds a third of both Syria and Iraq.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Cabinet ministers were holding an emergency meeting about the new message.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters as he rushed into his office that the release of the new message was “an outrageous and unforgivable act. We demand their immediate release.”

Kyodo News agency said the same video has been emailed to the wife of one of the hostages.

The Islamic State group had threatened on Tuesday to behead the hostages within 72 hours unless it received a $200 million ransom.

Japan has scrambled for a way to secure the release of 47-year-old Kenji Goto, a journalist, and Haruna Yukawa, a 42-year-old adventurer fascinated by war. Japanese diplomats had left Syria as the civil war there escalated, adding to the difficulty of contacting the militants holding the hostages.

Goto’s mother made an appeal for his rescue.

“Time is running out. Please, Japanese government, save my son’s life,” said Junko Ishido. “My son is not an enemy of the Islamic State.”

Ishido said she was astonished and angered to learn from her daughter-in-law that Goto had left for Syria less than two weeks after his child was born in October to try to rescue Yukawa.

Japanese officials have not directly said whether they are considering paying any ransom. Japan has joined other major industrial nations in the Group of Seven in opposing ransom payments. U.S. and British officials said they advised against paying.

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Associated Press writers Ashraf Khalil in Cairo, and Kaori Hitomi and Ken Moritsugu in Tokyo contributed to this report.

The multimillionaire caught on camera abusing a puppy last summer was formally charged Friday.

Desmond Hague, 47, is facing two civil charges of causing an animal distress, U-T San Diego reports. Hague, the then-CEO of multibillion-dollar sports catering company Centerplate, was captured on surveillance footage in a Vancouver elevator kicking Sade, his friend’s 1-year-old Doberman Pinscher, and violently dragging her around by her leash.

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Hague released a public apology days after the video came out, but that didn’t prevent him from being ousted from his job at Centerplate. Hague had managed the Connecticut-based company since 2009.

Charges against Hague were filed in Vancouver, where the incident took place. In British Columbia, violations of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act can carry sentences of up to two years in jail and fines of up to $75,000. However, because Hague is facing only civil — not criminal — charges, jail time is unlikely, according to U-T San Diego.

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