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Steve Jobs: 1955-2011
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs passed away on October 5, 2011 following a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Such was his influence across the personal technology, design and entertainment industries that even his competitors publicly mourned his death. Steve Jobs brought us the mouse as well...
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#OccupyWallStreet: Protesting American Econompic Policy
Americans have gathered in downtown New York City to protest the nation's failed economic policies and the extreme division of wealth in the US. The Occupy Wall Street demonstration has been going on for two weeks now, with popular support bolstered by early acts of police brutality against the...
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Hurricane Irene Heads for East Coast, Threatening 65 Million
Hurricane Irene is set to reach the east coast of the United States on August 27, and to reach New York City by August 28. Roughly 65 million people lie in Irene's projected path; that constitutes roughly 1/5 of the US population. Air, rail and road travel will be snarled, and seaside...
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Alford Plea Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley, Jr Freed
Alford Plea Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley, Jr., collectively known as The West Memphis Three, were freed after 18 years in prison. The WM3 were convicted of murdering Christopher Byers, Steve Branch and James Michael Moore, three eight-year-old boys, in West Memphis, Arkansas in 1994. The...
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Nights of Violence: Rioting Rocks UK
Sparked by the death of father-of-four Mark Duggan at the hands of London police, rioting broke out at first throughout the capital, and then across England. While ostensibly political (pundits mused on the role of disenfranchised youth, racism, police brutality, and government austerity...
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Syria Uprising Against Bashar al-Assad
The wave of popular uprising sweeping the Middle East is not over, despite the wishes of some entrenched leaders. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has deployed tanks and artillery against the populace, which has fanned the flames of anger to even greater heights. While Syria's widespread...
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Norway Hit with Two Terror Attacks
At 3:36pm local time on July 22, a bomb exploded near the government's headquarters in Oslo, Norway. Seven people were confirmed killed, and many others injured. Two hours later, a gunman disguised as a police officer opened fire at a youth camp, and up to 80 people have reportedly been killed....
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Casey Anthony Found Not Guilty of Caylee Anthony Murder
25-year-old Casey Anthony was acquitted of killing Caylee, her two year old daughter. While the prosecution's effort was more convincing than that of the defense, it was unable to fulfill the task of swaying the jury to convict Casey Anthony of first-degree murder based on mostly circumstantial...
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Vancouver Stanley Cup Riot 2011
When the Canucks lost the 2011 Stanley Cup to the Boston Bruins on June 15, a city full of Canucks fans were saddened and angry. Fueled by alcohol, rage, and the desire to cause trouble for its own sake, some of the people who came downtown for the big game began to riot. While many predicted...
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Libyans Fight to Overthrow Muammar Gaddafi
The protests sweeping Libya have grown in to a full-blown civil war as strongman Muammar Gaddafi responded to pro-democracy demonstrations with military force. Loosely-joined groups of rebels have taken up arms against their government, and have gotten the backing of several western nations....
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Al-Qaeda Founder Osama bin Laden Killed in Abbottabad
On May 1, 2011, US President Barack Obama announced that al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden was killed in a clandestine raid carried out by Navy SEAL Team Six. Details emerged in the aftermath of the announcement which raised more questions than they answered, from the seemingly-trivial (what kind...
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