Amazingly, a pilot in the UK who lost his sight while flying a light aircraft was able to be safely guided back to earth by the Royal Air Force. The sudden blindness was caused by a stroke."A pilot who lost his...
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The news for the Haitian people is not encouraging as there are 3 tropical storms that could affect Haiti in coming days. Gustav took the lives of 77 Haitians, while Hanna has cost 11 lives since...
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Imagine moving into a new home and then discovering you weren’t the only ones living there. I thought this was a joke when first reading it since it is Friday the 13th and all, but it’s a real story. A young couple had just moved into a rented house, decided...
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Investigators may have found the cause of the mysterious mass dolphin deaths in the UK. Some special testing by the Royal Navy may have killed them."The Royal Navy had been testing sonar equipment only miles from the bay where dozens of dolphins met an agonising death.Another...
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"For the first time in more than 60 years a Colossus computer will be cracking codes at Bletchley Park.
The machine is being put through its paces to mark the end of a project to rebuild the pioneering computer.
It will be used to crack messages enciphered using the same...
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"For the first time in more than 60 years a Colossus computer will be cracking codes at Bletchley Park.
The machine is being put through its paces to mark the end of a project to rebuild the pioneering computer.
It will be used to crack messages enciphered using the same...
created by Yommie | 4 years ago 429 views | 7 recommendations | 4 comments
"RAF Tornado jets were scrambled to intercept eight Russian military aircraft which were approaching British airspace.It was the latest in a series of incidents this summer in which British fighters have been used...
"A stockman has told how he spent a week stuck up a tree in remote north Queensland bushland, as hungry crocodiles waited below.
David George, 53, set out from his Silver Plains cattle station, near Coen in far...
created by Tom van B | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 958 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
"Oregon - Portland Fire and Rescue responded to the report of a church on fire at 106 NE Ivy St. Crews reported seeing a column of smoke in the area as they were responding. When Heavy Rescue 1 arrived they...
"In a first time ever attack, the H5n1 virus has found its way to England.
Also yesterday, the World Health Organization has confirmed the first human infection and death to be attributed to the H5N1 virus in...
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"SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Officials scrambled on Wednesday to determine what has caused the deaths of thousands of mallard ducks in south-central Idaho near the Utah border.
Although wildlife experts are downplaying any links to bird flu, they have sent samples to government...
"Despite how I usually eat pancakes in quantities so large that my stomach cannot quite register them, they are still a damn fine food. A food made even finer by the cold, wet, miserable weather as of late. I think we are all craving a little added insulation.
Just one look...