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Boy Dies at Monster Truck Show, from Flying Debris

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Boy Dies at Monster Truck Show, from Flying Debris

Tacoma, Washington - Flying debris fatally hit six year old Sabastin Hizey and injured a nearby man, when it flew into the grandstands at a show Friday night." A truck came apart while doing doughnuts during the...

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created by Blue Crush | 47 wks ago
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Proposed Rio slum barrier likened to Israeli security barrier

The slums of Dona Marta in Rio, Brazil, are encroaching too much on the famous Atlantic Rainforest that surrounds it, according to the Brazilian government, and their solution is to build a three-foot high wall...

created by Amy Judd | 49 wks ago | updated 47 wks ago
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N.L. man to swim Great Barrier Reef for climate change

A Canadian man living in New Zealand has decided that he is going to swim the entire lenght of the Great Barrier Reef from within a solar-powered shark cage to raise awareness for climate change. " Rob Hutchings, a...

created by Amy Judd | 48 wks ago | updated 48 wks ago
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Epilepsy Breakthrough: Immune Cells Stick in Brain Blood Vessels

SCIENTISTS have linked the blood brain barrier as the possible key to epilepsy. It is believed that some leucocytes - white blood cells - breach this barrier often causing a life-time of epiletic seizures. " A faulty immune reaction may be responsible for the...

created by Christina 123 | 1 year ago
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Golden Gate Bridge to get a suicide net

The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco will get a suicide net it was voted today, but where the money is coming from is still to be decided. A bridge in BC currently being built will also get a suicide barrier,...

created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Under $3 gas

"GEORGETOWN, SC (WMBF) - If there was one stretch of road that could bring a smile to the faces of drivers fueling up at the pump, it would be in Georgetown. Both residents and drivers in the area are seeing...

created by master_jim2008 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Coast Guarding in Louisiana 2008

"Wednesday, September 17, 2008 Coast Guarding in Louisiana 2008 " Last July, the wetlands flyover tour was co-sponsored by the state, the America's Wetland Foundation and the National Guard. The intention? To...

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created by René | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Israel 'to change barrier route'

"Israel has agreed to change the route of the controversial barrier it is building in and around the West Bank. The deal will leave Palestinians more land near the largest Israeli settlement, Maale Adumim. The decision came in response to complaints lodged by Palestinians...

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Phelps wins 10th, 11th golds of Olympic career

" A daily double. Michael Phelps swam into history as the winningest Olympic athlete ever with his 10th and 11th career gold medals — and five world records in five events at the Beijing Games....

created by nirajan | 1 year ago
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Huge Turnout for Funeral of Boy Shot in West Bank Protest

A young boy shot dead by Israeli soldiers (see below) was buried today at a funeral attended by around three thousand people. The child has seperately been reported as being nine or twelve years of age. ""Oh martyr, rest in peace, we shall continue the struggle," the crowd of...

created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Wax Adolf Hitler to be repaired by Madame Tussauds

Head of a waxwork of Adolf Hitler's has been restored and it will be reinstalled at the Germany's Madame Tussauds . "A waxwork of Adolf Hitler will return to Berlin's new Madame Tussauds as soon as experts have restored the head ripped off by a demonstrator on its...

created by Sanjay Jha | 1 year ago
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PAF fighter jet breaks sound barrier, boom heard in Pakistan capital

An F-7P fighter aircraft of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) crossed the sound barrier Monday, causing a big boom, which was heard in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad as well as other areas, according to a PAF statement issued here. The aircraft was on a scheduled...

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created by hussain | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Amy Judd

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Midwest floodwaters wash levees, weather improves

Drier weather is on the way for Midwest residents, as even though the Mississippi River washed over more flood barriers today, the weather is improving and hopefully drying up the worst flooding in 15...

created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Amy Judd

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BC bridge to have first suicide barrier

Golden Ears Bridge - the bridge that is being built between Surrey and Maple Ridge / Pitt Meadows - is going to have something no other bridge has in BC when it opens next summer. It's going to have a suicide...

created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago
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Videos on Demand: Mass Evacuation Underway in China

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Videos on Demand: Mass Evacuation Underway in China

"A total of 158,000 people (in about 30 towns) have now been evacuated from potentially vulnerable areas downstream from Tangjiashan lake. The lake's water level is rising by more than one metre pre day. It...

created by steve468 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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