One of the two bombs that failed to go off in London earlier this year was discovered by a nightclub owner after he smelled gas, and discovered the car parked outside his packed venue. "A NIGHT CLUB boss yesterday told how the smell of gas tipped him off to a car bomb outside...
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I have to be thankful that in my corner of New Jersey it has not been colder.It is October 8 and I have not turned the heat on yet.Day temperatures are still in the mid to high 60's.In the past week, night temperatures have dropped to the mid 40's. The very official US...
"HELSTON, Cornwall, UK (CNN) -- A huge cyclone struck Myanmar in May 2008. It was the largest recorded disaster in that country, killing more than 130,000 people and leaving millions homeless. ...
" WASHINGTON, May 27, 2008 – The Air Force has flown 70 humanitarian missions to Burma in support of the relief effort for Cyclone Nargis victims, Defense officials said here today. Over Memorial Day weekend, five C-130 flights per day arrived at Rangoon...
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400 hundred passengers were trapped on the London Eye Monday when the wheel encountered mechanical difficulties. The passengers were trapped for about an hour and were compensated with warm drinks and a refund....
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That snowstorm that wreaked havoc across the Midwest yesterday is now heading East. Chicago's Midway Airport reported five inches of snow this am, and more than 600 flights were cancelled out of O'Hare. Can't...
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Kiefer Sutherland, the DUI-convicted actor and star of '24', was released from jail after serving the full-term of his assigned 48 day sentence."Kiefer Sutherland was released from jail early Monday after serving...
When it came to Cyclone Sidr and disaster relief - I thought I knew it all. I
knew I couldn't help them all. I knew the media would be coming. I knew
the local population knew the area better than foreigners. I...
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Most likely a team effort by several spiders rather than some giant Shelob-like monstrosity. Which is a good thing. Also, it shows that spiders, like web users, are familiar with crowdsourcing. Spiders are our...
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"PASADENA – Hundreds of thousands of spectators bundled in jackets and blankets braved chilly temperatures as the 118th Rose Parade got off to a rousing start Monday.
The festivities began with a majestic...
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""If they kill us, then we were born to die," says MarÃa, a Mixteca indigenous woman who teaches in Mixteco and Spanish in a rural elementary school, a five-hour walk from the nearest road.
"We are not afraid,"...
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