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Plane Crash in Columbia, SC 4 Dead, Travis Barker DJ AM Critical

Columbia, SC, (IMNS)-   Ex-Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and disc jockey DJ AM Adam Goldstein, have been critically injured in a Learjet crash that occurred shortly before  midnight Friday....

Ursula Burns: First Black Woman to become CEO to a Fortune 500

On July 1st 2009, Ursula Burns became the first African American women to become a CEO of a Fortune 500 Company, from being a mechanical engineer summer intern in 1980, then moving on to become senior vice president of corporate stategic services in 2000, then seven years...

Fire At A Kuwait Wedding Kills 41 People, Leaves Many Injured

A fire that broke out inside a tent at a wedding in the town of al-Jahra near the capital of Kuwait has claimed the lives of 41 people late on Saturday. More than 70 people were injured, several are suffering from severe burns. All victims were women and children because...

For burn survivors, aftermath will go on long after Oz fires end

The bush fires throughout Victoria, Australia have so far claimed the lives of 173 people.  Identification experts have relieved volunteer fire fighters in recovering those who have perished in the blazes,...

Israeli world first: Surgeons weld wounds shut with surgical laser

This is a first in the world. An opportunity to seal incisions using a new method that discourages infection by its application and procedure."Surgeons of the future may have to learn welding rather than sewing,...

Sony Will Arrange Replacement Batteries for 100,000 Notebooks

"Over 100,000 notebook batteries will be replaced as Sony declares them unsafe."

Full Recovery Expected for Travis Barker, DJ AM

A Press conference was held this morning at Doctors Hospital in Augusta Georgia regarding Travis Barker former Blink-182 Drummer and Adam Goldstein (DJ AM) condition following a fatal plane crash in...

Plane crashes into Wis. resort cabins; 2 injured

A small plane has crashed into a resort in Wisconsin. Reportedly the planes were being flown by two students from a nearby school. They reportedly have severe burns."A light plane carrying two student aviators from the University of Dubuque crashed into a tree and cabins at a...

Madrid air crash stewardess survived by 'switching seats'

" Antonia Martinez Jimenez, 27, has told relatives that she normally sat at the back of the plane during take-off and landing, but on the ill-fated flight to Gran Canaria last Wednesday she was rostered to...

England by Gaslight: Farts+Fuel+Flame=Pain

I always wondered if this could really happen, so a big thanks to the 12-year-old citizen myth-buster near Birmingham, England. It seems that igniting your farts can not only cause a gout of flame, but also wreak...

Man sets himself ablaze in anti-China protest

A man from China's Xinjiang provence set himself on fire during a protest on behalf of ethnic Uighurs. The protestor was extinguished by several others, and was taken to hospital."Other demonstrators jumped on the man and quickly extinguished the flames with a blanket, said...

FAA: 9 missing, feared dead in fire copter crash

"Nine people are missing and feared dead in the crash of a helicopter that was carrying firefighters over a Northern California forest, officials said Wednesday The helicopter was carrying 11 firefighters and two crew members when it went down Tuesday...

Youths throw woman on railway line in station no smoking row

More bad behavior by youths in the UK. In thsi instance, two teenagers threw a woman into the railroad tracks for telling them to stop smoking earlier in the week."A female commuter was thrown on to a live railway...

Rice acknowledges US policy shift on Iran

I think its high time people start talking with one another, online talking, not committing anything. I think this is the right step forward. "Rice acknowledges US policy shift on Iran 6 hours ago WASHINGTON...

Jellyfish swarms descend on Côte d'Azur

Un-naturally large swarms of jellyfish have invaded France's Cote d'Azur, and over 500 people have been stung.Protective anti-jellyfish nets are being used, but hundreds of thousands of them have made it into...

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