Search for clues in Madrid crash

"Accident investigators are to scour the wreckage of a plane that crashed at Madrid's Barajas airport, leaving 153 passengers dead. The cause of the air disaster, Spain's worst in 25 years, has not yet been identified but the black box flight recorder was retrieved from the...
highlighted by Babel-Fish | 10 mins ago
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Is YouTube going to Vanish?!
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Is YouTube going to Vanish?!

"Is YouTube really worth its value? Is it going to lose this value? Do websites that depend on users for their content will no longer exist? Is it possible to find one day an empty worthless YouTube which bought by...
highlighted by stvalentine | 2 days ago | updated 15 hrs ago
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Abandoned ashes stack up at funeral homes

"BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- The abandoned ashes are stacked floor to ceiling in the basement of the Graham, Putnam and Mahoney Funeral Parlors, tucked neatly on wooden shelves and tables and in an unused dumbwaiter. ...
highlighted by master_jim2008 | 1 day ago
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Jeep Crashes Through Red Light
Sanjay Jha
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Drivers face jail if found texting in UK

With the increased use of mobile phones people are indulged in chatting or texting even during driving. Now a new law in Britain  will make it difficult for the motorists who read or write text...
  • Sanjay Jha
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highlighted by Sanjay Jha | 1 day ago | updated 1 day ago
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Red Pinnacle (8)
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Plant Bereavement

The death of a pet for some brings on feelings of sadness in at similar levels as that when one loses a human friend or partner but this report from the Royal Horticultural Society that many people feel bereaved when...
highlighted by LotusFlower | 2 days ago | updated 2 days ago
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Philippine rebels in new attacks

"Philippine rebels in new attacks Philippine troops on patrol in North Cotabato on 12 August 2008 Fighting between rebels and troops broke out earlier this month Separatist rebels have launched a series of attacks on towns in the southern Philippines, amid ongoing unrest over...
highlighted by Marcel Pellerin | 2 days ago
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The Beatles - Please Mr_ Postman
Vinny
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Postcard delivered 79 years late

"The picture postcard was sent in 1929 from Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, and intended for Mr and Mrs Richardson in East Dulwich, London. However it was not delivered until a week ago when it finally dropped through...
highlighted by nukemdomis | 3 days ago | updated 3 days ago
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Meet Ivy Bean - the world's oldest Facebooker aged 102
stvalentine
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Meet Ivy Bean - the world's oldest Facebooker aged 102

"Ivy Bean is a great-grandmother with a difference. At 102 years old she has joined the social networking revolution and become the oldest person on Facebook.The former mill worker, who was born in Bradford in 1905,...
highlighted by stvalentine | 3 days ago | updated 3 days ago
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First Nation threatens to shut Edmundston school on leased land

"A dispute between the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation and the provincial government could disrupt the start of classes at an Edmundston high school in September. The Madawaska First Nation owns about half of the land where the Cité des Jeunes school is located. The First...
highlighted by Marcel Pellerin | 4 days ago
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new growth
equusignis
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Climate Change Caused Widespread Tree Death In California

Here is another thing we have to worry about with global warming and the rise in temperature. Can any science wiz explain this to me, but doesn't plants and trees do the whole conversion of carbon dioxide and oxygen...
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highlighted by JeffHuang | 5 days ago | updated 4 days ago
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US Celebrities Spied During WWII
Gh0s7
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US Celebrities Spied During WWII

BBC News is reporting that many celebrities were spies for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. During the time period of World War II, the OSS is said to have had 23,000 covert agents working...
highlighted by Gh0s7 | 6 days ago | updated 6 days ago
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Terminal blues: What it's like to live in an airport
LotusFlower
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Terminal blues: What it's like to live in an airport

Homeless people are increasingly visible on the streets of our major cities but the news that around the world airports are the home to many may come as a suprise. In London around 110 people live in Haethrow and 20...
highlighted by LotusFlower | 1 wk ago | updated 6 days ago
183 views | 4 comments
Texas Roadhouse
alpha_harblo
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Cook to serve 6 Months For Placing Hair In Steak Of Dissatisfied Customer

This is a disgusting story, but I am sure this happens all the time. I wonder if there is such a stat or poll which shows how often your food gets tampered with. I personally think it happens quite frequently and...
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highlighted by JeffHuang | 1 wk ago | updated 6 days ago
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Newly released files show Julia Child was a spy

"By BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE and RANDY HERSCHAFT, Associated Press Writers 1 hour, 51 minutes ago ...
highlighted by master_jim2008 | 6 days ago
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NYTimes August 9, 1945
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NYT publishes correction 48 years later

The New York Times has built its reputation over the year for its fair and accurate coverage. It is their consistent effort of reporting fair that has won them most respected tag. As a true newspaper they are...
  • Sanjay Jha
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highlighted by Sanjay Jha | 6 days ago
91 views | 2 comments

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