Non-IT News Thread
-
Debi Thomas: Ex-Olympian and Surgeon Says She’s Unemployed and Living in Trailer in New Interview
The figure skater was the first black athlete to medal at a Winter Olympics, winning bronze in Calgary in 1988. Her interview will appear on the Nov. 7 finale of OWN’s “Iyanla: Fix My Life.”
-
She's also a Stanford engineer.
-
Romania nightclub fire: Death toll rises to 38
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34756373 -
Meridian, Mississippi: Large Sinkhole Swallows Multiple Vehicles in IHOP Parking Lot, Police Say
The hole, roughly 50 feet wide and almost 600 feet long, opened up Saturday and swallowed an estimated 15 vehicles outside the IHOP location on Frontage Road, police said.
-
Chicago: 9-Year-Old Boy Executed Over Father's Gang Ties, Police Say
Tyshawn Lee was lured into an alley and executed Monday, Chicago police said Thursday. His father Pierre Stokes, reportedly a member of the Gangster Disciples gang, is not cooperating with police.
-
Inmates have lit fires at Australia's Christmas Island detention centre in a "major disturbance" that is yet to be resolved, say government officials.
The unrest was sparked by the death of a detainee who had escaped the camp.
The immigration department confirmed in a statement that guards had been withdrawn for "safety reasons".
The statement denied a "large-scale riot" was taking place but said the situation at the centre for refugees and asylum seekers was "tense".http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-34762988
Christmas Island is a remote outpost located 2,650km (1,650 miles) north-west of Perth and 380km south of Java in Indonesia. -
Pico-Union, Los Angeles: 2 Teenage Boys Shot, 1 Fatally, by Unidentified Gunman, Police Say
The 15-year-old victim died at the scene by the intersection of Venice Boulevard and Courtland Avenue, said police, and the other boy was transported to a hospital in "very critical" condition.
-
Dancing With the Stars: Judge Rejects Contestant Bindi Irwin's Contract With Show, Report Says
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled that Irwin, who is a minor and requires parental consent, needs to prove her father, Steve Irwin, is deceased in order to move forward, TMZ reports.
-
This is just an embarrassment to the US and a slight against Australia.
-
Hydrus: Shipwreck Hunters Reportedly Find Remains of 436-Foot Ship That Sank Over 100 Years Ago
Shipwreck hunter David Trotter said a sign in the engine room let him know it was the "Hydrus." The shipwreck occured during a 1913 storm near Lake Huron that reportedly killed 22 crew members.
-
SunPass: Battery Operated Transponders Used in Toll Collection Will Stop Working After Dec. 31
About 100,000 of SunPass' 5 million users are still utilizing the older models, reports say. The transponder can be swapped for free for a slimmer portable model. SunPass is used in Florida.
-
Midtown Manhattan: 1 Person Dead and 2 Others Injured in Shooting Near Penn Station, Police Say
Officers responded to a shooting outside of a McDonald's near Eighth Avenue and West 35th Street Monday morning. Police say they are looking for one shooter and two other men.
-
@mlnews said:
Midtown Manhattan: 1 Person Dead and 2 Others Injured in Shooting Near Penn Station, Police Say
Officers responded to a shooting outside of a McDonald's near Eighth Avenue and West 35th Street Monday morning. Police say they are looking for one shooter and two other men.
To intentionally make light of such depressing news..
You don't mess with a persons well prepared MCD's hashbrown man...
-
@JaredBusch I swear this literally just popped up on my Facebook feed:
-
@scottalanmiller said:
@JaredBusch I swear this literally just popped up on my Facebook feed:
Missing topic: Things I joke about in order to not cry piteously at humanity.
-
Mothers Against Drunk Driving: Deputy Honored by Group Too Drunk to Attend Ceremony, Report Says
Pinellas County, Fla., deputy Michael Szeliga, who was being honored for making 100 DUI arrests, was ordered not to attend the ceremony in July because he was too intoxicated, WFLA reports.
-
Atka, Alaska: 6.2-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Aleutian Islands, Geological Agency Says
The earthquake struck Monday morning and was centered 58 miles southeast of Atka near the Aleutian Islands, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
-
Macomb Township, Michigan: Fight Over Leaves in Yard Ends After Woman Emerges With Gun, Police Say
The fight broke out Thursday after one of the men became upset over leaves being blown into his lawn, police said. The woman, the other man's girlfriend, threatened to shoot if the fight continued.
-
Athletics doping: Wada commission wants Russia ban
http://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/34765444
Wada's independent commission examined allegations of doping, cover-ups, and extortion in Russian athletics, which also implicated the IAAF, the sport's world governing body.
It also wants five athletes and five coaches to get lifetime doping bans.
The report also identified "systemic failures" in the IAAF that prevent an "effective" anti-doping programme.
In addition, it states the London 2012 Olympics were "sabotaged" by the "widespread inaction" against Russian athletes with suspicious doping profiles by the IAAF and the Russian athletics federation.
-
@StrongBad If not a full-out snub. How many people don't know that Steve Irwin is dead?
As bad as I feel for her family, I think she should drop the show like a hot potato.
