Non-IT News Thread
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US Troops heading to Cameroon: http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/14/politics/united-states-troops-cameroon-africa/index.html
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William P. Hobby Airport: Houston Airport Opens International Terminal
The first flight out of the new terminal was to Cancun, Mexico, reports say. The expansion was funded by Southwest Airlines and features a 280,000 square-foot terminal with five gates.
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Hobby is @scottalanmiller and @Dominica local airport, so this is a huge deal for them.
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Bastrop County, Texas: 9 Homes Destroyed as Wildfire Reaches 4,200 Acres, Officials Say
The wildfire, which covered 4,200 acres Thursday, began on Tuesday and is 15 percent contained, officials said. The fire threatens more than 150 other homes.
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Friendswood, Texas: Police Say Man Impersonating a Police Officer Pulled Over Woman
The suspect was driving a white Ford Crown Victoria and wearing plain clothes during the encounter Saturday, police said. The woman fled in her car after she became suspicious.
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That is the intersection one block up from where we live in Friendswood when we are in Texas. The Sonic on that corner is the one that we go to all of the time.
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Lucky Charms: General Mills to Release Limited Amount of Marshmallow-Only Cereal Boxes
The company announced the release on their blog, but added that only 10 boxes will be released. A box can be won by sharing a photo yourself on social media holding an imaginary box of Lucky Charms.
BEST NEWS EVAAARRRRRR
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Chicken Treat: Fast-Food Chicken Restaurant Gives Hen Control of Company Twitter Account
The Twitter account is being run by a hen named Betty in an attempt to set a Guinness World Record for longest social media message sent by a chicken. On Thursday, Betty typed "bum."
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@mlnews said:
Lucky Charms: General Mills to Release Limited Amount of Marshmallow-Only Cereal Boxes
The company announced the release on their blog, but added that only 10 boxes will be released. A box can be won by sharing a photo yourself on social media holding an imaginary box of Lucky Charms.
BEST NEWS EVAAARRRRRR
diabetic coma anyone?
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A delicious, happy sugar coma!
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Talk about sweet dreams...
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Ba dum tiss.
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@Dashrender every box comes with a complimentary insulin injection?
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Wells College: Student's Armed Father Taken Into Custody While Traveling to Campus, Officials Say
Carl Pelton, who was considered armed and "very dangerous," was apprehended in Baltimore, Md., while he may have been traveling to the college campus in Aurora, N.Y., school officials said Thursday.
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Lake Superior: Waterspout Seen Over Body of Water in Marquette County, Reports Say
Eyewitness reports said the waterspout dissipated before reaching shore in Marquette County. The National Weather Service canceled its tornado warning it had issued earlier in the day.
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@scottalanmiller said:
A delicious, happy sugar coma!
Isn't that aka Type 1 diabetes? just minus the delicious and happy
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Dennis Hof: Owner of Brothel Where Lamar Odom Was Found Tells Kardashian Family to 'Go to Hell'
Hof, who owns the Love Ranch brothel in Nevada, told Nancy Grace in an interview that the Kardashian family tried to prevent him from speaking about Odom's time at the brothel.
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Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Says Campus on Lockdown Following Unspecified Threat
All buildings were closed and classes canceled Friday morning. Students, staff and faculty were advised to stay away from the campus until further notice.
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Central Intelligence Agency: Grand Jury Indicts Fox News Guest Analyst for Falsely Claiming to Be Agent
Wayne Simmons claimed he was an "Outside Paramilitary Special Operations Officer" for the federal agency from 1973 to 2000 and appeared multiple times for Fox News as a guest analyst.
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Harker Heights High School: Student Puts Super Glue in Freshman Girl's Hair in Texas
“It’s horrific. I can’t describe how awful it is going to school after that,” Combs, 15, told KCEN. She was taken to urgent care after she says a male student poured glue on her hair on Sept. 14.
