Non-IT News Thread
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Federal Aviation Administration: Agency Issues Ground Stop to Plane Arrivals at San Diego Airport
"We are allowing departures but we are not landing aircraft due to the active shooter situation under the approach path," the agency said about how the shooting has affected the San Diego airport.
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Marksville, Louisiana: City Marshals Fatally Shoot 6-Year-Old Boy in Pursuit of Father in Car, Officials Say
Jeremy Mardis, 6, was killed and his father Chris Few is in critical condition after he fled in his car, central Louisiana authorities said, adding that police were attempting to serve Few a warrant.
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Oak Lawn, Illinois: Police Arrest School's Volleyball Coach for Shooting Video in Girls' Locker Room
Police said they arrested Richards High School volleyball coach Raymond W. Van Syckle Sunday, after a female student recovered an unattended cellphone in the locker room recording her.
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Live tapeworm pulled from California man's brain
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Kunduz bombing: US planes 'fired on MSF hospital staff'
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Mexico begins its path to legalize Marijuana.
Mexican marijuana activists on a high after Supreme Court ruling
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UK Suspects Bomb on Russian Plane
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Mustard Gas Was Used in Syrian Attack
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Brazilian Dam Bursts Engulfing Homes
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More News on Anonymous and the KKK
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Pittsburg, California: 2-Year-Old Boy Killed After Driver Attempts to Flee Scene of Crash, Police Say
The boy was killed Thursday after his mother crashed into a light pole while attempting to flee the scene of a minor collision, Pittsburg police Capt. Ron Raman said.
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Louisiana marshals face murder charge over boy's gun death
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Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone declared free of disease
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Royal Caribbean: Coast Guard Suspends Search for Cruise Ship Passenger Who Went Overboard
The man was seen on video going overboard while holding onto a lifeboat on the side of the ship near the Bahamas. The coast Guard had searched an area covering 931 square miles, Fox News reports.
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Kroger: Child Accidentally Shoots Himself With Parents' Gun in Michigan Supermarket Parking Lot
Police say the 4-year-old found his parents' gun in the console of the car. The child was taken to the hospital and it is unclear if his parents will face charges, The Indy Channel reports.
Currently expected to pull through.
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Chile Earthquake: Magnitude-6.8 Tremor Hits Country's Central Coast
The quake struck 66 miles southwest of Coquimbo on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no initial reports of injuries or damage, and no tsunami warning has been issued.
http://vortex.accuweather.com/adc2004/pub/includes/columns/newsstory/2015/650x366_11070929_hd20.jpg
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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.”
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She's also a Stanford engineer.
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Romania nightclub fire: Death toll rises to 38
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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.
