Non-IT News Thread
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@art_of_shred said:
@scottalanmiller Yeah, we needed that clarified. Cause, like, there are so many random Americans just sailing around in the Persian Gulf...
Actually quite a lot because almost all of the ports in that gulf are US partnered oil nations. So Bahrain, Kuwait, SA, Oman, UAE are all getting US ships quire regularly.
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Duncannon, Pennsylvania: Constable Fatally Shoots 12-Year-Old While Ordering Eviction, Police Say
The constable fired at an armed tenant, but the bullet passed through the tenant's upper left arm and struck his 12-year-old daughter, state police said Tuesday.
http://cdn.countercurrentnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12-year-old-police.jpg
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Whoever wrote the headline did get the facts straight, apparently, but left out that the man fired at was wielding a gun and threatening the officer. It is the person being evicted, not the officer, being charged. But it was the officer that shot the child.
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Price Hill, Cincinnati: Man Fatally Shoots 14-Year-Old Son After Mistaking Him for Intruder, Police Say
The father of Georta Mack fatally shot him around 6:30 a.m. local time Tuesday as the 14-year-old tried to sneak into the house after skipping school, Cincinnati Police Sgt. Joe Briede said.
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Japan just had a 6.7 quake. Tsunami possible.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Japan just had a 6.7 quake. Tsunami possible.
Not sure where you get your news, but no tsunami warning was issued by Japan.
http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20160114/p2g/00m/0dm/056000c -
@JaredBusch said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Japan just had a 6.7 quake. Tsunami possible.
Not sure where you get your news, but no tsunami warning was issued by Japan.
http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20160114/p2g/00m/0dm/056000cThe possibly tsunami alert was part of the feed from QuakeFeed. It comes before the news is released as it comes straight from the sensors, so likely it is an algorithm just based on intensity.
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Alan Rickman Dies of Cancer at Age 69
Actor Alan Rickman dies aged 69
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35313604 -
@scottalanmiller said:
Alan Rickman Dies of Cancer at Age 69
Actor Alan Rickman dies aged 69
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35313604First Bowie and now Alan Rickman? This is a sad year already.
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@coliver it's been a sad past few months. We've also lost Lemmy Kilmister (Motorhead) and Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots)
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Garland, Texas: Student Who Suffered Asthma Attack Faces Punishment for Sharing Inhaler, Report Says
FOX4 reported on Wednesday that a student who gave her inhaler to another student having an asthma attack faces up to 30 days in an alternative school for sharing a controlled substance.
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French drug trial goes horribly wrong: one dead and five neurologically damaged...
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@mlnews said:
French drug trial goes horribly wrong: one dead and five neurologically damaged...
When I first read this, I was thinking a court trial about drugs, I was like - eh what? how does - oh wait.. a clinical drug trial.. aww.. lol
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@Dashrender said:
@mlnews said:
French drug trial goes horribly wrong: one dead and five neurologically damaged...
When I first read this, I was thinking a court trial about drugs, I was like - eh what? how does - oh wait.. a clinical drug trial.. aww.. lol
That would have been some seriously interesting news!
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Two US Marine helicopters have collided near Hawaii and have gone down in the ocean. US Coast Guard attempting search and rescue, it appears. No survivors reported to the media at this time.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35326299
Cause of the crash is unknown.
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Woodbridge, Virginia: Day Care Worker Convicted of Running 'Baby Fight Club'
A judge found the former day care worker, Sarah Jordan, guilty of over a dozen abuse charges for her actions, which were discovered in 2013, with toddlers in her class. She faces 41 years in prison.
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New York Daily News: Publication Uses Cover to Respond to Ted Cruz's 'New York Values' Comment
During Thursday night's GOP debate, Cruz criticized Donald Trump for having "New York values." The newspaper put an image of the Statue of Liberty on its cover, under the headline "Drop Dead, Ted."
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GoFundMe: Crowdsourcing Site Shuts Down Woman's Reimbursement Campaign for Losing Powerball
"We spent all of our money on lottery tickets (expecting to win the 1.5 billion) and are now in dire need of cash," Cinnamon Nicole wrote online. GoFundMe has since removed the campaign.
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Hypoluxo, Florida: Live Shark Found in Condominium Pool, Officials Say
The 5-foot blacktip shark was found in the pool of the Mariner’s Cay complex last week, officials said. It was removed and released into the Intracoastal Waterway. It is unclear how it got there.