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Boat Sinks Off Sicily : Dozens Dead

Heartbreaking news today- Reports show at least 94 migrants died Thursday off the coast of Lampedusa, an island south of Sicily after their boat sank.  According to officials the boat sank after a fire began onboard. More than 200 people were still missing of around 500 people, officials said. According to the International Organization for […]

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Women on Fire – 911 Operator Laughs {Audio}

Arizona resident Lalo Delgado called 911 because his car and girlfriend were on fire.  After calling and telling the operator his girlfriend was on fire, the operator is heard chuckling.  Imagine if it was your girlfriend and she was burning/burnt badly and the operator was chuckling? To me this seems like part of the technology […]

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Silk Road Website Shut Down – The Biggest Online Drug Market

Ross William Ulbricht had been running Silk Road from January 2011 until agents tracked him down in a San Francisco apartment this summer.  Silk Road is (was)  a website that allowed for a black market that used digital currency called bitcoin.  Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency where the creation and transfer of bitcoins is based on […]

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Obamacare health insurance website down

Even before people could access new options on President Obama’s new venture, the Obamacare health insurance website overload hit hard. Most people who visited the website for assistance were greeted with a message. “We have a lot of visitors on our site right now and we’re working to make your experience here better. Please wait […]

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Bikers Attack Family in Range Rover {Video}

Bikers on Sunday afternoon 1st October attacked a SUV with a man and his family in New York City, scaring the family before dragging the driver out of the car and seriously beating him up. They attacked the SUV after the driver accidentally bumped into one of the motorists with his car. This is according […]

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Navy Yard shooting suspect Aaron Alexis received an honorable discharge

Washington Navy Yard shooting suspect Aaron Alexis received an honorable discharge from the U.S. Navy Reserve in 2011, even though he exhibited a pattern of misconduct during his career, a Navy official said today. A military official said that before discharging Alexis honorably, the Navy had been pursuing a general discharge against him on a […]

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A “Glitch” Gave Iranians Access to Twitter and Facebook

YesterdayIranians thought a government ban had been lifted after they were able to access Twitter and Facebook on Monday. Some users were able to get to Twitter and Facebook without going around the government firewall which lead them to believe authorities lifted the ban on social media websites. Authorities had placed a ban in 2009. […]