Three soldiers of the United Kingdom, part of NATO’s mission in Afghanistan, ISAF, were killed in what is thought to have been a “friendly fire” incident, according to the UK Ministry of Defense. Two other soldiers were injured in the incident on Friday, when the soldiers were bombed by US F-15 jets which had...
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George Hotz, 17, confirmed on Friday that he has cracked the lock that joins the Apple iPhone to AT&T’s wireless network and was using it on T-Mobile’s networkâ€â€the only other major U.S. carrier compatible with iPhone technology. This crack opens up the phone, which is only being sold in the U.S., to use on...
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In Donora, Pennsylvania a woman is being accused of hiring two prostitutes last November to have sex with her 12-year-old nephew. Police said details began to surface just this month. The boy’s mother said, “My anger is out of control.” The family is not being identified to protect the boy’s identity and privacy. However,...
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A two-year-old girl was found dead inside a car yesterday in Union Township, Cincinnati. The car was parked outside the Glen Este Middle School with all of the windows rolled up. High temperatures in the area reached 100ºF. Police said that the girl had been inside the car for hours before her death. A...
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Anne Gaskett, a PhD student from Macquarie University in Sydney, has been conducting new research into the nature of the relationship between five species of native Australian tongue orchids and the orchid dupe wasp (Lissopimpla excelsa). The research builds on an original discovery in the 1920s that the orchids convince male wasps that they...
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A police station of the Spanish Guardia Civil was attacked today Friday by a car bomb in the Basque city of Durango, injuring two policemen. It is believed to be the first serious attack of the separatist group ETA since it unilaterally ended a cease-fire in June. The blast caused serious damage to the...
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Quebec Provincial Police (QPP) admitted on Thursday that three of their officers disguised themselves as demonstrators during the protest at the North American leaders summit in Montebello, Quebec. U.S. President George W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderón met in Quebec to discuss a proposed security, resource and trade...
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Atlanta Falcon’s quarterback Michael Vick will enter federal court on Monday, but a newly published report says he will not admit to gambling or killing the dogs. However, Vick is expected to plead guilty to the charge of ‘interstate commerce for the purpose of dogfighting.’ Earlier news reports said that Michael Vick has admitted...
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Atlanta Falcon’s quarterback Michael Vick will enter federal court on Monday, but a newly published report says he will not admit to gambling or killing the dogs. However, Vick is expected to plead guilty to the charge of ‘interstate commerce for the purpose of dogfighting.’ Earlier news reports said that Michael Vick has admitted...
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Health authorities in Finland have banned a squirrel from visiting a SIWA supermarket in the central Finnish city of Jyväskylä. The squirrel had previously been allowed in by the store’s manager, Irene Lindroos, where it would enter daily via the open front door, and help itself to a Kinder Egg chocolate from the confectionery...
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Just before midnight Wednesday, four-year-old Taylor Bailey, nicknamed Bucky, was attacked by a neighbor’s dog. The Staffordshire Bull Terrier mix named Money chased the boy after he stepped out of his mother’s car, eventually knocking the boy to the ground and latching onto his leg. The same dog had bitten the boy’s father the...
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Today rescue workers will drill a sixth hole into the collapsed Utah mine in a final effort to rescue the trapped miners who have been missing since August 6. The previous holes, which have been dug as deep as 1,500 feet underground at the Crandall Canyon Mine, have not produced any signs of the...
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At Edinburgh Airport, in Scotland on Thursday, numerous planes were delayed on the ground and several others were required to stay in a holding pattern in the sky, after damage to the main runway at the airport was found by airport maintenance staff. Debris was discovered around 9:20 a.m. BST from an unknown source,...
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Former National Basketball Association (NBA) player Eddie Griffin died on August 17, 2007, at age 25 due to injuries sustained in an car crash, the Harris County medical examiner’s office confirmed on Tuesday. The former Minnesota Timberwolves forward, who was waived in March for violating the League’s substance abuse program, ignored a rail road...
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Two teenagers, aged 14 and 18, have been arrested on suspicion of the murder of an 11-year-old boy. The boy, identified by detectives as Rhys Jones, was shot last night in the Croxteth area of Liverpool, on his way home from playing football, by a hooded youth. The police are expecting to make further...
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A salvage ship owned and operated by the United States firm Phoenix International has arrived in the Makassar port on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. It intends to recover the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder (colectively refered to as “black boxes”) from the wreckage of Adam Air Flight 574, which crashed into...
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Background: Charlotte Hardwick's Dear Judge (Kid's Letters to the Judge) is a fascinating collection of letters which children caught in divorces have written to family law judges.
In the tragic letter below, two parents are at war and are demanding that their children be loyal to them and only to them--a common element of...
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For most people the situation in Zimbabwe is quite bewildering. They find it very hard to work out what is happening and to understand why. In fact if you observe a few simple, but fundamental rules, it is quite easy to understand why the collapse here has taken place and the speed with which...
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Background: "The American Coalition for Fathers and Children's North Dakota affiliate has brought back the North Dakota Shared Parenting Initiative. The highly controversial Initiative qualified for the November 2006 ballot but was defeated 57-43. The NDSPI has been refined and a major flaw has been removed, and it...
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Author’s note: This was originally published several years ago in a slightly different form. It originally appeared under another writer’s name but that was a mistake. I wrote this article. African Americans have a rich and inspiring history, starting in Africa, which is believed to be the home of the first humans. Black history...
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