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11 Jun 2010 20:30

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U.S.: To our friends camping in Arkansas: Thoughts and prayers, guys

300 people were camping along the Caddo and Little Missouri Rivers when the floodwaters got insanely high. 16 people were killed and dozens are still missing. source
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07 Jun 2010 10:42

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World: Israel attacks a bunch of Palestinian divers off of Gaza

  • 4 divers were killed; Israel says they were plotting an attack source
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05 Jun 2010 17:39

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U.S.: Porn star murder? Steve Driver suspected of killing Tom Dong

  • The porn star is reportedly surrounded in a house by a SWAT team. On Wednesday, Driver, whose real name is Stephen Clancy Hill, reportedly killed Dong and injured two others with a machete-like weapon after finding out he was getting fired and kicked out of the DVD production facility where he had been both working and living. Hill had prior convictions. This situation is messed up and we don’t know what to make of it. source
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05 Jun 2010 12:59

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World: Tight quarters lead to high fatalities in Bangladesh apartment fire

  • 116+ killed in the fire in densely-populated Dhaka source
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02 Jun 2010 10:59

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World: Speaking of cancer, the death rates are growing quickly

  • 7.6
    million     the number of people who died of cancer in 2008
  • 13.2
    million     the number of people projected to die of cancer in 2030 source
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31 May 2010 23:20

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World: Mustafa Abu al-Yazid: Another Al-Qaeda leader goes down?

  • He’s a top-ranking dude in Afghanistan. It’s still not confirmed, but the U.S. believes that Mustafa Abu al-Yazid was a victim of a missile strike that hit over the last couple of weeks. Al-Qaeda is talking about the dude like he was killed. “His death will only be a severe curse by his life upon the infidels,” a member of the group wrote on a radical Web site. source
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31 May 2010 10:44

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World: Israel kills a bunch of pro-Palestinian activists, pisses off Turkey

  • A very harrowing clip to watch. Israel just stepped in it, big time. For the last three years, Israel has been enforcing a blockade on the Hamas-led Gaza Strip. When a series of ships from Turkey full of activists and supplies tried to get past the blockade, the situation got incredibly violent, with at least ten deaths. Now Israel has completely pissed off their only Muslim ally in the Middle East, along with much of the rest of the world. source
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30 May 2010 23:37

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World: The death toll from Tropical Storm Agatha goes way up

  • 90+ were killed in the season’s
    first tropical storm
  • 73+ were killed in landside-ridden Guatemala alone source
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30 May 2010 11:35

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World: Tropical Storm Agatha makes herself known in Central America

The storm, the first of the possibly busy hurricane season has already killed at least 18 people in Guatemala and El Salvador. source
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28 May 2010 11:20

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Culture: To all the jerks making fun of Gary Coleman: Screw you.

  • Dude is on life support. In a coma. He’s suffering from a brain hemorrhage just like Bret Michaels was. Yet everyone seems compelled to make jokes because it’s Gary Coleman. Come on. Give the man a break – he’s had a tough life. Would you want to die that way? Seriously? source
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