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06 Jul 2009 10:25

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World: Sepratist-led protests in Xinjiang, China lead to lots of deaths

  • 140+ have been killed in deadly ethnic riots source

03 Jul 2009 20:56

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U.S.: S.C. authorities: There’s a serial killer on the loose

  • 4 people have been killed near Gaffney in the last 6 days. Yikes source

25 Jun 2009 22:57

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Culture: Of course, Michael Jackson isn’t the only celeb death making news

  • Farrah Fawcett, best-known for that TV show and that poster, died today after suffering from a sad, public bout with cancer. She was 62.
  • Despite a multitude of tweets to the contrary, Jeff Goldblum did in fact not die on a movie set in New Zealand. Whew. We just can’t live without him.
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22 Jun 2009 19:36

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U.S.: DC Metro General Manager John Catoe explains what happened

  • At 5:02 p.m., one train was stopped waiting to get the order to pass, because the train stopped at a platform. The next train came up behind it, and for reasons we do not know, plodded into the back of that train – the operator of that train was the one who lost her life.
  • Jim Catoe • Explaining the official version of events. It’s still too early to figure out why that train crashed into the other. But as information unfolds, we’ll keep you posted. • source

20 Jun 2009 23:31

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World: No matter what happened in Tehran, lots of people died today

  • 150+ the unconfirmed death toll for today’s protests in Tehran source

08 Jun 2009 09:39

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World: From the scene of the horrific Mexican daycare fire

  • When we went out and ran towards the nursery, teachers already had many children outside, those who could walk properly. A pickup truck broke down the walls. The dad of one of the kids broke down one of the walls with his car driving in reverse, and that helped us a bit.
  • An unidentified man at the scene • Describing how parents were running their vehicles into the wall to help get the children out of the building. The toll from the blaze now stands at 41. By the way, why does Mexico seem to be getting all the really awful news lately? Seems unfair. • source

17 May 2009 09:01

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World: Pakistan’s working hard to kill al-Qaeda and Taliban militants

  • 1,000 deaths since the beginning of the month source
 

11 May 2009 23:23

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U.S.: The Buffalo plane crash conveniently gives us new flying fears

  • five number of performance tests the captain of the plane, Marvin Renslow, had failed; his company only knew about three of them source

26 Mar 2009 10:13

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U.S., World: How bad has Mexico’s drug violence gotten?

  • 7,000 deaths from drug-related violence in Mexico since January 2008, when turf wars flared up source

01 Feb 2009 14:08

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U.S.: Kentucky’s in a scary, frozen state, and the National Guard’s helping

  • 92 counties have declared states of emergency in the wake of last week’s ice storm. That’s more than ¾ of the 120 total counties. source