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15 Feb 2009 12:53

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Offbeat: Going fashionable, Barbie-style

NYC’s Fashion Week was loaded with models wearing clothes designed for a plastic doll. source
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13 Feb 2009 07:23

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U.S.: In the words of a man who witnessed the crash

  • I did not see any landing gear. I saw the underbelly of the plane fairly well. There was nothing burning on the plane and no physical damage. Nothing seemed wrong, except it was on a bad path.
  • Tony Tatro • A man who witnessed the plane crash while he was driving. He also noted that the plane was unusually loud before it crashed into a home in Clarence Center, N.Y., outside of Buffalo • source
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13 Feb 2009 07:18

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U.S.: A major plane crash – with a major toll – near Buffalo

  • 49 people, including 4 crew, died in last night’s fiery crash source
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26 Jan 2009 10:30

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U.S.: Russ Feingold: Senate appointments suck. Let’s kill them!

  • A new amendment Feingold, a beat-of-his-own-drummer Democratic Wisconsin senator noted for voting against the Patriot Act, has suggested that the recent New York and Illinois senate appointments have proven the idea to be antiquated. So, he plans to introduce an amendment later this week that ends senate appointments and replaces them with special elections. source
  • A new amendment Feingold, a beat-of-his-own-drummer Democratic Wisconsin senator noted for voting against the Patriot Act, has suggested that the recent New York and Illinois senate appointments have proven the idea to be antiquated. So, he plans to introduce an amendment later this week that ends senate appointments and replaces them with special elections.
  • “The will of the people” There is historic context to this, Feingold notes. “In 1913, the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution gave the citizens of this country the power to finally elect their senators,” Feingold said in a press release. “They should have the same power in the case of unexpected mid-term vacancies, so that the Senate is as responsive as possible to the will of the people.” source
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23 Jan 2009 14:09

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U.S.: Kirsten Gillibrand isn’t a Kennedy, but she is a New York Senator

  • I aspire to follow in her footsteps, knowing her shoes I can only hope to fill.
  • Kirsten Gillibrand • on Hillary Clinton, whose former New York Senate seat she was appointed to earlier today. Gillibrand got the nod over Caroline Kennedy, who was long-speculated to be a shoo-in for the seat. • source
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15 Jan 2009 22:26

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Tech, U.S.: Oh yeah, Twitter was on the plane crash scene first

Just as the plane hit the water, one Twitter user was on the scene first. source
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15 Jan 2009 22:17

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U.S.: On the plus side, nobody died in the plane crash

  • 155 people got out of the floating plane safely source
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15 Jan 2009 22:13

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U.S.: That plane crash today? Caused by birds. It’s not uncommon.

  • 486 planes have been downed by bird collisions since 2000 source
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11 Jan 2009 09:26

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U.S.: Chaos on the New York interstate

  • What happened? Around 11:55 a.m. yesterday, a gunman opened fire at a state trooper in the middle of a section of Interstate 90 in East Greenbush N.Y., just southeast of Albany. The shooting caused an evacuation of the highway, as well as panic, as drivers attempted to get away from the scene. source
  • What happened? Around 11:55 a.m. yesterday, a gunman opened fire at a state trooper in the middle of a section of Interstate 90 in East Greenbush N.Y., just southeast of Albany. The shooting caused an evacuation of the highway, as well as panic, as drivers attempted to get away from the scene.
  • On the scene Witness Carol Winn referred to the scene as “chaos.” “I heard a shot fired,” she said, “and then I thought maybe there was a deer in the road and someone had to shoot it to put it down. But then I heard more shots and saw people ducking down in their cars, and I knew something was wrong.” source
  • What happened? Around 11:55 a.m. yesterday, a gunman opened fire at a state trooper in the middle of a section of Interstate 90 in East Greenbush N.Y., just southeast of Albany. The shooting caused an evacuation of the highway, as well as panic, as drivers attempted to get away from the scene.
  • On the scene Witness Carol Winn referred to the scene as “chaos.” “I heard a shot fired,” she said, “and then I thought maybe there was a deer in the road and someone had to shoot it to put it down. But then I heard more shots and saw people ducking down in their cars, and I knew something was wrong.”
  • The end result The gunman was shot and is now in custody of the state police. It was unclear whether he shot himself or if a police officer shot him. The section of I-90 where the shooting occurred remained closed for much of Saturday. source
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