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12 May 2010 09:20

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World: A huge plane crash in Libya reportedly had a survivor

  • 100 number of people who reportedly
    died in the crash
  • one child, somehow, survived, Dutch tourism officials say source

27 Jan 2010 09:15

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World: Someone else got pulled out of the rubble in Haiti. Whoa.

This man was pulled out of the rubble – alive. It’s not clear if he was done in by the two-week-old quake or an aftershock, but it’s clear it was amazing. source

23 Jan 2010 17:47

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World: People STILL getting pulled out alive after the Haiti earthquake

  • 11 days trapped in the quake rubble, but he still survived source

06 May 2009 10:42

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Politics, U.S.: The GOP’s big problem: The Dems’ YouTube ads are funnier

26 Apr 2009 21:51

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Music, Offbeat: The PS22 Chorus: An “Eye of the Tiger” you can get behind

  • It’s official: This guy playing the guitar is the coolest teacher in the history of awesome. If only we had this teacher, we’d be less pathetic than we are.source

22 Apr 2009 09:39

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U.S.: One of the Craiglist killer’s victims survived by “not fighting back”

  • I just complied with everything he wanted me to do. I didn’t resist him in any way and that’s why.
  • Trisha Leffler • One of the Craigslist killer’s apparent victims. She was bound and robbed of $800. She claims that she recognized Philip Markoff, the man accused of the attacks, from the surveillance stills released by police prior to his arrest. • source