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Missing plane in Washington... 2007-10-08 16:34:00 Hopefully this ends well... 10 people would be a large toll for such a small plane... and to think they were up there for some fun... and second of all if they were indeed a sky-diving team... why didn't they jump out? If they were? Maybe they weren't or maybe the did jump? SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Air crews launched a search and rescue mission at daybreak on Monday for an airplane carrying ...

MSNBC buys Newsvine... 2007-10-08 16:26:00 Congrats to Newsvine in Seattle! This is great news and I am anxious to see what they will be doing with this... And as far as citizen journalism, I am actually a bit partial to 'Now Public' which is growing VERY rapidly... but if you watch the news channels they are really stressing on people sending in their clips to them... especially Fox News... they are really almost begging people to do ...

Portland's reputation for the offbeat a plus for some, repels others 2007-10-08 15:52:00 This is a very interesting article which details how the things about Portland which are its strengths... can have a negative affect if there is not a balance. It is important to keep the balance. I found this all very interesting... PORTLAND, Ore. - Many Portland residents revel in the offbeat and unusual in their hometown. The city is known for zigging when other places zag. Often, ...

Another way to start a fire... 2007-10-08 15:48:00 Use a jet engine!!! ...

Season Preview: Portland Trailblazers... 2007-10-08 15:39:00 Yeah, I have decided to hold back judgment about Oden... He may end up worth his weight in gold... 2. What was the Blazers' best and/or worst move during the offseason, either by free agency, trade, or draft? This will be hotly debated for years. There are two candidates. One was drafting Greg Oden over Kevin Durant. Right now it looks like the wrong move. but neither Portland nor the ...

PS3 from Sony gets thinner... 2007-10-08 15:37:00 Nice... The new model, which will go on sale for $A699.95, ($NZ799) has a 40GB hard drive and includes the ability to access the internet wirelessly. The 20GB PlayStation 3 released in March of this year, initially went on sale for $A999. ... Sony

Vid - Tacoma Atlas Foundry Explosion... 2007-10-08 15:26:00 I have kind-of been out of it for a short period... I am catching up on all I have missed. This was incredible to see though... I had no idea it was such a huge explosion! Massive Explosion Rocks the Atlas Foundry in Tacoma, WA on October 06, 2007 There is more over @ LL... ...

Interpol in rare global appeal for Web paedophile 2007-10-07 12:10:00 Have you seen this man? Interpol on Monday launched an unprecedented worldwide public appeal to track down a man shown sexually abusing children in images posted on the Internet. The man appears in around 200 photographs featuring abuse of 12 young boys, which investigators believe were taken in Vietnam and Cambodia, possibly in 2002 and 2003...The pictures had been digitally altered to ...

7,000 Lashes For Being Gay - Of course the Arabs... 2007-10-06 20:09:00 These people are obsess so much over these issues... I wonder how many closeted ones there are over there... probably TONS! (Riyadh) Saudi prison authorities this week began administering 7,000 lashes to each of two men convicted of committing "homosexual acts", a local newspaper reported on Thursday. The Okaz newspaper says that the sentence was being meted out in "phases" and was being ...

Atheists on the rise 2007-10-06 20:05:00 Yes... things in-fact ARE improving... In England and its offspring, the United States, a legion of the godless is rising up against the forces of religiosity.“People who were ashamed to say there is no God now say, ‘Wow, there are others out there who think like me, and it feels damned good,’?” said Margaret Downey, president of the Atheist Alliance International, whose membership has almost ...

J.Lo Having Twins — Confirmed! 2007-10-06 19:36:00 Nice to finally know - congrats... After months of "is she? or isn't she?" controversy, Jennifer Lopez, 38, is set to announce her impending motherhood during her Madison Square Garden concert in NYC on October 7. More importantly — La Lopez has a bigger surprise up her sleeve — she's having twins! ...

Free Britney... 2007-10-06 19:31:00 Yikes! Also while on the topic of Britney... Seems that her and her mother have united again! Come to mama: Days after losing custody of her two kids, Britney Spears found some solace by reuniting with estranged mom Lynne Spears. ...

Eye Whitness: Blackwater's "over-the-top zeal"... 2007-10-06 19:22:00 This is amazing and all to incredibly predictable... there are many videos around the internet attesting to this behavior. I cant say this without noting that actually BEING there and seeing them use potential threat-less people as bombs would tempt me to act the same way... It is a difficult situation... that is for sure. Gans says she witnessed firsthand "over-the-top zeal" of the behemoth ...

Explosions rockTacoma and Harlem... 2007-10-06 18:18:00 Things are really heating up today across the US... and it seems these both happened around the same exact time... TACOMA, Wash. - A large fire and explosion occurred at around 3 p.m. today at 3021 South Wilkeson in Tacoma, Wash. at the Atlas Foundry. An explosion rocked an apartment building in New York's Harlem borough on Saturday, injuring at least 17 people, including a firefighter, local ...

Congrats... 2007-10-06 01:12:00 Congratulations to my younger sister on winning homecoming queen! ...