"I'M MAD as hell and I'm not going to take it any more!" So cries news anchorman Howard Beale in the 1976 film Network, during an impassioned on-air rant about the parlous state of the world that closes with Beale successfully exhorting viewers to get up and shout his newly coined slogan out of their windows. ...
Meteor strike in Russia hurts 250, sows panic
Labels: Technology MOSCOW: A plunging meteor exploded with a blinding flash above central Russia on Friday, sowing panic as the hurtling space debris set off a shockwave that smashed windows and left over 250 people injured.Morning traffic ground to a sudden halt in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk as the falling meteor partially burned up in the lower atmosphere above the city and lit up the morning sky, television...
Mom of boy held in bunker is worried
Labels: LifestyleSTORY HIGHLIGHTSPhil McGraw speaks with mother of former Alabama child hostageShe tells him she worried about trying to put him back on a school busEthan told her the Army killed the 'bad man'The 6-year-old tells his mom that 'My bus driver is dead'(CNN) -- Jennifer Kirkland says she caught her 6-year-old son Ethan just staring at a school bus the other day.He was mesmerized, his eyes locked on the...
Cruise passenger: People thought ship was "going to tip over"
Labels: Health (CBS News) Four thousand people who have been adrift at sea for four days are finally nearing shore Thursday night. This evening, the Carnival cruise ship named Triumph is being towed into Mobile Bay, Ala., and is expected to dock by midnight. She left Galveston, Texas, a week ago, loaded with her maximum 3,143 passengers and crew of 1,100. The brochure described a four-day cruise in the Caribbean,...
Nightmare Ends: Passengers Leave Disabled Ship
Labels: Business After five days without power in the Gulf of Mexico, the Carnival Triumph cruise ship carrying more than 4,000 people arrived in Mobile, Ala., to greet a cheering crowd of friends and family members waiting to embrace their loved ones.Passengers began to disembark the damaged ship around 10:15 p.m. CT Thursday in Mobile, Ala. The last passenger disembarked the ship at 1 a.m. local...
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The computer that never crashes
Labels: World A revolutionary new computer based on the apparent chaos of nature can reprogram itself if it finds a fault OUT of chaos, comes order. A computer that mimics the apparent randomness found in nature can instantly recover from crashes by repairing corrupted data. ...
Third Japanese dies after Guam tourist attack
Labels: Technology HAGATNA: The death toll from a frenzied attack on Japanese tourists in the Pacific nation of Guam rose to three on Thursday when a man mowed down by the killer's car succumbed to his injuries, officials said.The attack happened late on Tuesday when a local man drove his car up a pavement near a resort, injuring six, then went on a stabbing rampage after crashing into a convenience store,...
Woman found killed in home of 'blade runner' Pistorius
Labels: LifestyleBy Nkepile Mabuse, CNNupdated 3:54 AM EST, Thu February 14, 2013STORY HIGHLIGHTSThe shooting occurs in the home of Oscar Pistorius South African police say man, 26, was taken into custodyPistorius is a double-amputee who ran with the aid of prosthetic limbsPretoria, South Africa (CNN) -- A 30-year-old woman was found fatally shot in the upscale Pretoria home belonging to South African Olympian Oscar...
Couple: "Calm" Dorner tied us up in our condo
Labels: Health LOS ANGELES A California couple says fugitive ex-police officer Christopher Dorner tied them up in their mountain condominium and stole their car before the firefight that led to his presumed death. Karen and Jim Reynolds said at a news conference Wednesday that they came upon Dorner when they entered the condo in Big Bear, Calif. Tuesday, and believe he'd been there as early as Friday. They say...
Dorner Not IDed, But Manhunt Considered Over
Labels: Business Though they have not yet identified burned remains found at the scene of Tuesday's fiery, armed standoff, San Bernardino, Calif., officials consider the manhunt over for Christopher Dorner, the fugitive ex-cop accused of going on a killing spree."The events that occurred yesterday in the Big Bear area brought to close an extensive manhunt," San Bernardino County Sheriff John...
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