A shootout in front of a Walmart in Washington state left two people dead and two sheriff’s deputies wounded Sunday afternoon, a sheriff’s spokesman said. (Jan. 23)
Continue reading …The future of hundreds of backed up US executions was in jeopardy today after the last US company manufacturing a lethal drug used on death row stopped production. Manufacturer Hospira ceased making sodium thiopental after Italian officials refused to allow a company operation to proceed unless the plant could ensure…
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January 24th: Gold found at Sutter’s Mill; Winston Churchill dies; Ted Bundy executed; Thurgood Marshall dies; John Belushi born.
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Students often cry when they first arrive at the Beaver Island Lighthouse School, an alternative high school for dropouts on an isolated island in northern Lake Michigan. That’s what Taylor Fisher did. But those tears turned to triumph. (Jan. 24)
Continue reading …"Park Here" Offers A Verdant Escape From Winter Doldrums Inside A Nolita Gallery
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Park Ranger Mike Photo: openhouse nyc Weekend temperatures in the twenties and an article in the New York Times drove many New Yorkers seeking a patch of green and a break from the bitter cold to a pop-up park on Mulberry Street in Nolita. The indoor pop-up park is located in Openhouse Gallery’s 4,500 square foot art and exhibition space, and is simply called “ParkHere”. Despite my doubts that… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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The Verizon iPhone came in with a bang and users are waiting for February 3rd/10th to get their hands on the much anticipated device. Starting what seems to be a massive advertising push for the Verizon iPhone, Apple has started airing their own ad featuring both phones touting “Two is Better Than One.” Apple is Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : SlashGear Discovery Date : 24/01/2011 05:39 Number of articles : 2
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Pittsburgh scored 24 first half-points and held off a Jets rally to win the AFC championship game Sunday 24-19. The Steelers will go to the Super Bowl for the third time in six years. They’ve won a record six Super Bowls. (Jan. 23)
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Jack LaLanne, the fitness guru who inspired television viewers to trim down and pump iron for decades before exercise became a national obsession, died Sunday. He was 96. (Jan. 23)
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Will Doritos be running this gay-themed ad during the Superbowl? We’ve already seen one rejected ad today. Do you think this one will make the cut? The next time I go to a bath though, I’m totally going to try that trick of setting a bag of Doritos between my legs. The only thing that’ll draw a man faster would be if you used bacon like the old insult, “We had to tie a pork chop around your neck just… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Bilerico Project Discovery Date : 24/01/2011 03:56 Number of articles : 4
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