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12-year old “Facebook Face for Cancer” dies

12-year old “Facebook Face for Cancer” dies

Jessica Joy Rees, A Southern California girl who became a nationally recognized face of child cancer with a blog that chronicled her fight against brain tumors has died. She was only 12 years old. The Orange County seventh-grader, called “Jessie” by family and friends, began her blog and Facebook  page after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in March. A […]

Court Denies Conviction In Alleged Super Bowl Massacre

Court denies conviction in alleged Super Bowl Massacre

A federal appeals court in San Francisco has denied the appeal to reinstate the conviction of an Arizona man, Kurt Havelock accused of planning a Super Bowl massacre, saying his rambling did not constitute a threat to people. Kurt Havelock, who did not attack, was convicted in 2008 of mailing threatening messages after he sent a […]

8th grader with pellet gun killed by Texas police

8th grader with pellet gun killed by Texas police

15-year-old Jaime Gonzalez was repeatedly shot in a hallway at Cummings Middle School in Brownsville. The eighth grader was fatally shot by police inside his South Texas School, the parents are now demanding to know why officers took lethal action. But police said the boy was showing off and refused to drop what appeared to be a handgun and that the […]

L.A. Arsonist Sparked by Mom’s Arrest

L.A. Arsonist Sparked by Mom’s Arrest

Harry Burkhart observed as his mother was arrested last week, Dec. 28 on a provisional arrest warrant from their native land of Germany. Two days after his mother’s arrest he began a series of arsons that terrorized Los Angeles, police said. Burkhart lived with his mother above Elady’s shop on Sunset Boulevard. Elady said he […]

New York Now Requires Nurses to Have Bachelor Degree

New York Now Requires Nurses to Have Bachelor Degree

At present, most registered nurses have two-year associate’s degrees. No state requires a four-year degree for initial licensing or afterward. Under a bill, lawmakers are considering as part of a national push to raise educational standards for nurses, even as the health care industry faces staffing shortages. New registered nurses would have to earn bachelor’s degrees within 10 years […]

Lazy FedEx Employee Caught on Cam, Viral Video Hits 2 Millions Viewers

Lazy FedEx Employee Caught on Cam, Viral Video Hits 2 Millions Viewers

A customer has caught on his surveillance camera how his newly bought monitor was tossed by a FedEx company driver. The viral video is now seen by 2 million viewers around the world. Included in the video’s description was, “The sad part is that I was home at the time with the front door wide […]

17 Year Old Boy Pleads Guilty for Killing Gay Classmate

17 Year Old Boy Pleads Guilty for Killing Gay Classmate

Brandon McInerney, 17, pleaded guilty for killing a homosexual classmate and was sentenced for 21 years of imprisonment. For the meantime, McInerney will serve time in a juvenile detention center until he turns 18. Further, McInerney will get no credit for the time already served and was ordered to pay $10,000 in restitution for the […]

President Obama and Secretary Clinton Order Protection of Gay Rights

President Obama and Secretary Clinton Order Protection of Gay Rights

“Gay rights are human rights and human rights are gay rights.” These are the words used by U.S Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton as she called for the nations to recognize gay rights. Likewise, through a presidential directive, President Barack Obama directed all U.S. agencies to aid, promote and protect the rights of gays, lesbians, […]

Thanksgiving Tragedy: Plane Crash in Phoenix Leaves 6 People Missing

Thanksgiving Tragedy: Plane Crash in Phoenix Leaves 6 People Missing

Authorities reported, six people including three children, are missing after their small plane crashed in flames on high steeply peaks of Phoenix. Recent reports stated that the two-engine aircraft came from Safford to Mesa’s Falcon Field to fetch 3 children for holiday thanksgiving. However, according to Pinal County Paul Babeu, the small plane crashed into […]

Man arrested in New York for bomb plot

Man arrested in New York for bomb plot

City officials announced that a man was arrested last Sunday, November 20, 2011 for intending to plant and detonate bombs in New York City. The man was said to be fascinated by the US-born Muslim militant, Anwar al-Awlaki. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly with Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Attorney Cyprus Vance Jr. announced in a news […]

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