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9 years agoComment Prickl
Another one???
Posted in: Two planes crash at Swiss airshow
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9 years agoCurrent Event Prickl
No Asteroid Is Threatening to Hit Earth Next Month, NASA Says
For the last few months, rumors have circulated that a big asteroid will slam into Earth near Puerto Rico between Sept. 15 and Sept. 28, wreaking widespread destruction. Don't believe the hype.
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9 years agoCurrent Event Prickl
Iran's supreme leader is not happy about this McDonald's knockoff in Tehran
The supreme leader of Iran went off about American influence in his country, saying that even with a newly struck nuclear deal, they will "block all attempts of penetration of Iran." Much of the concern seems to revolve around American culture seeping into Iran — like the knockoff fast food restaurants that have popped up in the country.
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9 years agoCurrent Event Prickl
Drug Trafficking Pigeon Busted in Costa Rica
Guards at La Reforma prison in Costa Rica saw something that did not look quite right: A pigeon alighting in the jail's courtyard with a stuffed plastic bag attached to its body. It turns out, reports The Telegraph, the bird with the baggie was a homing pigeon carrying cocaine and marijuana into the facility. Authorities think its likely handler inside the walls found a way to smuggle the bird out, where someone else packed up the unusual air-drop shipment.
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9 years agoComment Prickl
Picnics are always relaxing and cheap.
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9 years agoAnalysis Prickl
Ebola vaccine is 'potential game-changer'
A vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus has led to 100% protection and could transform the way Ebola is tackled, preliminary results suggest. There were no proven drugs or vaccines against the virus at the start of the largest outbreak of Ebola in history, which began in Guinea in December 2013. The World Health Organization (WHO) said the findings, being published in the Lancet, could be a "game-changer".
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9 years agoCurrent Event Prickl
Steam Hit by Major Security Breach, Many Accounts Hacked
Valve’s Steam is the biggest platform in the PC gaming market, with Valve themselves being one of the most prominent companies in the gaming industry as a whole. Steam has millions of accounts all over the world, and in some cases people have invested literally thousands of dollars into their own accounts. Which is why a security breach like the one that just occurred a few days ago is something to take very seriously.
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9 years agoExpression Prickl
In Iraq, I raided insurgents. In Virginia, the police raided me.
I got home from the bar and fell into bed soon after Saturday night bled into Sunday morning. I didn’t wake up until three police officers barged into my apartment, barking their presence at my door. They sped down the hallway to my bedroom, their service pistols drawn and leveled at me. It was just past 9 a.m., and I was still under the covers. The only visible target was my head.