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Boy, 15, kills himself after 'facing expulsion and being put on sex offender list..
Christian Adamek hanged himself on October 2 and died from his injuries two days later - a week after he streaked at his high school football game He was arrested and school district recommended...
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Sandy Hook school to be melted down, erasing any trace of killing spree scene
NEWTOWN, Conn. — When the old Sandy Hook Elementary School is demolished, building materials will be pulverized on site and metal will be taken away and melted down in an…
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Death at the Summit: How the Feds Killed a Market Oracle
As CEO of Intrade, John Delaney harnessed the wisdom of the crowds, with often freakishly prescient results. Technocratic dreamers were ecstatic about the company's ability to predict the future, and maybe even reshape society. Today Delaney's company has collapsed and his body is entombed atop Mount Everest. A tale of bravado, bluster, and efficient markets.
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Michael Schumacher 'fights for his life' after brain haemorrhage following skiing accident
It is claimed the seven-time world champion in Formula 1 fell in Méribel ski resort, in the French Alps, and was transported to hospital where he is being treated for a head injury.
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Mutilated by machete, the tragic orphans of Africa's forgotten war
Recent violence in South Sudan has captured the headlines, but just across the border, similar horrors have been visited upon a country hidden from the outside world. For ten deadly months, the Central African Republic has been ravaged by atrocities between Muslim Séléka rebels, who seized power last March, and Christian militias. Thousands have been killed and almost a million – a fifth of the population – driven from their homes.
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WWII bomb blast in Thailand kills six, injures 18: Officials
The shell was found at a construction site by builders who then sold it to a suburban scrap metal merchant believing the bomb had been defused. At least six people died and 18 others were injured Wednesday when a suspected World War II bomb exploded at a scrap metal warehouse in Bangkok as workers tried to cut it open, officials said.
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Acrobats fall during stunt at circus in U.S.; at least 11 performers hurt
Authorities are trying to determine what caused a support frame to collapse during an aerial hair-hanging stunt during a U.S. circus performance, sending eight acrobats crashing to the ground.
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Seven people die in Cambodia after looking for money in well
Seven people died from a lack of oxygen after climbing down a well in Cambodia to retrieve about 75 cents, police and relatives said Sunday. The incident happened late Saturday in a remote area of the northwestern province of Siem Reap when an 11-year-old boy and six other people went into the well to collect 3,000 riel (75 cents). The boy's older sister, Che Chhan, said their father had accidentally dropped the money when taking water.
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Ohio woman dies after walking into propeller at regional airport
An office worker at an Ohio regional airport has died from head injuries she sustained after walking into a spinning airplane propeller, authorities said on Wednesday.
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Newlywed husband, wife crash into each other; both die
A newlywed husband and wife are both dead after they crashed into each other head-on in North Texas Wednesday morning. Nicolas Cruz, 31, and Kristina Munoz, 26, were alone in their respective vehicles when they collided, the AP reports. The crash occurred near a farm where both of them worked, but investigators aren't sure what happened; KETK reports that the accident took place at the crest of a hill.
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Two die after looking for dropped cell phone in toilet
A man and his mother have suffocated after trying to fish a mobile phone out of an open pit toilet and falling in. The South China Morning Post reports that an unnamed woman in Xinxiang City, China, dropped her phone, worth about $320, into the open pit toilet. Her husband tried to find it but was overcome by the stench, lost consciousness and fell in. His mother then dove in after her son but she also fainted.
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Two teenage students die after falling from south London balcony 'while having sex'
Neighbours said a party was taking place inside the sixth-floor flat in Deptford when the 'tragic accident' involving two students occurred
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Hoarder Dies After 1st Floor Falls Into Basement
A 66-year-old woman described by police as an apparent hoarder was found dead under a pile of debris after the first floor of her Connecticut home collapsed into the basement under the weight of all the clutter, authorities said.Police in Cheshire identified the woman as Beverly Mitchell. Her body was found in her home Saturday, two days after a postal carrier called police to request a welfare check because her mail had been piling up for at least a week.
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Italy finds bodies in migrant boat
The Italian navy has found about 30 bodies in a fishing boat carrying hundreds of migrants between Sicily and the North African coast. The migrants who died appeared to have been asphyxiated. The discovery was made when rescuers boarded the vessel to evacuate a number of people said to be in distress, two of them pregnant women.
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Man dies at South Dakota hot dog eating contest
A Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in western South Dakota turned tragic when a contestant choked to death. Walter Eagle Tail, 47, of Custer, died at a hospital Thursday after attempts to save him at the scene failed, Custer County Sheriff Rick Wheeler told the Rapid City Journal. “There was someone doing CPR when we arrived,” Wheeler said. “He probably just suffocated. It got lodged in his throat and they (paramedics) couldn’t get it out.
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21 killed, over 160 injured as Moscow Metro carriages derail in rush hour
21 people have been killed and over 160 injured as several subway cars derailed on the Moscow Metro on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya dark blue Metro line on Tuesday morning, according to health officials.
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How I accidentally shot and killed my best friend
'I can actually remember smiling as I pulled the trigger, ready to shout, "Gotcha!" when I made them jump'
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Teenager dies after tragic accident during ice bucket challenge
A teenager has died after joining in a variation of the latest internet craze, the ice bucket challenge. Cameron Lancaster is believed to be the first victim of the trend, in which people film themselves having ice water poured over their heads for charity. The 18-year-old was found dead after jumping into a disused quarry.
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800,000 bees attack, leaving one person dead, four injured
One bee after you is bad enough. What about thousands? A man in Arizona died after being stung more than an estimated 100 times. An exterminator said based on the size of the hive, there were about 800,000 bees.
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Groom, Paralyzed In An Accident, Surprises Bride With Wedding Dance
Sgt. Joey Johnson has used a wheelchair since August 2012 when he was paralyzed in a motorcycle accident following a 10-month tour in Afghanistan. But at his June 2014 wedding to Michelle Johnson, he surprised his beautiful bride by standing for ...
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