We've seen several stories lately that included the Twitter posts and/or hashtags of various eminent and/or notorious folk. The "Twitterization" of the world lends itself to some interesting pondering- do we communicate better or worse when we only have 140 characters in which to do s...
A Beijing man who snatched a baby from a pram and hurled it to its death in an argument over a parking space was sentenced to death by a Beijing court Wednesday , according to court documents.http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/25/world/asia/china-baby-murder/index.html?hpt=ias_c2
Glen James is a homeless man who returned a backpack he had found which had contained roughly around $42,000. He found the bag outside a TJ Maxx store in Boston and immediatly gave it to police. To reward James, Ethan Whittington started an online donation site which has raised over $92,000. Whittin...
Mrs. Campuzano just sent this out to us: Hello Students and School Administrators,This will be the 26th year that the Loyal Order of Moose will be giving out the Moose Youth Awareness Scholarships. The Moose Youth Awareness Program is for freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors that show leade...
In the interview I referenced in my Twitter post, the Twitter VP of Product discussed their #FridayForGood initiative, explained below. This is part of an idea called "CSR" - Corporate Social Responsibility - the idea that companies will "operate in ways that benefit society&q...
Senators from both parties linked arms to defy Sen. Ted Cruz, overcoming his attempt to filibuster the stopgap spending bill, which allowed Democrats to add back in full funding for Obamacare and power the bill through the chamber and sending it back to the House. This is it. Time is gone, said Sen...
CHUDLEIGH, Manchester The death of four Holmwood Technical High School students as a result of a bus crash in Chudleigh, North East Manchester, yesterday has again placed on the front burner the issue of careless driving in the public transportation sector. Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserv...
DARREN and Debra Wright lost their two young daughters to illness within three years of each other. Thats when they started breaking bad. The couple spiralled into depression after the deaths and dad Darren turned to cannabis to help cope with his devastation, the Daily Mail reports. In a turn of eve...
CHUDLEIGH, Manchester The death of four Holmwood Technical High School students as a result of a bus crash in Chudleigh, North East Manchester, yesterday has again placed on the front burner the issue of careless driving in the public transportation sector. Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserv...
Mr. Willmont who has been training mice to surf for 10 years decided to teach them to skate when its cold in the winter. They love it, mice are built for skating and surfing their center of gravity is lower. First teaching his mice to surf, he now teaches his furry friends to skate.http://www.telegraph...
Hiroshi Yamauchi, who built Nintendo from a small playing-card company into a global video-gaming empire before buying the Seattle Mariners, died Thursday in Japan. He was 85.Yamauchi took over the company from his ailing grandfather as a university student in 1949 and ran it until 2002 -- a remar...
An Australian walks over a level crossing in Brisbane seemingly oblivious to an oncoming train, which misses the man by a matter of inches. The incident was captured by CCTV and shows the 20-year-old man darting across tracks to avoid being hit by an oncoming train.The man ignored a barrier and warn...
The news that production of the VW Campervan is to be ended, because it cant be fitted with airbags, is a sad sign of the times.Do these people not realize that health and safety along with speed, inconspicuousness and the Clean Air Act have always been fairly low on the list of priorities for any Campe...
The British-born conservative and monarchist opted to be sworn in with an oath to the Queen, marking the first incoming leader to take such a pledge since former conservative leader John Howard in 1996. At a small private ceremony in Canberra eleven days after his landslide election victory, Mr. Ab...
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