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Friday, August 31, 2012

Marine detained for Facebook posts: 'It made me scared for my country'

Nearly two weeks after he was hauled off by authorities and admitted to a psych ward over his own Facebook postings, retired Marine Brandon Raub is speaking out about his detainment and what Americans should know about their right to free speech.

Raub, a 26-year-old decorated military vet that served two tours overseas, was visited by agents with the US Secret Service, the FBI and local law enforcement on August 16 after statements he made on his personal Facebook page raised the eyebrows of authorities. Posts calling for a political revolution and even lyrical excerpts from rap songs placed his social networking profile on the government’s radar, and after briefly questioning him at his house two weeks ago, Raub was handcuffed and hauled off.

Street cleaner dies after stabbing

A street cleaner who tried to stop a burglar making a getaway has died after being stabbed in the torso.

The eastern European man, aged 40, died in St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, Scotland Yard said.
Police said they were called to an assault in Rylett Road, west London, just before 2pm on Wednesday and found the man with a stab wound to the torso.
Six people have been arrested in connection with the incident.

Hurricane Isaac (2012)

Hurricane Isaac is currently affecting the northern Gulf Coast of the United States, including the western Florida Panhandle, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. The ninth tropical cyclone and ninth named storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, Isaac developed from a tropical wave located east of the Lesser Antilles on August 21, strengthening into a tropical storm later that day. Isaac passed over Hispaniola and Cuba as a strong tropical storm, killing at least 29 individuals, as it entered the Gulf of Mexico. Isaac reached hurricane strength the morning of August 28. The storm made its first U.S. landfall at 6:45 p.m. CDT that evening (2345 UTC), near the mouth of the Mississippi River. It made a second and final landfall at 2:00 a.m. CDT (0700 UTC) the next morning at Port Fourchon, Louisiana.

Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Isaac

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Sugar Found In Space: A Sign of Life?

Astronomers have made a sweet discovery: simple sugar molecules floating in the gas around a star some 400 light-years away, suggesting the possibility of life on other planets.

The discovery doesn't prove that life has developed elsewhere in the universe—but it implies that there is no reason it could not. It shows that the carbon-rich molecules that are the building blocks of life can be present even before planets have begun forming.

Monday, August 27, 2012

Wiki Loves Monuments 2012

Wiki Loves Monuments is an international photo contest around cultural heritage monuments in September. Starting from the Netherlands in 2010 and organized on a European level in 2011, we go global in 2012!

Eclipse 4 is beautiful – Create your own Eclipse 4 theme

For devs who use Eclipse IDE and want to change color scheme.

Here's: http://www.vogella.com/blog/2012/07/11/eclipse-4-is-beautiful-create-your-own-eclipse-4-theme/

http://eclipsecolorthemes.org/

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Astronaut Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on moon, dies at age 82

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died Saturday, weeks after heart surgery and days after his 82nd birthday.

His family reported the death at 2:45 p.m. ET. A statement said he died following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures.

Friday, August 24, 2012

Kelly: Disgruntled Employee Kills One Before Being Shot Dead By Cops Near Empire State Building

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A disgruntled employee recently fired from his job shot and killed one of his co-workers then opened fire on the street near the Empire State Building before being shot and killed by police, authorities said Friday.

The suspect has been identified as Jeffrey Johnson, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said.

At 9:03 a.m. Friday, police said Johnson walked into Hazan Imports at 10 West 33rd Street where he had worked for six years and got into a dispute with his former co-worker before shooting him three times, Kelly said.