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Eight Killed in Seal Beach California Beauty Salon Massacre

Seal Beach police allege that on Wednesday, ex-marine Scott Evans Dekraai, entered the Salon Meritage Beauty Salon wearing a bullet-proof vest and opened fire, killing six people immediately and wounding three others. Six of the victims were declared dead at the scene, two others died later in hospital. Police apprehended Dekraai, 42, a few blocks from [...]

Harsh Winter Expected for Northern U.S.

Private forecaster Accuweather.com says that a Pacific La Nina will again drive weather patterns across the United States this winter. ”The brunt of the winter season, especially when dealing with cold, will be over the north-central U.S.,” stated Paul Pastelok, expert meteorologist and leader of the AccuWeather.com long range forecasting Team. Chicago, which endured a monster [...]

Billionaire Rajaratnam gets 11 years for insider trading

Fallen hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam, who was convicted by a jury of 14 counts of conspiracy and securities fraud last May, has received the longest-ever prison sentence for insider trading. US district judge Richard Holwell sentenced Mr. Rajaratnam, the former head of the Galleon Group hedge fund, to 11 years in prison.  ”His crimes [...]

‘YETI’ The Abominable Snowman is Alive and Well and Living In Siberia

Russian officials in  the Kemerovo region of southwestern Siberia say they have found ‘indisputable evidence’ that yetis exist and are currently living in Siberia.  Their claim follows an international conference and expedition to track down the Abominable Snowman in the Mount Shoria area. The expedition was organised after Kemerovo’s governor invited researchers from the United [...]

Al-Qaida Underwear Bomber Changes Plea to Guilty in Detroit Courtroom

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 25, the so-called underwear bomber stunned a Detroit courtroom with his sudden plea reversal after prosecutors were getting ready to present a mountain of physical evidence against him in a trial that was expected to last up to a month. Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian citizen, gave a defiant shout of “Allah Akbar” as [...]

BlackBerry Service Problems Spread to the US

Research in Motion Inc. confirmed that the problems with its BlackBerry network have now spread to the US and Canada. For the last three days up to 43 million BlackBerry users  have been experiencing unreliable email plus blocked access to browsing and messaging in Europe, the Midde East and Africa. In a statement issued by RIM [...]