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In light of the recent incident with an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9, questions arise regarding the airline's decision-making process. The aircraft, previously flagged for potential pressurization issues, was limited to shorter routes, enabling...
by ViewFromTheMiddle
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on Mon Jan 08, 2024 at 12:40 PM PST
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On October 16, dog Busta and I started a long planned bicycle ride on the Katy Trail. It was going to be a quiet retreat to reflect on where where are and what we can do. We didn’t make it. Here is the report. We have a nice bicycle and trailer that we...
by greenandblue
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on Fri Oct 20, 2023 at 10:04 AM PDT
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Hours before a vigil in honor of Nevaeh Rose Brave Heart, who was killed by a hit-and-run driver on Friday, Oct. 14, the Rapid City Police Department announced Tuesday that they arrested a 27-year-old in connection with the incident. Identified as...
by Aysha Qamar
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on Thu Oct 20, 2022 at 05:30 PM PDT
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July Fourth is a holiday filled with cookouts, alcohol, BBQs, family, friends, and fireworks. Lots of fireworks. But fireworks are by nature explosives and parties get out of hand and explosives are … explosive. Every year, more and more Americans are...
by Walter Einenkel
232 comments
on Wed Jul 06, 2022 at 10:40 AM PDT
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With all the horrible stuff going on right now, it’s easy to forget the stuff that’s still important to keep on our collective to-do lists. One of those things is getting rid of the damn time change. Here are the key points. I may add links and...
by Couchsachraga
56 comments
on Sat Mar 12, 2022 at 02:19 PM PST
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The global coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated existing inequalities and shone�an even harsher light on our country’s fundamental problems.�One of the�issues we face in the U.S. that has been ...
by Walter Einenkel
44 comments
on Mon Sep 06, 2021 at 09:00 AM PDT
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I hate to stereotype them all, but Republicans across the country have garnered reputations for their lack of empathy towards humanity. However, one GOP official has allegedly taken it to the next level. A Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate is under...
by Aysha Qamar
478 comments
on Mon Jul 26, 2021 at 12:46 PM PDT
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Stories of drivers ramming into pedestrians at peaceful protests and parades have been all too common since 2020’s Black Lives Matter protests. While in most cases the drivers had malicious intent to discourage participants from expressing their views,...
by Aysha Qamar
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on Tue Jun 22, 2021 at 06:02 AM PDT
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I live in Wilton Manors. When the incident happened last night, like most people, my first thought was that it had been another in a series of car-related terrorist attacks by the Right. Indeed, the Mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Dean Trantalis (a family...
by Munchausen
165 comments
on Sun Jun 20, 2021 at 03:48 AM PDT
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BREAKING: Liquid Nitrogen Leak At Georgia Poultry Plant Kills 6, Injures 11 Including 4 Firefighters AP GAINESVILLE, Ga, (AP) — A liquid nitrogen leak at a northeast Georgia poultry plant killed six people Thursday, with multiple others taken to the hospital, officials said. Beth Downs, a spokesperson for Northeast Georgia Health System, said five...
by PvtJarHead
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on Thu Jan 28, 2021 at 12:02 PM PST
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At the time, I was living in Washington, D.C., working as a paralegal for a high profile law firm which specialized in aircraft crashes. Yes, before I got this job, I had not realized that planes crashed often enough so that a whole law firm could be...
by herbinchi
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on Fri Mar 06, 2020 at 10:42 AM PST
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A 7-month-old yellow Labrador retriever named Molly accidentally shot a passenger in her owner’s car on Oct. 3 in Oklahoma. NBC affiliate KFOR reports that 44-year-old Tina Springer was in the passenger seat of 79-year-old Brent Parks’ car. Behind them...
by Walter Einenkel
180 comments
on Wed Oct 09, 2019 at 11:27 AM PDT
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On May 14, the annual W.S. "Babe" Howard Classic baseball game between the University of Memphis and the University of Tennessee at Martin, at USA Stadium in Millington, Tennessee, was suspended after an 8-year-old accidentally shot his mother, sending...
by Walter Einenkel
107 comments
on Wed May 15, 2019 at 08:11 AM PDT
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It’s 3:30 in the morning; restless, not sleeping.
I really do like the life Tracy and I have made here in Gainesville, Florida.
It’s fairly quiet in our neighborhood, I hear some traffic over on Waldo Road, there’s a radio playing somewhere off...
by rogerman
21 comments
on Sun Sep 23, 2018 at 02:54 AM PDT
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Internet jokes not withstanding I really am asking for a friend. She was involved in an accident a few weeks ago not too far from where I live. Much to her surprise the police are treating the accident like it’s her fault and she’s freaking out. She’s...
by ontheleftcoast
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on Wed Jun 06, 2018 at 05:33 PM PDT
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Buzzfeed reports that there’s another “Steele Dossier” floating around Washington. But this one isn’t obviously about Donald Trump’s Moscow antics. Instead, it’s a death that was officially an accident, but less officially could be a murder committed...
by Mark Sumner
175 comments
on Tue Mar 27, 2018 at 08:02 AM PDT
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Three students were injured, none seriously, when a teacher accidentally discharged his firearm in class—during a gun safety course. Dennis Alexander, a teacher who also serves as a reserve police officer at Seaside High School in California, has been...
by Walter Einenkel
9 comments
on Wed Mar 14, 2018 at 08:17 AM PDT
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Last night at nine pm, I was relaxing from a long day. I’d taken my boyfriend to have a colonoscopy that day, which had involved going down to his house the night before, sleeping badly due to him not being in bed with me (he stayed up all night due to...
by Alexandra Lynch
20 comments
on Thu Oct 19, 2017 at 09:54 AM PDT
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Two weeks ago a Cooke Aquaculture salmon farm in Washington state had a catastrophic failure, releasing about 150,000 Atlantic salmon into the Salish Sea. I live in the San Juan Islands not far from the wrecked fish farm and have been monitoring the...
by OceanDiver
166 comments
on Fri Sep 01, 2017 at 10:27 AM PDT
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Really engrossing article by Zaria Gorvett at BBC Future:
What not to do in a disaster; Survival is less about heroic actions than avoiding mindless mistakes.
Humans are simply not equipped to cope with unexpected life-threatening situations. We...
by xaxnar
19 comments
on Tue Jul 18, 2017 at 09:04 AM PDT
with 7 Recommends
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