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Front Page: Pakistan Earthquake Kills 150, Flash Floods Hit India, Obama On Most TV Stations Tonight

Oct 29 2008 - 5:59am by CitizenSugar
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Front Page: Pakistan Earthquake Kills 150, Flash Floods Hit India, Obama On Most TV Stations Tonight
  • Pakistan Earthquake Kills 150: A 6.5 earthquake hit southwestern Pakistan today causing heavy damage and resulting in the deaths of at least 150 people. A local expert says, “It was a shallow earthquake, which is very destructive. The aftershocks will be felt for a week with more or less the same intensity.” Hundreds more are injured following the quake.
  • Flash Floods Hit India: Floods swept through northeastern India today displacing 70,000 people from more than 70 villages.
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Front Page: Tree-Sitters Climb Down, Quake Shakes Iran, More Calling Suicide Hotline, US Deficit at $438 Billion

Sep 10 2008 - 6:00am by CitizenSugar
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Front Page: Tree-Sitters Climb Down, Quake Shakes Iran, More Calling Suicide Hotline, US Deficit at $438 Billion
  • Tree-Sitters Climb Down: After a 21-month occupation, four remaining tree-sitters in an oak grove on the UC Berkeley campus, climbed down and into police custody. School officials had cut off food and water supplies Monday and were prepared to remove the activists using force. The tree-sitters were trying to stop the construction of a $125 million sports center which threatened 42 trees on campus.
  • Quake Shakes Iran: A 6.1 magnitude earthquake has hit southern Iran near the site of a large Iranian oil refinery, injuring 22 and killing three.
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Television Personality Freaks Out During Earthquake

Jul 31 2008 - 9:16am by GiggleSugar
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Television Personality Freaks Out During Earthquake During a taping of Cosmos Gal during which this woman with a plunging neckline reads horoscope predictions, the not-so-big one hit. My favorite part is when, out of frame, you hear her say, "Get in the f*cking doorway, Andy!" She wanders back, only to wonder if they're still recording and to announce it's her first earthquake.
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Earthquake in LA Yesterday Interrupts Judge Judy

Jul 30 2008 - 12:00pm by GiggleSugar
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Earthquake in LA Yesterday Interrupts Judge Judy The gods were smiling down on someone on the Judge Judy set yesterday in LA. There was a mild earthquake, and you can see in the clip here that the camera shakes and the plaintiff and defendant look pretty nervous. I don't know who was spared, but could being injured or dying from an earthquake be any worse than being verbally bitch slapped by Judge Don't Pee on My Leg and Tell Me It's Raining! Judy?
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LATimes.com Goes Down After Earthquake Due To "Heavy Volume"

Jul 29 2008 - 2:40pm by CitizenSugar
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LATimes.com Goes Down After Earthquake Due To "Heavy Volume" LATimes.com Goes Down After Earthquake Due To "Heavy Volume" Shortly after a magnitude-5.8 earthquake hit Los Angeles this afternoon, the LA Times website went down. Managing Editor John Arthur explained in an (obviously dashed off given the circumstances) email to staff: "our website server is staggering because of heavy volume. the page actually has been updated and may load for some people.
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7.2 Magnitude Quake Rips Japan, Killing At Least 6 People

Jun 14 2008 - 6:44am by CitizenSugar
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7.2 Magnitude Quake Rips Japan, Killing At Least 6 People A magnitude-7.2 earthquake crumpled the countryside in Japan on this morning, killing at least six people, leaving a path of destruction. At least eight people are still missing. Military helicopters headed to the quake zone 250 miles north of Tokyo, bringing supplies and taking the injured to hospitals.
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Front Page: Austria Cellar Daughter Awake, China Drains Quake Lake, TV Crew Abducted

Jun 10 2008 - 6:00am by CitizenSugar
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Front Page: Austria Cellar Daughter Awake, China Drains Quake Lake, TV Crew Abducted
  • Austria Cellar Daughter Awake: Kerstin Fritzl, the 19-year-old woman, and the oldest daughter kept in the cellar in Austria, has regained consciousness. Her illness in April tipped Austria's authorities to the incest scandal. Kerstin is the oldest of seven children fathered by Josef Fritzl, her grandfather, during the 24 years he kept his daughter Elisabeth in his cellar, captive while raping her repeatedly.
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Front Page: Bush Goes to Europe, Spanish Truckers Strike, Quake Lake Still Rising

Jun 9 2008 - 5:58am by CitizenSugar
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Front Page: Bush Goes to Europe, Spanish Truckers Strike, Quake Lake Still Rising
  • Bush Goes to Europe: President Bush has just departed for a farewell trip to Europe's major capitals, taking news of both concern for and confidence in the US economy. His first stop is Slovenia for his final US-European Union Summit. He will also visit Germany, Italy, France, England and Northern Ireland.
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Poke! The Chinese Premiere Logs in to Facebook

May 28 2008 - 9:00am by CitizenSugar
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Poke! The Chinese Premiere Logs in to Facebook Since the earthquake, Chinese Premiere Wen Jiabao has made a bunch of friends. Over 13,000 of them to be exact — according to his hopping Facebook profile. He's become wildly popular for his fast and feeling response to the May 12 earthquake.
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Sharon Stone Says Earthquake Was "Karma." Outrageous?

May 26 2008 - 11:00pm by CitizenSugar
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Sharon Stone Says Earthquake Was "Karma." Outrageous? Over the weekend at the Cannes Film Festival, Sharon Stone had the opportunity to tell the world exactly how she felt about the earthquake in China (the death toll from which has just topped 65,000). Here's what Ms. Stone had to say: 1662128 "Well, you know, it was very interesting .
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