Mary Josephine Ray, a woman from New Hampshire who had been certified as the America’s oldest living person, has died at the age 114 years, 294 days.
She died at a nursing home in Westmoreland on Sunday, but remained active until about two weeks prior to her passing, according to her granddaughter, Katherine Ray.
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The massive earthquake that devastated Chile and caused tsunami warnings in Hawaii may have also literally knocked Earth off its axis.
The quake, which measured 8.8 on the Richter Scale, may have also made our days shorter, according to NASA’s Richard Gross.
This type of small change to the Earth’s axis shouldn’t have much of an effect [...]

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A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile last night, killing at least 147 people and triggering a tsunami warning in Hawaii.  Warning sirens were wailing on Saturday across the island, warning coastal areas to evacuate.
The sirens blasted as early as 6 a.m. local time (11 a.m. EST) to warn of a possible tsunami triggered by the [...]

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A killer whale lived up to its name this afternoon at SeaWorld’s Shamu Stadium in Orlando, Florida.  The whale killed trainer Dawn Brancheau, 40, around 2 p.m.
Early reports indicate that she fell into the whale tank and was fatally injured by one of the whales, named Tillikum.
SeaWorld uses the name Shamu only as [...]

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If you’ve been watching the Winter Olympics at all, you’ve probably noticed something about USA’s most decorated winter Olympian in history, Apolo Anton Ohno.  He yawns alot.
But why does he do it?  Is he so good at these events that he finds them boring?  Does he have some rare form of narcolepsy?  Does he wear [...]

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Now here’s something you don’t see every day. In fact, you may never see it again.
A weather forecaster in Oklahoma is predicting something strange: accumulating snow in all 50 states.  In other words, there could actually be snow on the ground in all 50 states at the same time.
Patrick Marsh with the National Oceanic [...]

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The Snowpocalypse is still raging outside here in Baltimore.  To give you an idea of what we’re up against, here is a timelapse from the FIRST blizzard that hit earlier this week.
On top of that, we’re in the middle of Blizzard #2 which is dumping another 10 – 20 inches of new snow on top [...]

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It’s happened.  The unthinkable has happened.  Just when we thought it couldn’t get any worse.  Just when we had suffered through not one, but two blizzards in one week.  Just when it looked like it might stop snowing and the sun might come out.  It happened.
It stalled.  The Great Baltimore Blizzard of 2010 Part II [...]

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We all know that teenagers love to sleep, but one teen has an affliction that forces her to take her sleeping routine to the extreme.
Last year, 15-year-old Louisa Ball exhibited flu-like symptoms that ended up preceding days upon days of sleeping. The condition, called Kleine Levin Syndrome, or Sleeping Beauty Syndrome, is quite rare.  [...]

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We here at Blippitt are excited (and just a little bit freaked out) to be witnessing history in the making later today.
By 1 p.m. EST, we will more than likely be starting to see our second blizzard in less than a week creep into the region.
Stay tuned to our Snowpocalypse page for full coverage
So far, [...]

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