Pin ItemailprintHere are your top stories for this Saturday, January 21, 2012: – End of fight nears in South Carolina – Search resumes for those missing in cruise accident – Snow halts flights in Chicago – Rare find in Indonesia Incoming search terms:Powered By Pligg chicago entertainmentPowered By Pligg celebritiesPowered By Pligg carolinaPowered By Pligg [...]
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A magnitude 7.3 quake struck west of Sumatra, Indonesia overnight causing locals to flee from their homes and prompting a brief tsunami warning. Fortunately, no one was injured and there was no damage reported. The quake struck at 12:37 a.m. local time about 260 miles southwest of Banda Aceh, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. [...]
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In perhaps a chilling sign of how close humanity is to the brink of extinction, scientists today set the hands of the so-called “Doomsday Clock” forward one minute. “It is now five minutes to midnight,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) director Kennette Benedict announced at today’s press conference in Washington, D.C. We are now [...]
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An 8-year-old girl who was swept right out of her mother’s arms during the 2004 Indonesian tsunami has been found alive and has been reunited with her parents. Meri Yulanda, also known as Wati, is now 15 years old and was reportedly discovered almost seven years after the devastating tsunami struck the coastlines of Asia. [...]
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Mount Lokon volcano in Indonesia has begun erupting this week, sending almost 1,000 residents fleeing from their villages. According to local officials, 977 people from Kaskasen and Kinilow villages evacuated earlier this week. Mount Lokon has been at the highest alert level since last weekend and has been erupting on a daily basis. Residents have [...]
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Here’s a story you’ll go ape over (sorry). Award-winning photographer David Slater says he had his camera stolen by a black macaque in Indonesia. The macaque then proceeded to snap several pictures of itself. “One of them must have accidentally knocked the camera and set it off because the sound caused a bit of a [...]
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Thank goodness! Footage that circulated back in May of Indonesian toddler Ardi Rizal smoking cigarettes caused an uproar. Now, it looks like the smoking 2-year-old has kicked the habit for good. At one point, Rizal was smoking up to two packs a day. His parents said that he would throw temper tantrums every time they [...]
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Indonesian lawmakers were temporarily stunned when a porn video aired on scores of computer monitors outside the press room at Parliament. It reportedly took security guards more than 10 minutes to shut down all computers on Monday. The monitors are often used by visitors and journalists to check the Parliament daily schedule and other political [...]
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UPDATE: Thankfully, little Ardi has kicked the smoking habit. There are truly no words to describe what you are about to read. In what can only be called an epic Parenting Fail, a 2-year-old in Indonesia has become addicted to cigarettes after his parents let him smoke one at just 18 months old. Now, little [...]
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On October 8, 2009, a large asteroid smashed into Earth’s atmosphere above South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The resulting explosion could be heard by monitoring stations some 10,000 miles away, according to a report by scientists at the University of Western Ontario. Many scientists and experts are concerned that this asteroid wasn’t spotted by any Earth-based telescopes [...]
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A mother in Indonesia has given birth to conjoined twins who share the same body and almost all vital organs…except for their heart and their heads. The boys were delivered in the Riau province via cesarean section on Thursday. They were taken to a different hospital where they remain in critical condition. “This is final. [...]
