Pin ItemailprintWho needs SOPA anyway? Despite the fact that the Stop Online Piracy Act has been temporarily shelved, federal prosecutors in Virginia today shut down one of the web’s largest file-sharing websites, Megaupload.com. The site’s founder and several others have been charged with violating piracy laws. The company has been accused of costing copyright holders [...]
Here are your top stories for this Sunday, December 25, 2011: – Newt Gingrich hits roadblock – Thousands visit Jesus’ birthplace – Kim Jong Un called “supreme leader” – NORAD Santa Tracker racks up Facebook likes
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The gunman has been identified in yesterday’s Virginia Tech shooting as 22-year-old Ross Truett Ashley, a college student at nearby Radford University. Police said today that Ashley was responsible for killing a Virginia Tech police officer, setting off a campus-wide lockdown for students. Ashley shot and killed himself after shooting the police officer. Police also [...]
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UPDATE: The shooter has been identified as 22-year-old Ross Truett Ashley. The gunman from yesterday’s shooting at Virginia Tech was not a student at the school, according to authorities. The shooter killed a Virginia Tech police officer before shooting himself to death. The suspect shot Officer Deriek Crouse, 39, after approaching him in a parking [...]
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Virginia Tech is reporting that shots have been fired on campus. 12/9/11 8:01 p.m. EST UPDATE: The shooter has been identified as 22-year-old Ross Truett Ashley. 12/9/11 11:04 a.m. EST UPDATE: Shooter was not a student, not involved in traffic stop. 4:45 p.m. EST UPDATE: Authorities now believe that the shooter is dead. 3:03 p.m. EST [...]
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Federal Aviation Administration chief Randy Babbitt resigned today, just three days after he was arrested for DUI near his home in suburban D.C. In a brief statement, Babbitt said he had submitted his resignation to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. Babbitt, 65, said serving as FAA administrator had been “the highlight of my professional career,” adding, [...]
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Here we go again. Apparently, natural disasters don’t just “happen” anymore…they have to be some sort of omen. Yesterday, on The 700 Club, preacher Pat Robertson said that the this weekend’s Oklahoma earthquake was a sign of the End of Days and that people must get “right with the Lord.” Back in August, Robertson also [...]
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It’s a sad day for GWAR fans as Cory Smoot, the guitarist known as Flattus Maximus in the bizarre, costumed metal band, was found dead on the band’s tour bus yesterday as they prepared to cross the border into Canada. The cause of death has not yet been determined. Smoot, who joined the Virginia-based band [...]
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We like to talk about conspiracy theories and doomsday scenarios every once in a while here at Blippitt, and there seems to be some stuff going on later this month that will at least make you scratch your head and wonder. Maybe Harold Camping was right about all those doomsday predictions. Maybe he was just [...]
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Hurricane Irene left a path of destruction up and down the East Coast, but that’s not all she left behind. According to various media reports, the storm also left behind lots of mysterious, gray, smelly blobs in shallow waters from Virginia to New York. So what exactly ARE those things? “They’re potato sponges,” says Emmett [...]
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Meet Lance Diamond. Lance is a freshman at Virginia Tech. He also apparently has very sensitive feet. It seems he wore his brand now Rainbow’s and Sperry’s around campus all day without properly breaking them in first. Now he’s pissed because he has blisters all over his feet and he’s demanding that the companies reimburse [...]
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TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle was arrested on DUI charges on Sunday. The Olympic gold medalist was arrested by Virginia State Troopers and hauled off to Warren County Jail. He posted $2,000 bond and was released at 3:31 a.m. Sunday morning. Angle was previously arrested for DUI on March 25, 2011 in North Dakota and charged [...]
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