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150 earthquakes in one week in Oklahoma

150 earthquakes in one week in Oklahoma

Since February 15th, there have been over 25 earthquakes near Guthrie, Oklahoma and over 150 last week. Oklahoma is not known to have earthquakes as it isn’t located near a fault line. Upon checking the USGS(United States Geological Survey) real time map while writing this, I noticed that there were two more an hour ago. One was by Medford, north …

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Chevron gives free pizza vouchers after Pa. explosion

Chevron gives free pizza vouchers after Pa. explosion

If a multibillion-dollar company started a frack pit fire in your backyard that burned uncontrollably for five days and killed one person, what would you consider fair compensation? A stable of miniature horses? An all-you-can-eat shrimp dinner served on Drake’s private jet? One large pizza AND a two-liter beverage? Strike that last one; maybe we’re just getting greedy.

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Missing chicago student Pravin Varughese found dead in Chicago

Missing chicago student Pravin Varughese found dead in Chicago

A missing Southern Illinois University-Carbondale student has been found dead. Police found the body of Pravin Varughese in the 1400 block of East Main Street in Carbondale Tuesday around 9:45 a.m. Varughese was reported missing six days ago, and family and friends had offered a $15,000 reward to help bring him home.

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Governor says Missouri. still prepared for execution

Governor says Missouri. still prepared for execution

Missouri is still intent on the execution of death row inmate Michael Taylor according to Missouri Governor Jay Nixon. This after documents filed Monday show that inmate Michael Taylor has reached an agreement with The Apothecary Shoppe, whom Taylor had sued, to not make the drug for his upcoming execution. Taylor’s lawsuit alleges that several recent executions in which compounded …

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Eddie Albert : Film Actor In Roman holiday and the Heartbreak kid

Eddie Albert : Film Actor In Roman holiday and the Heartbreak kid

Eddie Albert, a two-time Academy Award nominee and the star of the long-running television series Green Acres, died of pneumonia at his home in the Los Angeles suburb of Pacific Palisades on May 26. Albert was 99. (Photo: Green Acres Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor.) Albert was featured in more than 70 movies from the late ’30s to the late ’80s. …

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Massachusetts woman found guilty in cut-from-womb killing

Massachusetts woman found guilty in cut-from-womb killing

A Massachusetts woman who was accused of killing her pregnant friend and cutting the baby from her womb was convicted on Wednesday. Julie Corey had suffered a miscarriage three months prior to the murder and she was found guilty of beating and strangling her friend before cutting the baby from her body and attempting to pass the child off as …

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5 Passengers Hospitalized After Plane Turbulence

5 Passengers Hospitalized After Plane Turbulence

Most of the time, turbulence is just an uncomfortable, if not almost inevitable part of flying. But then there are the times when turbulence is downright terrifying and a real danger. Three flight attendants and five passengers on a United Airlines flight yesterday from Denver to Billings, Mont. were injured when the plane hit turbulence so severe, people were tossed …

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Father Witnesses Family Killed in Fiery California crash

Father Witnesses Family Killed in Fiery California crash

In a tragic story today, a central California father helplessly watched his family, which included his wife and their four young children, perish in a fiery car crash after trying to unsuccessfully rescue his family from the burning vehicle, authorities said Sunday. The man was driving behind his family Saturday night when the driver of a minivan ran a stop …

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