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Two men have been shot on nuclear submarine HMS Astute, in Southampton. A man has been arrested. Link Removed The HMS Astute shooting took place around midday as the nuclear sub was berthed at the docks. An officer was killed and another man injured. An armed guard on the ship was arrested...

previously wrote about how the Federal Government decided to wait almost 2 weeks to inform the public that Link Removed. There is now news that what was originally reported as only tiny, harmless, minuscule amounts is now being detected at levels several thousand percent greater than what is...

TOKYO — Workers’ desperate struggle to plug a gush of highly contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, using sawdust, shredded newspaper and an absorbent powder, appeared to be failing early Monday as the radiation threat from the crippled plant continued to spread...

“Unexpected Situation” is the phrase repeatedly used to rationalize deaths of tens of thousands of people caused by the recent disaster. This man-made calamity, I repeat, the worst man-made calamity is being rationalized with the single phrase, which still leaves hundreds of thousands...

Link Removed due to 404 Error The U.S. government is sending some robotic help to Japan to help regain control of the tsunami-damaged nuclear plant. A top Energy Department official told a Senate panel Tuesday that a shipment of "radiation hardened robotics" will be sent to Japan to assist...

A Russian bomb squad were called out to defuse a bomb on Monday, but an investigation into the ticking package revealed it to be a vibrating sex toy. The crack team of bomb experts were called out to a post office in Petrozavodsk after receiving a call from a postal worker who had...

Link RemovedThis handout picture shows the damaged third (L) and fourth reactors of the TEPCO Fukushima No.1 power plant in Fukushima, north of Tokyo, March 16, 2011 Japan's government acknowledged Wednesday it might need the help of U.S. military forces to halt continuing radioactive emissions...

Police hope a man in Florida will think long and hard before he prank calls 911 again. Investigators in Broward County say 28-year-old Matthew Wade Douglas Jr. is responsible for two obscene 911 calls in which a man graphically described symptoms -- and raunchy home remedies -- following an...

Who was that man on the phone and why was he so angry? That question had been on my mind off and on since November, when an angry-sounding caller left a voicemail for me. I had no idea what he was so riled up about, or why he thought I was the right person to yell at. The reason for my...

Link Removed NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- New Orleans police said a man who was shot by his brother was spared serious injury or death when the bullet bounced off his gold tooth. Police said Waltdell Davis, 20, used a .22-caliber Smith and Wesson revolver to shoot his brother, Walter...

Authorities say they had to block vehicles from entering a gas station near Santa Rosa after a computer problem had gas there on sale for 39 cents a gallon. Sonoma County sheriff's deputies and the California Highway Patrol responded to a traffic jam at the 76 station in Roseland around 8...

Link Removed due to 404 Error Link Removed due to 404 Error Reuters – In this photograph taken with a mobile phone, a woman lies injured atop a taxi where she fell from the … BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – An Argentine woman survived after jumping from the 23rd floor of a downtown Buenos...

Peter Fonda Finds Dead Body on Sunset Boulevard Peter Fonda got quite a shock today. The 'Easy Rider' star was driving on Sunset Boulevard in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles when he pulled over to investigate a car parked along the side of the road. TMZ reports that it was around...

DETROIT – A 67-year-old man police believe was homeless died after being punched and knocked to the ground during a scuffle with a 20-year-old Burger King employee in Detroit, and authorities ruled the death a homicide Friday. An autopsy determined Paul Cannon died from blunt force trauma to...

Man survives after been shot 21 times by police (August 2010) A 23-year-old man is counting his luck today after he survived being shot 21 times by police. Armed officers were involved in a shoot-out with the 23-year old named as Angel Alvarez at a New York street party. It’s claimed that...

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. -- An argument over sex may have caused a Seminole County man to burn down his home. Deputies think the flames were set by an angry, naked man seen running from the scene AT THE SCENE: Images Of Flames, Fire Crews Link Removed due to 404 Error Investigators believe...

From the New York Times: From the Associated Press: I've been on the phone with Optimum Online, which provides high speed cable Internet to the NY tri-state area. I've been on hold for over an hour. :confused: It looks like the infrastructure here is seriously damaged. This is following a...