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Flowers Sparked Arkansas House Fire, Insurance Investigator Reveals

Flowers Sparked Arkansas House Fire, Insurance Investigator Reveals


September 2nd, 2010 - 7:14 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez Little Rock, Arkansas, Sep 2, (THAINDIAN NEWS) An insurance investigator who was in the process of probing the cause of a fire that broke out in a northeast Arkansas home ...

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Tropical Storm, Fiona, Not Likely To Take On The Strength Of A Hurricane


September 2nd, 2010 - 6:59 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
September 2, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The National Hurricane Center (NHC), headquartered in Miami, had asserted on Monday that the tropical storm named Fiona had constructed itself in the Atlantic Ocean ...

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Suspected Gunman James Lee Shot By Authorities

Suspected Gunman James Lee Shot By Authorities


September 2nd, 2010 - 6:58 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
September 2, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The suspected gunman James Lee is dead, reported Thomas Manger, the police chief of Montgomery County. The officials gunned him down after ...

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Discovery Building: James Jay Lee in Custody, Shot by Police, Hostages Safe

Discovery Building: James Jay Lee in Custody, Shot by Police, Hostages Safe


September 2nd, 2010 - 4:14 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Sep 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Police have confirmed to FOX News that the suspect in the Discovery Channel Building hostage situation has been shot by police, and taken into custody. ...

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Discovery Channel hostage situation resolved with all hostages safe, suspect killed

Discovery Channel hostage situation resolved with all hostages safe, suspect killed


September 2nd, 2010 - 4:10 am ICT by BNO News
SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND (BNO NEWS) – Emergency response teams and SWAT on Wednesday responded to the Discovery Communications Headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland after an armed man took three hostages ...

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Tropical storm Gaston forms in the Atlantic, no threat to land


September 2nd, 2010 - 4:03 am ICT by BNO News
MIAMI (BNO NEWS) -- Tropical storm Gaston formed over the eastern Atlantic Ocean on late Wednesday afternoon, forecasters said, but there is no immediate threat to land.Forecasters at the Miami-based U.S. National ...

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FEMA is taking action to protect U.S. East Coast states ahead of Hurricane Earl’s landfall

FEMA is taking action to protect U.S. East Coast states ahead of Hurricane Earl’s landfall


September 2nd, 2010 - 3:08 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) – The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Tuesday is taking aggressive actions to prepare for Hurricane Earl as it nears closer to impact on the ...

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Hostage Suspect James Jay Lee Background: Arrested in 2008 Protesting At Same Building

Hostage Suspect James Jay Lee Background: Arrested in 2008 Protesting At Same Building


September 2nd, 2010 - 2:53 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Sep 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The suspect who has taken an unconfirmed number of hostages at the Discovery Channel Building in Silver Springs, Maryland has been confirmed to be James ...

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Vancouver Acid Attack Victim Undergoing Surgery


September 2nd, 2010 - 2:12 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Sep 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) As Bethany Storro had just recently returned to her home town of Vancouver, was walking near Esther Short Park on Monday night, a woman whom she had ...

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Hostage situation at Discovery Channel headquarters

Hostage situation at Discovery Channel headquarters


September 2nd, 2010 - 1:56 am ICT by BNO News
SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND (BNO NEWS) -- Heavily armed police are responding to the Discovery Channel Headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland on Wednesday afternoon after an armed male took hostages inside, ...

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James J Lee Takes Discovery Channel Building Hostage, Babies Being Evacuated, Manifesto Found

James J Lee Takes Discovery Channel Building Hostage, Babies Being Evacuated, Manifesto Found


September 2nd, 2010 - 1:50 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Sep 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Montgomery Count Police were called to the scene of the Discovery Channel Building in Silver Springs, Maryland, eight miles from Washington, DC, at a report ...

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U.S. issues travel alert to India for upcoming Commonwealth Games


September 2nd, 2010 - 1:31 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The U.S. Department of State on Wednesday alerted U.S. citizens traveling to or residing in India to safety and security issues as the 2010 Commonwealth Games are ...

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Bomb-Hostage Situation in the Discovery Channel Building, Area being Evacuated


September 2nd, 2010 - 1:05 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Sep 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) In an interview with the Montgomery County Police, ‘ABC’ news was told that a hostage situation involving a man with a bomb strapped to his chest has ...

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China’s Princess Diana Lingerie Ad Unveiled on Anniversary of her Death, Causes Outrage

China’s Princess Diana Lingerie Ad Unveiled on Anniversary of her Death, Causes Outrage


September 2nd, 2010 - 12:45 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Sep 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to a report in the ‘Daily Mail’, a new lingerie as which was released in China yesterday (August 31) depicting a bra and panty ...

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Tropical Depression Nine forms in the Atlantic, expected to strengthen


September 1st, 2010 - 11:49 pm ICT by BNO News
MIAMI (BNO NEWS) -- Tropical Depression Nine formed over the eastern Atlantic Ocean on late Wednesday morning, forecasters said, but there is no immediate threat to land.Forecasters at the Miami-based U.S. National ...

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Army Fitness Regime For Unfit Recruits

Army Fitness Regime For Unfit Recruits


September 1st, 2010 - 7:53 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri Sep 1, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The US army is worried that the problem of childhood obesity could put the standard of the national security of the USA at stake. The army ...

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Earl weakens to a category three hurricane, new U.S. watches issued


September 1st, 2010 - 6:33 pm ICT by BNO News
MIAMI (BNO NEWS) -- Additional watches were issued for parts of the U.S. East Coast on early Wednesday morning as powerful hurricane Earl continued to close in on the Untied States, but ...

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Hurricane watch issued for parts of North Carolina


September 1st, 2010 - 4:03 am ICT by BNO News
MIAMI (BNO NEWS) -- A hurricane watch was issued for the East Coast of the United States from north of Surf City to Duck in North Carolina on Tuesday afternoon, forecasters said.The ...

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Montana Drinking and Driving Culture at Crossroads, State Takes Hard Look


September 1st, 2010 - 2:43 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Aug 31 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Montana has long been known as a place where driving while sucking down a beer was looked over, and speeding was not really that bad of a ...

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Hurricane Earl may strike U.S. east coast


September 1st, 2010 - 12:39 am ICT by BNO News
MIAMI (BNO NEWS) -- Hurricane Earl maintained its strength on Tuesday an remained as a powerful Category 4 storm after battering the northeastern Caribbean, meteorologists said.As of 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT), ...

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Venezuelan anti-Chavez farmer dies after hunger strike


August 31st, 2010 - 10:30 pm ICT by BNO News
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (BNO NEWS) – A Venezuelan farmer died on Monday after 8 hunger strikes and six years of protest against President Hugo Chavez and his government's land policies, Globovision Television reported ...

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New Predatory Dinosaur Discovery in Romania:Balour Bondoc “Stocky Dragon”

New Predatory Dinosaur Discovery in Romania:Balour Bondoc “Stocky Dragon”


August 31st, 2010 - 9:50 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Aug 31 (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to a report in News.Discovery.com, the fossil of a new predatory dinosaur has been discovered in Romania, which dated back to the time when Romania ...

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Farmer’s Almanac Forecasts Mild Winter Ahead

Farmer’s Almanac Forecasts Mild Winter Ahead


August 31st, 2010 - 8:53 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez Lewiston, Maine, Aug 31, (THAINDIAN NEWS) If the chilling weather of the winter season is a factor that you really loath about the season then here is a piece of ...

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Mexican federal police arrest drug kingpin Edgar Valdez Villareal

Mexican federal police arrest drug kingpin Edgar Valdez Villareal


August 31st, 2010 - 7:54 pm ICT by BNO News
MEXICO CITY (BNO NEWS) -- Mexican federal police on Monday afternoon arrested an alleged Texas-born drug gang kingpin who faces drug-trafficking charges in the United States, and that was known for ...

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Man held at Malaysian airport with 100 live reptiles in his bag


August 31st, 2010 - 7:51 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 31 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Authorities at the Malaysia airport were dismayed when they came across 100 live reptiles in the bag of a man who has already been found guilty ...

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Hurricane Earl Keeps Met Officials On Tenterhooks After Gaining Strength

Hurricane Earl Keeps Met Officials On Tenterhooks After Gaining Strength


August 31st, 2010 - 7:47 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri New York, Aug 31, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Hurricane Earl has gained strength and turned into a category 4 hurricane a development that has kept the weather officials on their toes. They ...

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Earl becomes a category four hurricane; Fiona forms in Atlantic


August 31st, 2010 - 4:32 am ICT by BNO News
MIAMI (BNO NEWS) -- Hurricane Earl strengthened into a category four storm as it battered the northernmost Virgin Islands on Monday, forecasters said.All hurricane warnings were discontinued as the storm is moving ...

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ABC: Men arrested at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport were preparing terrorist attack


August 31st, 2010 - 4:29 am ICT by BNO News
AMSTERDAM (BNO NEWS) -- Two men were arrested aboard a United Airlines flight after landing at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport on Monday, ABC News reported.The network, citing Dutch public prosecutor Ernst Koelman, said ...

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Undercover Police Presence High at ‘Burning Man’ Annual Event in Nevada


August 31st, 2010 - 2:56 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Aug 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The annual arts and counter-cultural event which is held in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, known as the ‘Burning Man’ event since it features the burning ...

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Spiderman Arrested for Scaling Skyscraper in Sydney


August 31st, 2010 - 2:55 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Aug 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Spiderman, who was arrested last year and fined 750 Australian dollars for climbing the Royal Bank of Scotland, a forty one story building which is located in ...

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Evacuation at University in Kennesaw, Georgia Due to Civil War Shell, Now Safe


August 31st, 2010 - 2:17 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Aug 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) As authorities became afraid that a few Civil War relics, namely a Civil War shell, may be dangerous, a classroom at the Kennesaw State University in Georgia was ...

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French ‘Spiderman’ Alain Robert briefly arrested after climbing Sydney skyscraper


August 31st, 2010 - 1:55 am ICT by BNO News
SYDNEY (BNO NEWS) -- Alain Robert, who is famously dubbed the 'French Spider-Man', was arrested on Monday after climbing a skyscraper in Sydney's central business district, police said. He was later released.Robert, ...

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Amanda Knox Shares Dreams: She Wants to Adopt Kids & Be a Writer

Amanda Knox Shares Dreams: She Wants to Adopt Kids & Be a Writer


August 31st, 2010 - 1:54 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Aug 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Despite all of the controversy surrounding her name, despite being convicted of a murder she claims to have nothing to do with, despite being imprisoned in ...

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Hurricane Earl becomes major category three storm as it nears the Virgin Islands


August 30th, 2010 - 10:31 pm ICT by BNO News
MIAMI (BNO NEWS) -- Hurricane Earl strengthened into a major category three storm as it neared on the Virgin Islands, forecasters said on late Monday morning, and said the storm may eventually ...

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Public Advisory Issued as Hurricane Earl Strengthens to Category 3


August 30th, 2010 - 10:18 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Aug 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A public advisory has just been issued from the Hurricane Center in Miami Florida, notifying citizens that Hurricane Earl has just became a major hurricane, causing watches ...

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Earl becomes a major category three hurricane


August 30th, 2010 - 10:17 pm ICT by BNO News
MIAMI (BNO NEWS) -- Hurricane Earl strengthened into a major category three storm as it neared the northernmost Virgin Islands on Monday, forecasters said.Additional hurricane warnings have been issued for the Puerto ...

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Mistaken ID Jails Pastor With Same Name, Birth-date as Parole Violator

Mistaken ID Jails Pastor With Same Name, Birth-date as Parole Violator


August 30th, 2010 - 9:03 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Aug 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Louisiana pastor was placed under arrest and taken to jail after a series of very unfortunate coincidences occurred which led the police to mistakenly identify ...

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Many Teens Today Are Ready To Unfriend Their Parents On Facebook, Study Says

Many Teens Today Are Ready To Unfriend Their Parents On Facebook, Study Says


August 30th, 2010 - 8:13 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez Aug 30, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Seems like everybody now a days has become a slave of micro-blogging sites. Be it Facebook, My Space or Twitter. However, the craze is mostly seen ...

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Jailed Abroad, Amanda Knox Wants To Adopt Children When Free

Jailed Abroad, Amanda Knox Wants To Adopt Children When Free


August 30th, 2010 - 8:09 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey Aug 30, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Lying behind bars for a crime she maintains innocence of, Amanda Knox, still hopes to adopt children and become a writer when free. The American student, ...

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Hurricane Earl Attains Force Along Eastern Caribbean

Hurricane Earl Attains Force Along Eastern Caribbean


August 30th, 2010 - 8:08 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez Miami, Aug 30, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Hurricane Earl is gradually gaining momentum as it moves towards the eastern Caribbean region with a sustained winds of 160 miles per hour. Weather officials ...

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