In The News...

You can post all the stories you see and hear about here...
I have personally given up watching the news as it just depresses me, but I will occasionally come across the odd story I find interesting.

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British Hiker In 300ft Alps Death Plunge
1:46pm UK, Monday June 15, 2009
Nick Pisa in Italy


A British woman has fallen 300ft to her death down an Italian mountainside in front of her husband and friends.


Patricia Fletcher, 64, was killed instantly after she tripped along a path. Earlier reports had said she fell about 656ft.

The tragedy happened on Sunday in front of her husband George and a group of friends while on the last day of their holiday.

Police have opened an investigation into Mrs Fletcher's death, but it appears that she fell after slipping on a snow-covered path.

Source: Click*

In front of her husband and friends... woah, that makes the whole situation even worse. Poor woman, and poor people who had to witness it, my thoughts are with her family. That's a horrible way to die.

Did anyone read that article about the little boy who flushed his 2 week old (I think?) puppy down the toilet to give it a wash? LOL.

WTH? o.O
That's cruel...and kind of cute lol

It survived, which makes it cute. ;D

Definately ...and luckily xD

Yeh i saw that on T.V, that puppy is sooo adorable im glad it survived!

Yes! Weren't it dirty or something so he wanted to clean it? XD

Yer i think so, then accidently flushed it down the toilet and had to wait til they got it out
poor thing

As if you don't all know already:

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MICHAL JACKSON DEAD AT 50

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Michael Jackson, the sensationally gifted child star who rose to become the "King of Pop" and the biggest celebrity in the world only to fall from his throne in a freakish series of scandals, died Thursday, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press. He was 50.

The person said Jackson died in a Los Angeles hospital. The person was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity.

The circumstances of his death were not immediately clear. Jackson was not breathing when Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to a call at his Los Angeles home about 12:30 p.m., Capt. Steve Ruda told the Los Angeles Times. The paramedics performed CPR and took him to UCLA Medical Center, Ruda told the newspaper.

Jackson's death brought a tragic end to a long, bizarre, sometimes farcical decline from his peak in the 1980s, when he was popular music's premier all-around performer, a uniter of black and white music who shattered the race barrier on MTV, dominated the charts and dazzled even more on stage.

His 1982 album "Thriller" - which included the blockbuster hits "Beat It," "Billie Jean" and "Thriller" - remains the biggest-selling album of all time, with more than 26 million copies.

He was perhaps the most exciting performer of his generation, known for his feverish, crotch-grabbing dance moves and his high-pitched voice punctuated with squeals and titters. His single sequined glove, tight, military-style jacket and aviator sunglasses were trademarks second only to his ever-changing, surgically altered appearance.

By some measures, he ranked alongside Elvis Presley and the Beatles as the biggest pop sensations of all time. In fact, he united two of music's biggest names when he was briefly married to Presley's daughter, Lisa Marie.

As years went by, he became an increasingly freakish figure - a middle-aged man-child weirdly out of touch with grownup life. His skin became lighter, his nose narrower, and he spoke in a breathy, girlish voice. He surrounded himself with children at his Neverland ranch, often wore a germ mask while traveling and kept a pet chimpanzee named Bubbles as one of his closest companions.

In 2005, he was cleared of charges he molested a 13-year-old cancer survivor at Neverland in 2003. He had been accused of plying the boy with alcohol and groping him. The case took a fearsome toll on his career and image, and he fell into serious financial trouble.

Jackson was preparing for what was to be his greatest comeback: He was scheduled for an unprecedented 50 shows at a London arena, with the first set for July 13. He was in rehearsals in Los Angeles for the concert, an extravaganza that was to capture the classic Jackson magic: showstopping dance moves, elaborate staging and throbbing dance beats.

Hundreds of people gathered outside the hospital as word of his death spread. The emergency entrance at the UCLA Medical Center, which is near Jackson's rented home, was roped off with police tape.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Michael Jackson has just died," a woman boarding a Manhattan bus called out, shortly after the news was annunced. Immediately many riders reached for their cell phones.

In New York's Times Square, a low groan went up in the crowd when a screen flashed that Jackson had died, and people began relaying the news to friends by cell phone.

"No joke. King of Pop is no more. Wow," Michael Harris, 36, of New York City, read from a text message a friend sent to his telephone. "It's like when Kennedy was assassinated. I will always remember being in Times Square when Michael Jackson died."

SOURCE.

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Well this is HUGE. RIP MJ.

I'm really shocked... RIP

Farah Fawcett (sp?) also passed, from cancer. Although when I heard that Michael Jackson died, I literally had a WTF? expression on my face.

Not that I'm a big fan of his, and his death didn't affect me as Natasha Richardson's did, but y'know, it's still a life...

I think it's craazy actually.. I was a big fan of him before, then I didn't like him AT ALL. So I am in a little shock. I feel really bad for his family and friends, and also his fans.

RIP.

I'm not a HUGE fan of him, but his music is brilliant. I've got TMF on now listening to The Earth Song.

OMG, yes i can't believe he died, it is really sad i did love his songs also

R.I.P MJ. <3

I just saw on this show, michael jacksons dad cant find his body, OMG

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Patrick Swayze Dead
The actor dies from pancreatic cancer...
09:29, Tuesday, 15 September 2009

Patrick Swayze has died from pancreatic cancer, aged 57.

The actor's publicist Annett Wolf said that he passed away with his family by his side on Monday.

Swayze was famous for starring roles in Dirty Dancing and Ghost.

A statement said: "Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months."

The star was diagnosed with cancer in March 2008. Initially it was thought he had just weeks to live, there were also false reports he had died.

Source: Click

R.I.P

awwwwwwwwww howwww bad!! pooor thing
R.I.P!

I heard the end of the report on the radio this morning and wondered if he'd actually died. R.I.P, why is everyone dying so young?

R.I.P.

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Techno Addicts Warned Of Information Overload
11:22am UK, Sunday September 27, 2009


Mark Stone, Sky News reporter
The increasing popularity of social networking sites, emailing and texting is leading to anxiety, reduced productivity and a generation of smartphone orphans.



Our information overloaded world is damaging our health, experts say

Our obsession with information from an ever growing number of sources is so great, that it could even be damaging our health, experts have told Sky News.

"One third of our sample suffer from technological addiction," Professor Nada Kakabadse, from Northampton University, told Sky News.

"They are addicted to their gadgets - phones, BlackBerries, laptops. It is a problem. It has negative consequences on their family life, their health and their social life."

The scenarios they give are worryingly familiar.

Interrupted from our primary task by a pop-up alerting us to an email, we stop what we are doing to read the email.

That then directs us elsewhere, perhaps to another link on the internet.

You will suddenly feel low energy, you become clumsy and you have a spatial disorder. You become exhausted.

Professor Nada Kakabadse

We may then check other emails stacked up behind the new one. A quick look on Facebook, Twitter or something else, and it may be half an hour before we're back to that primary task.

"You can not any more do effectively the task you were originally doing, even if it was routine," Professor Kakabadse said.

"You will suddenly feel low energy, you become clumsy and you have a spatial disorder. You become exhausted," she said.

Source: Click*

This is so true, eek! Although I have comfort in knowing that years ago I was so much more addicted to the computer. Now I can go a day without it easily.

I've heard this before. It scares me, but it doesn't bother me that much, tbh.