Tornado kills dozens, leaves 'total devastation' in Missouri town

In Joplin, Mo., at least 30 people are reportedly killed and damage is widespread. Officials fear the death toll could climb much higher. Severe weather hits other parts of the Midwest, including Minneapolis, where one person is killed. Joplin, Mo. — A series of turbulent storms swept through the Midwest on Sunday as a powerful tornado slammed into Joplin, Mo., ripping the top off a hospital, shearing parts of the roof off a high school and turning major retail stores into heaps of rubble and twisted metal. A coroner's official reported at least 30 people dead in Joplin, according to Reuters news agency, but the tornado's rampage through the middle of the southwestern Missouri town of 50,000 left officials concerned that...

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Macho Man Randy Savage Dead in a Car Crash

Macho Man Randy Savage died in a car crash in Seminole, Florida. According to celebrity gossip site TMZ, Savage's brother told them that Savage suffered a heart attack while he was driving his vehicle. The wrestler lost control of his 2009 Jeep Wrangler and crashed into a tree. Macho Man was rushed to Largo Medical center where he died later. Savage's wife was with him in the vehicle when the accident happened but she survived the crash with minor injuries. Randy savage is considered as one of the greatest wrestlers of all times, along with the likes of Hulk Hogan. Savage began his career in wrestling in 1985 with World Wrestling Federation. Savage, or "Macho Man" became very popular in the 90's that was why he became the spokesperson for...

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Is May 21st the end of the world? How would you spend your last night in CNY?

May 21, 2011 may be Judgment Day and the beginning of the end of the world. Reverend Harold Camping, founder of Family Radio Worldwide, has a number of followers who believe his prediction that the Rapture — the belief that Christ will bring the faithful into paradise prior to a period of tribulation on earth that precedes the end of time — will be this Saturday. "Beyond the shadow of a doubt, May 21 will be the date of the Rapture and the day of judgment," Camping said. The 89-year-old retired civil engineer also predicted the apocalypse in 1994, but now claims that was merely the end of "the church age." His new theory suggests that earthquakes will hit Fiji and New Zealand at 6 p.m. Saturday and the second coming of Christ will immediately...

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LinkedIn Prices IPO At $32 To $35 Per Share; Expects $146.6M In Net Proceeds From Offering

LinkedIn Prices IPO At $32 To $35 Per Share; Expects $146.6M In Net Proceeds From Offering After disclosing its intention to list its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol LNKD, LinkedIn has released a new filing with the SEC that shows that it is pricing its IPO between $32.00 and $35.00 per share. LinkedIn filed its initial S-1 in January, with the total offering amount of $175 million. LinkedIn is offering 7,840,000 shares in its IPO, offering 4,827,804 shares of its Class A common stock and the selling stockholders are offering 3,012,196 shares of Class A common stock. There are currently 94,498,627 shares outstanding. The company expects proceeds from the sale of the shares of stock in the offering will be approximately...

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New York Daily News Legendary Scribe Bill Gallo Adored Manny Pacquiao

The legendary New York Daily News columnist/cartoonist Bill Gallo passed away this Tuesday at the age of 88. Boxing was the favorite sport of Gallo, who, amazingly was still contributing work to the tabloid he has worked at for an astonishing seven decades.Gallo wrote a column after watching the Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito clash last November and was dazzled and awed by the performance of Pacquiao.Here are some excerpts from Gallo’s column three days after the fight in Dallas, Texas: “…As soon as the bout started, it was amazingly apparent that the difference in weight would have nothing to do with the outcome. Nor did the 4-inch height advantage Margarito had over this brash Philippine Piston. All right, are you getting a bit of the picture? You want more, like how good is he as...

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May 21, 2011: rapture or party time?

Oakland minister Harold Camping of Family Radio has 5,500 billboards worldwide with his rapture date. If everything goes as Oakland minister Harold Camping predicts, the Bay Area will suffer a world-ending earthquake around 6 p.m. Saturday, God-fearing Christians will ascend to heaven and everyone else is in big trouble for eternity. And if Camping is wrong, the American Atheists will gather in an Oakland hotel meeting room Sunday to celebrate. "We're confident we'll still be here," said Larry Hicok, the California director of the American Atheists who scheduled the 200-member meeting to coincide with Camping's forecast that the biblically ordained rapture is at hand. "But if it does happen, we wanted a front-row seat." The 89-year-old...

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Kye Allums leaves GWU basketball team, will accept NCLR award this weekend

A transgender member of the George Washington women’s basketball team, whose ground breaking season was cut short by a pair of concussions, has said they won’t play their senior year. The school announced that Kye Allums, who is physically female but wants to be referred to as 'he', has: 'Decided that it is in his best interest to no longer participate in intercollegiate athletics.' In a statement released by the university, Allums continued: 'I alone came to this conclusion and I thank the athletic department for respecting my wishes.' Allums made international headlines last year after announcing the wish, before the start of the season in November, to be referred to as a man. Despite this, the 5 ft 11 player had delayed hormone treatments...

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May 21st Doomsday: Does Harold Camping’s Ministry Have Money?

May 21st, Doomsday is one of the hottest search topics in Google. So in case you haven't heard by now, Harold Camping is the preacher who claims to have the calculations set on May 21, 2011 as The Judgment Day, Rapture Day, Doomstay  -or whatever you want to call it. Camping's apocalypse hype is getting worldwide attention. Harold Camping, 89, is a former civil engineer and Bible scholar. He is president of the religious non-profit Family Radio based in Oakland, California which fervently preaches the message about the end of the world, now days away. He and a caravan of trucks have been plastering over 5,000 billboards, spending millions of dollars to spread the message. So, where do they get the funding for all this? Tax returns indicate...

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Preity Zinta denies adoption report

Recently the report that made news about Preity Zinta’s being adopted by filmmaker Kamaal Amrohi's son Shandar Amrohi has been rubbishes by the bubbly actress. Miffed with this news being spread about her, Zinta today announced online, "Noone has or ever will adopt me or sign me in a will. Things said in interviews & reported are far from facts as the proof is in the pudding!" Preity Zinta's adoptive father and even told the media, "I am preparing to make a will, where I will give Preity everything that I have. Anyway, daughters have a right to everything". He also added that his biography will reveal the reason as why he has adopted Preit...

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How’d Amanda Knox prosecutor get Google to shoot the messenger?

 Google slammed the door yesterday on Perugia Shock, Frank Sfarzo’s popular Amanda Knox blog, caving to pressure from prosecutor Giuliano Mignini. Convicted of abuse of office in 2009, Mignini is famous for harassing and wiretapping journalists who get too close to his investigations. The obsession we need to do our jobs he regards as madness.  He doesn’t appreciate Frank’s acid critiques of the global spectacle known as “The Amanda Show.” Mignini has filed a lawsuit against Perugia Shock for  “defamation, carried out by means of a website,” reports the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). “The court order, which stemmed from Mignini’s claim, was issued on February 23 by Florentine Judge Paola Belsito. ” Turns out Google got...

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Natalee Holloway Joran van der Sloot Case Impacted by New Treaty

Tonight at 9:00 pm ET, Lifetime premieres its latest movie about the Natalee Holloway story called JUSTICE FOR NATALEE HOLLOWAY. I had the opportunity to watch the movie in advance and I am still on the fence as to whether I liked it or not. First, the movie is entirely too long. Although it clocks in at the usual two hours (with commercials), after the first twenty minutes or so, I began to think it was dragging. That is never good. Second, the story tells us everything we already know. This was somewhat of a problem with Lifetime’s first movie about Natalee Holloway, but at least the writers opted to provide some alternate theories as to what could have occurred. This time everything is exactly as it played out in the media with little...

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Osama Bin Laden Dead | Obama Announced, Osama Bin Laden Dead

Osama Bin Laden is dead, President Obama announced Sunday night, in a televised address to the nation. His death was the result of a U.S. operation launched today in Abbottabad, Pakistan, against a compound where bin Laden was believed to be hiding, according to U.S. intelligence. After a firefight, a small team of American forces killed bin Laden and took possession of his body, the president said. “Tonight I can report to the American people and the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden,” Obama said during brief remarks at the White House. “Justice has been done,” he said, in comments that marked a formal end of the manhunt for the most visible and emotionally-charged symbol of the terrorist...

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