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Posted: 11:08:16 AM  

There were five people - all Norwegians - on the C-130 when it crashed into mount Kebnekaise on Thursday during an international military exercise.

Posted: 11:05:52 AM  

Walking around in a coma is easy for amateur astronomers. Successive clear nights combined with a determination to see everything within your telescope[base ']s reach before the next cloudy spell is a sure ticket to zombiehood. I know. I've been there.

But that's not the coma we'll touch on today.
This Coma is short for Coma Berenices or Bernice's Hair.
It's one of the few constellations that represents a real person, Queen Berenice of Egypt born in about 266 B.C. When her husband, Ptolemy III, went off to war, the Queen vowed to cut off her hair in gratitude to the gods if he returned unharmed.

When he did, she carried out the vow and placed her locks in a temple dedicated to Aphrodite.

When the hair was discovered missing the next day, astronomer and mathematician Conon of Samos explained to the king that it had been whisked away to the heavens as the fuzzy cluster of stars in the tail of Leo the Lion.

Posted: 11:02:27 AM  

Shocking: Hit Kony 2012 Filmmaker, Jason Russell in psychiatric care

Meanwhile, a senior official for the San Diego-based charity Invisible Children explained away Russell's weird behavior on his work load while promoting the film, which has been lampooned as being rather simplistic.

CEO Ben Keesey clarified "Jason Russell was unfortunately hospitalized suffering from exhaustion, dehydration and malnutrition."

However, his better half Danica in a statement released later, has flatly denied her husband being involved in any kind of substance abuse.

Her statement read: "(Jason) has never had a substance abuse or drinking problem and this episode wasn't caused by either of those things."
According to her, Russell did some rather irrational things which were "brought on by extreme exhaustion and dehydration," Danica claimed.

Kony is dead?

http://youtu.be/VNLeOKWfLJo

Posted: 10:48:05 AM  

The bones, dating back to between 11,500 and 14,500 years ago, belong to at least five individuals, researchers say.

Interesting 'date' ...

Some believe that they were a distinct Homo species that evolved in Asia and lived alongside the modern kind until recent times.

The other scenario being suggested by scientists not connected with the research is that the Red Deer Cave people could be hybrids.

Posted: 10:39:39 AM  

It looks like a standard identity badge, giving the traffic warden's number and confirming that he is an officer of the local council.

But a closer examination of the card pinned to the warden's jacket reveals something far more sinister - it contains a tiny lens and is actually a camera for filming motorists.

It is so unobtrusive that many motorists would not even know they were being filmed.

Posted: 10:30:46 AM