From 1950 to 1967, this California shoreline was used as a dump, leaving tons of garbage, glass, china, spark plugs and engine blocks to rust and crumble at the edge of the Pacific, occasionally reducing the pile with a fire or two. Then in the 1960s, people wised up and cleaned up.
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Hassan Abu-Jihaad, A former Navy sailor was convicted of leaking details about ship movements and the best ways to attack them was sentenced Friday to the maximum 10 years in prison.
Abu-Jihaad was convicted last year of disclosing classified national defense information. Prosecutors labeled him a traitor who was trying to help foreign terrorists replicate the bombing of [...]
China has blocked the video-sharing network YouTube after Beijing denounced footage appearing to show security forces beating Tibetans in Lhasa last year as “a lie”.
At least Chinese still get to watch their tudou video hosting site.
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The man released from jail 27 year after being jailed for the crime he didn’t commit, was hit by a taxi and spent his weekend in the hospital.
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It stemmed from an earlier domestic incident at about 2:15 a.m., where he allegedly assaulted his wife, leaving her with a broken nose and a concussion. He then, allegedly, backed the trooper against a brick wall when the officer pulled his gun and fired twice, hitting him once in the upper shoulder. Even when shot, [...]