interesting things
In the final chaotic moments before Air France flight 447 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in 2009, it took the captain of the aircraft, who was on a scheduled break, more than a minute to return to the cockpit, despite his two co-pilots’ frantic calls…
via Yahoo! News – Latest News & Headlines http://news.yahoo.com/air-france-captain-woman-flight-447-trouble-214157897–abc-news-topstories.html
@fieldproducer: RT @Reuters Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional: judge http://t.co/PN3ecHZa
@DylanByers: Kerry questions NYT decision to run stories http://t.co/EgVS4jkA via @POLITICO
Players were warned they would be yellow carded if they walked off the pitch after being racially abused at the European Championships.
AP reports that “packages containing a human foot and hand were discovered at two schools in Vancouver on Tuesday, in what could be the latest gruesome twist in the case of a Canadian porn actor suspected of dismembering and eating his former lover.” As noted in a previous BB post, murder suspect Rocco Luka Magnotta, also known as Eric Clinton Newman, has been arrested in Berlin.
The proposed $1-per-pack tax would raise $735 million per year if implemented.
via POLITICO Top Stories http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo
The celebrity magazine bet $850,000 — and appears to have lost — on the pictures of Maxwell Drew published in its latest issue.
via Hollywood Reporter http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jessica-simpson-baby-pictures-people-magazine-333487?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thr%2Fnews+%28The+Hollywood+Reporter+-+Top+Stories%29
A majority of Americans — 54% — say same-sex marriages should be legally recognized, while 42% are opposed, according to a CNN/ORC International Survey released Wednesday.
via Yahoo! News – Latest News & Headlines http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/majority-americans-support-legalizing-same-sex-marriage-poll-101314711.html
Forget this media silliness: Wisconsin will be blue in November.
via The Daily Beast – Latest Articles http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/06/06/wisconsin-exit-polls-obama-pretty-big.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thedailybeast%2Farticles+%28The+Daily+Beast+-+Latest+Articles%29
@ZekeJMiller: The worst night on cable news
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