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Volcano erupts in Indonesia forcing thousands from homes

Source: guardian.co.uk A volcano has erupted on the Indonesian island of Sumatra for the first time in four centuries, sending smoke 1,500 metres into the air and prompting the evacation of thousands of residents. There are no reports of casualties so far, and aviation in the area is unaffected.…“This is the first time since 1600 that Sinabung [...]
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Hundreds dead from heat, smog, wildfires in Moscow

Deaths in Moscow have doubled to an average of 700 people a day as the Russian capital is engulfed by poisonous smog from wildfires and a sweltering heat wave, a top health official said Monday. http://bit.ly/b0dStV
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4 feared dead in Alaskan C-17 crash

Source: Press-Telegram A plume of smoke is seen after a plane crashes on the Elmendorf Air Force in Anchorage, Alaska, Weds., July 28, 2010. The Alaska National Guard says a military cargo plane has crashed at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage. Alaska National Guard spokesman Maj. Guy Hayes confirmed the Wednesday evening crash of [...]
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Doomsday shelters making a comeback

Source:   USATODAY.com There are signs that underground shelters, almost-forgotten relics of the Cold War era, are making a comeback. The Vivos network, which offers partial ownerships similar to a timeshare in underground shelter communities, is one of several ventures touting escape from a surface-level calamity. Radius Engineering in Terrell, Texas, has built underground shelters for more than three [...]
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Elevator motor overheats, forcing evacuation of Statue of Liberty

Source: NJ.com The Statue of Liberty has been evacuated this afternoon because of a smoke condition inside the monument, officials with the New York City Fire Department said. … Fire officials said the cause of the smoke conditions is an overheated elevator motor.
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Bahamas Police Catch ‘Barefoot Bandit’

He had one heck of a run… Source: KHBS NW Arkansas   Bahamian police captured a teenage U.S. fugitive Sunday, bringing to an end the "Barefoot Bandit’s" two-year flight from U.S. justice, a senior police official said. Colton Harris-Moore was arrested before dawn on northern Eleuthera island, the police official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because [...]
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My Way News – Volcano erupts in Iceland, hundreds evacuated

  Authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beside a glacier in southern Iceland, Iceland’s civil protection agency said Sunday. The eruption occurred around 11:30 p.m. Saturday (1930 EDT) beside the Eyjafjallajokull glacier, the fifth largest in Iceland. No damage or injuries were immediately reported. Authorities initially said the eruption was below the glacier. However, scientists [...]
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Thousands still in FEMA trailers

Four years since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, there are still nearly 3,000 mobile homes and trailers across the Gulf Coast housing victims of that disaster. In Louisiana, there are 2,100 families living in trailers, most of them homeowners struggling to rebuild their homes, according to figures released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Mississippi [...]
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Dead fish found again in Virginia

Sightings of dead fish again are being reported by citizens as well as biologists of the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and the Department of Environmental Quality. The number of rivers the reports have come from is small, but "significant numbers of fish with lesions" have been noted, according to the game and [...]
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‘Earth 2100′: Final Century of Civilization?

It’s an idea that most of us would rather not face — that within the next century, life as we know it could come to an end. Our civilization could crumble, leaving only traces of modern human existence behind. It seems outlandish, extreme — even impossible. But according to cutting edge scientific research, it [...]
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