• MTV's Diem Brown Loses Third Courageous Battle with Cancer, Dead at 32

    Perhaps one of the saddest stories of this past week is the news that Diem Brown has lost her battle with cancer. The 32-year old had starred on seven seasons of MTV's "The Challenge" and she had used her fame as a platform to educate about every aspect of cancer. She was first diagnosed with ovarian cancer nearly ten years ago and then fought a second round successfully back in 2012. In late August of this year, Brown's final battle began. By October she had learned that her cancer had spread to the lining of her stomach, her liver and her lymph nodes. Perhaps the saddest thing of all was the desperation Brown showed earlier this week in wanting to live.

  • Juan Lizama and Juan Lopez Released from Hospital after Dangling Off of 1 World Trade Center Yesterday Afternoon as Scaffolding Collapsed

    For only about a week has 1 World Trade Center been officially open for business, and already a heart-stopping crisis has been averted. It takes a special kind of bravery to choose to wash the windows of the 104-story building, and for Juan Lizama, 41, and Juan Lopez, 33, yesterday, Nov. 12 was business as usual.At least, until 12:42 p.m., when the slack in their scaffolding became uneven and collapsed, leaving them dangling. Within minutes the two men found themselves trapped in almost a completely vertical position between the 68th and 69th floors. Thankfully, this story had a happy ending: Both men have been released from the hospital and are safely at home this morning.

  • The Epicenter for Ebola Virus Has Moved to Liberian Community of Jene-Wonde in West Africa

    While the United States seems to have managed to prevent an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus — at least for now — people in West Africa are still suffering. A man traveled from a large Liberian city to the small community of Jene-Wonde in Grand Cape Mount County, bringing with him his sick daughter. Within days the man and his family had died, triggering one of the worst Ebola outbreaks so far. Jene-Wonde is near the border of Sierra Leone and is currently considered to be the epicenter of the deadly disease, according to the Associated Press.The community is extremely small with absolutely no established health care. That means that the leaders of the area have no idea how to handle the crisis. They realize that surrounding communities are afraid of them, so rather than initially inviting skilled teams in to help with the dead and sanitize the area, they instead tried to hide the outbreak by burying the dead in ways that ultimately helped spread the virus.Now as many as 10 percent of the community has been infected, and there is a realistic fear that if the Ebola virus is not contained, then everyone will succumb to it.

  • Plot to Assassinate Queen Elizabeth by Islamic Extremists Has Been Foiled by British Police

    At 88 years old Queen Elizabeth still is undaunted in her royal position. Even after being alerted by British officials that they had uncovered an assassination plot against her, it was still business as usual. Multiple raids were conducted across West London and Buckinghamshire in a successful attempt to round up extremists that intended to kill the Queen at a celebration on Friday.

  • Relative Who Owns Gun Used by Jaylen Fryberg in Washington School Shootings Could Be Facing Homicide Charges

    It is going to take Washington state investigators months to even begin to try and fully understand why Jaylen Fryberg was capable of carrying out school shootings at Marysville-Pilchuck High School Oct. 24 that left three close friends dead and two of his cousins fighting to recover. The cafeteria shooting was carried out with a Beretta handgun that was legally purchased by and registered to one of Fryberg's relatives. We are learning now that investigators will be looking closely into how Fryberg was able to access the gun, and if it was not under proper lock and key, then there is a chance the weapon's owner could be eventually facing negligent homicide charges."Radar Online" recently did some extra digging, and a Seattle-area attorney explained that while a solid law is not on the books, if the weapon was left in a careless place then the owner could still be successfully criminally charged.

  • Gia Soriano Second Student to Succumb to Injuries after Jaylin Fryberg Opened Fire in Washington School Shooting Last Friday

    Two days after being shot by good friend Jaylin Fryberg, 14-year-old Gia Soriano's family made the devastating decision to take her off life support. She died at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett and her organs were donated for transplant. Last Friday morning, Oct. 24, Fryberg walked into Maryville-Pilchuk High School's cafeteria in Washington state and shot five of the people closest to him, including his two cousins. Zoe Galasso died at the scene after being shot and Fryberg also died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

  • St. Louis Cardinal's Phenom Oscar Taveras Killed In A Car Accident

    Sad news this morning for MLB fans as it has been confirmed that 22-year old Oscar Tavares was killed in a car accident in the Dominican Republic on Sunday. Taveras was driving a 2014 Chevrolet Camaro on a highway between the beaches of Sosua and Cabarete in Puerto Plata, about 215 miles north of the capital of Santo Domingo, at the time of the crash. Col. Diego Pesqueira of the Metropolitan Transportation Agency confirmed, "He wasn't carrying documents at the time of the accident, but his body was identified by family members."
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