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Catastrophic Indonesia tsunami shows critical blind spot in warning system for California and beyond - Los Angeles Times

10/2/2018, 12:12:54 PM
In Southern California, an earthquake could trigger an underwater avalanche in the Santa Monica Bay, producing a tsunami that could inundate low-lying areas of Santa Monica and the South Bay towns of Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach, according to a USC expert. ✔ Along the California coast and across the world, dozens of deep-sea ocean sensors are a first line of defense that warns officials when a devastating tsunami is coming ✔ But the destructive tsunami that hit Indonesia on Friday highlights a critical flaw in the systems ✔ They might help if you’re lucky if you’ve got one in just the right place



Hundreds of bodies lie in Indonesia's streets after tsunami destroyed towns

10/2/2018, 12:41:17 PM
The death toll in Sulawesi has risen to 1,234 as rescuers search for more bodies in the devastated disaster area. ✔ This aerial photo shows Indonesian soldiers burying quake victims in a mass grave (Image: AFP)1 of 18 A ship is seen stranded on the shore after an earthquake and tsunami hit the area in Wani, Donggala (Image: REUTERS)2 of 18 The city of Palu was badly affected by the earthquake (Image: AFP)3 of 18 Thousands of the island's residents have been left homeless (Image: AFP)4 of 18 Survivors salvage useable items from the debris of a destroyed house (Image: AFP)5 of 18 An aerial view of a stranded ship in Palu (Image: Getty Images AsiaPac)6 of 18 Satellite images of the area have shown the scale of the destruction (Image: REUTERS)7 of 18 Survivors are becoming desperate as aid struggles to get through (Image: AFP)8 of 18 A girl wearing a face mask walks past rubble in Palu (Image: AFP)9 of 18 An international effort is underway to help 200,000 victims (Image: AFP)10 of 18 Residents have returned to their collapsed homes to salvage belongings (Image: AFP)11 of 18 Samidah, a relative of a victim, cries while gathered outside the collapsed Roa Roa hotel in Palu (Image: AFP)12 of 18 A survivor looks at earthquake debris (Image: AFP)13 of 18 A survivor walks under a car struck on a building in Palu (Image: AFP)14 of 18 Thousands of homes were completely destroyed by the quake (Image: AFP)15 of 18 Indonesian soldiers bury more earthquake victims in a mass grave (Image: AFP)16 of 18 People walk past destroyed houses in Palu (Image: AFP)17 of 18 Residents walk in front of their houses as ferry is stranded on the land after hit by tsunami at Wani village (Image: REUTERS)18 of 18



What caused the Indonesia tsunami and could lives have been saved?

10/2/2018, 1:18:31 PM
It may take months of research and underwater exploration to determine the cause ✔ Scientists are still trying to determine the exact cause ✔ It will take months of field research and underwater exploration to determine the cause ✔ In that case you can’t rely on a warning system; people should seek high ground immediately ✔ But the question is, did we learn anything from past incidents



Remnants of Tropical Storm Rosa drench metro Phoenix area

10/2/2018, 3:17:59 PM
PHOENIX (AP) — Remnants of a tropical storm drenched parts of the desert Southwest Tuesday, slowing morning commute in metro Phoenix as authorities prepared for possible flash flo ✔ PHOENIX (AP) Remnants of a tropical storm drenched parts of the desert Southwest Tuesday, slowing morning commute in metro Phoenix as authorities prepared for possible flash flooding in the city, central Utah and elsewhere ✔ At least six roads in Tucson were closed because of flash flooding



Extent of Indonesia Devastation Surprised Earthquake Watchers

10/2/2018, 12:40:08 PM
Seismologists were initially surprised by the scale of the destruction inflicted on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, which has left more than 1,200 people confirmed dead. ✔ A car stranded in the mud in Palu, Indonesia ✔ Houses and trees slipping and sliding as the ground beneath turned into something approaching quicksand ✔ The rupture may be more complex than initially thought ✔ The neighborhood of Petobo was especially hard hit



Indonesia quake-tsunami death toll moves above 1,300

10/2/2018, 2:06:48 PM
There were reports of officers firing warning shots and tear gas to ward off people ransacking shops in Palu, a coastal city ravaged by a 7.5-magnitude quake and the tsunami it spawned. ✔ 'We in Donggala have nothing.' As if to remind the world of the tectonic fragility of Indonesia, a series of quakes hit the island of Sumba on Tuesday, albeit hundreds of kilometres from Palu ✔ An armed policeman stands guard at a petrol station as people queue to collect gasoline on Tuesday morning amid a shortage on the island of Sulawesi A stranded tug boat dragged inland at a tsunami devastated area in Wani, near the village of Donggala, where boats were moved from their moorings A devastrated street in Wani, Donggala, where homes have been ripped to shreds by tremors and waves and a boat can be seen looming in the background Rescuers removing the bodies of victims from the rubble of a collapsed building in Palu as the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency works tirelessly to search for people still trapped A rescue team member walks in front of the ruins of Roa-Roa Hotel in Palu which was hit so hard that the entire structure was shaken from its foundations Indonesian soldiers burying quake victims in a mass grave in Poboya in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi on Tuesday afternoon Evacuees from earthquake and tsunami in Palu, arrive at Sam Ratulangi International airport in Manado to receive urgent re-homing and care



California supervolcano ERUPTION: Yellowstone is not the real danger - THIS volcano is

10/2/2018, 2:37:46 PM
A GIANT supervolcano hidden beneath California could be an equal if not greater threat to the US than Yellowstone volcano, scientists have revealed. ✔ But very few people know about this supervolcano east of the central Sierra Nevada Range, making it a potentially greater threat than Yellowstone volcano ✔ Today, the caldera is thermally active with a number of hot springs and fumaroles dotting its landscape much like Yellowstone ✔ Long Valley is one of the three supervolcanoes in North America alongside Yellowstone and Valles Caldera in Mexico



Hawaii earthquake: Quake hits Leilani Estates where Kilauea DESTROYED with Lava

10/2/2018, 12:54:21 PM
AN EARTHQUAKE has struck near Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island which was inundated by lava ever since the volcano started erupted at the start of May. ✔ Lava fissures opened up on the lower East Rift Zone and produced billions of cubic feet of lava ✔ There were four satellite images taken over the Leilani Estates subdivision, Lanipuna Gardens subdivision and Kapoho Bay which was filled completely with lava from fissure 8 ✔ The USGS’s Hawaii Volcano Observatory will continue to monitor Kilauea



'Now it’s too late': help trickles in for Palu tsunami survivors

10/2/2018, 3:02:02 PM
Without enough food, water or fuel, people are resorting to desperate measures ✔ Muhammad Siadi had the vacant stare of someone who might have just returned from a war zone ✔ I survived a disaster and now I have to survive this ✔ On a drive up from Makassar, convoys of trucks filled with suppliescould be seen on the road, accompanied by police escorts ✔ Logistics are invariably challenging in Indonesia, especially in its remote eastern regions



Indonesia steps up race to find survivors as quake toll passes 1,200

10/2/2018, 12:56:02 PM
Indonesia is in a race against time to save victims of a devastating earthquake ... ✔ A Reuters news team saw a shop cleared by about 100 people, shouting, scrambling and fighting each other for items including clothes, toiletries, blankets and water ✔ Many people grabbed diapers while one man clutched a rice cooker as he headed for the door ✔ Slideshow (28 Images) Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Indonesia quake toll jumps as survivors grow more desperate - Los Angeles Times

10/2/2018, 3:29:48 PM
The death toll from an earthquake and tsunami that decimated parts of the central Indonesian island of Sulawesi jumped to more than 1,200 on Tuesday. ✔ Teams were searching for trapped survivors under destroyed homes and buildings, including a collapsed eight-story hotel in Palu, but they needed more heavy equipment to clear the rubble ✔ A powerful quake on the island of Lombok killed 505 people in August, and two moderate quakes near an eastern island Tuesday reportedly damaged a bridge



Final words of earthquake hero who sacrificed himself to allow plane take off

10/2/2018, 3:39:31 PM
Anthonius Gunawan Agung was the only worker left in the air traffic control tower after his colleagues fled in terror and stayed behind to make sure a plane carrying hundreds of passengers could take off safely ✔ Deep cracks formed in the runway when the quake hit Agung's body is carried to a helicopter during his funeral procession (Image: REUTERS) Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to playTap to play The video will start in 8Cancel Play now Once he made sure that the aircraft had departed safely, he jumped from his tower to the lower level



Earthquake today: Earthquakes hit Indonesia, Japan, Iran and Hawaii TODAY - latest alerts

10/2/2018, 2:21:46 PM
A MASS of new earthquakes shook the planet today with tremors threatening new areas and bringing aftershocks to places already devastated by killer quakes. ✔ The latest batch of shockwaves threatened Hawaii where the earthquake-linked Kilauea volcano has been wreaking havoc ✔ Earthquakes today: Indonesian earthquakes today (Image: USGS) According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), there is a four percent chance 100 people will die and costs up to £77 million ($1 million) could be incurred



Earthquake of magnitude 6 strikes off Vanuatu -USGS

10/2/2018, 12:08:31 PM
Asia-focused English-language publication that brings you insights about business, finance, economic and political news, comments and analysis for Asia, by Asia on asia.nikkei.com ✔ SINGAPORE (Reuters) -- An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck off Port Vila, the capital of the Pacific Ocean island nation of Vanuatu, the United States Geological Survey said on Tuesday ✔ There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties in the quake, which hit 45 kilometres (28 miles) west of Port Vila, at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles)



Footage shows Indonesian earthquake causing soil liquefaction – video

10/2/2018, 3:16:01 PM
Liquefaction has caused buildings to collapse in the city of Palu after last Friday's earthquake



Fears Storm Leslie on collision course with US may take U-TURN

10/2/2018, 2:21:29 PM
Storm Leslie, which was about 500 miles east of Bermuda this morning, is expected to turn into a hurricane as it moves over warmer water - and could move close to Britain by the end of next week. ✔ Some models suggest Leslie will track south of the UK while others suggest it may move close to the UK by the end of next week ✔ The Met Office has provisionally declared the summer of 2018 (June, July and August) to be the joint warmest on record, along with 2006, 2003 and 1976



At Indonesia hotel destroyed by quake, hunt for survivors goes on

10/2/2018, 1:34:27 PM
In a tent next to the crumpled ruins of the Roa Roa hotel in Indonesia's qu... ✔ Even though by this time, after such an event, the body’s ability to endure is minimal .. ✔ The bodies of three of paragliders have been found, while another four, including a South Korean, were believed to missing beneath the rubble ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



US cop's bizarre gun stunt at baby gender party sparks monster £6m wildfire

10/2/2018, 1:11:04 PM
A BIZARRE stunt to reveal the sex of a baby sparked a massive wildfire which quickly spread over 47,000 acres and caused £6m damage. US border patrol agent Dennis Dickey shot a rifle at a target co… ✔ Facebook/Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management 1 The blaze, which became known as the Sawmill Fire, eventually burned for more than a week However, the high-velocity bullet also sparked flames which spread rapidly through the Coronado National Forest



Tuesday Morning Briefing

10/2/2018, 1:09:22 PM
FBI talks with school friend of Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh, Indonesian lead... ✔ World FILE PHOTO: Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi is seen while she waits for a meeting with Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang (not pictured) at the Presidential Palace during the World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Hanoi, Vietnam September 13, 2018



How running races with Dad keeps me motivated

10/2/2018, 2:15:46 PM
CHICAGO (AP) — About a year and half ago, my dad and I began running races together. It started because I had hit a running drought. After years of running every day ✔ Often they became family affairs, with my mom meeting us for pictures, and my brother and sister meeting us for celebratory brunch ✔ (Tracy Sprayregen/Molly Sprayregen via AP) In this April 28, 2018 photo provided by Tracy Sprayregen, Molly and James Sprayregen prepare to begin the Rock 'N' Roll Half Marathon in Nashville, Tenn



Pilot lauds "guardian angel" for sacrifice as quake hit Indonesia

10/2/2018, 2:27:30 PM
21-year-old air traffic controller jumped from crumbling control tower as deadly quake struck, but not until he cleared one last flight ✔ CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy reported Tuesday that the death toll was still expected to rise significantly as search crews reach more remote areas ✔ Once he made sure that the aircraft had departed safely, he jumped from his tower to the lower level ✔ Social media art in tribute to Anthonius Gunawan Agung is seen in this image obtained from social media on October 2, 2018



A Chanel beach and a wine harvest: Tuesday's top photographs

10/2/2018, 1:34:24 PM
The Guardian’s picture editors bring you photo highlights from around the world ✔ Hampshire, UK Chardonnay grapes are harvested for Hattingley Valley Wines on the Rabbit Bank vineyard, near Cottonworth ✔ Works on display include creations by the owner, Thierry Ehrmann ✔ Violence erupted after officers fired water and teargas at protesters to stop them from entering the Indian capital ✔ At least one person was injured, according to local media reports



Thomas Cook holidaymakers fuming after Egypt holiday 'ruined by sickness bug'

10/2/2018, 3:56:36 PM
Caitlin Kelly, 19, and her partner Sam say they got the bug at Steigenberger Aqua Magic hotel in Egypt ✔ John Cooper, 69, and his wife Susan, 64 (Image: Facebook) Read More Indonesia earthquake: Final words of air traffic controller who sacrificed own life to save plane carrying hundreds Sam was ill too, but not as bad as me, so he decided not to have any medical care through the hotel and went to a local pharmacist as because it would have been another £100 we'd have to find



Love Island’s Jack Fincham breaks silence on engagement prank

10/2/2018, 1:54:38 PM
LOVE Island’s Jack Fincham has spilled on his future with Dani Dyer. ✔ INSTAGRAM DANIDYER WINNERS: Jack and Dani won Love Island by a landslide (Pic: INSTAGRAM DANIDYER) TWITTER ENGAGED: Dani posted the 'engagement' to her followers this morning (Pic: TWITTER) The pair have already had the topic of real weddings and babies pop up, but the duo are leaving that on a back burner for the time being



Uber driver catches cheating wife in the act after being hired by her and lover

10/2/2018, 12:16:10 PM
The married woman had managed to keep the affair a secret for over a year before ordering the Uber ✔ Needless to say that the pair - whose affair stretched to more than a year - were shocked to discover the man picking them up was the last person they expected to see ✔ Some say the cheating pair managed to escape while others that Leonardo and jesus began to fight



Teen parents 'killed baby girl because they couldn't afford to look after her'

10/2/2018, 1:14:06 PM
Ronaldo Fernandez Roca, 19, and girlfriend Cirila Ramos Quispe, 18, tried to claim the baby had died of natural causes ✔ Cirila Ramos Quispe being carried out of the police station (Image: CEN/ExpresoTV) The parents at the scene where the baby body was found in an area of land known as Nana (Image: CEN/RPP) Read More Thomas Jones: Police confirm body recovered from River Severn is missing 18-year-old student Police officers also became suspicious by the way the couple answered their questions and by contradictions in their story



Horse charges into bar sending stunned customers running for cover

10/2/2018, 1:33:48 PM
The horse lost its rider but carried on running - straight into a betting bar in Chantilly ✔ The filly escaped by going on to the road, and crossing a roundabout before entering this bar ✔ Then the filly turned around, breaking a table and chairs ✔ Mr Jasmin said a crowd of drinkers had just left to take a train before the horse arrived a week ago - on Monday, September 24, at around 10 am



The Trump administration knows the planet is going to boil. It doesn't care | Bill McKibben

10/2/2018, 2:19:18 PM
Trump’s team used last week to sneak in disastrous, linked policies on climate change and child refugee camps ✔ In the cloud of toxic dust thrown up by the Kavanaugh hearings last week, two new Trump initiatives slipped by with less notice than they deserve ✔ Deep new droughts this summer wiped out more harvests: total or partial loss of crops means that subsistence farmers and their families will not have enough food to eat or sell in coming months, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization warned



Emmerdale icon Kim Tate KILLED moments after triumphant return?

10/2/2018, 1:54:41 PM
KIM Tate won't have it easy in her return to Emmerdale. ✔ And while long-time viewers will be excited for her return, it may be seriously short lived ✔ Meanwhile, guests begin to arrive for the masquerade ball ✔ As the ball continues, Kim heads upstairs – but disaster soon strikes ✔ And, more pressingly, will they have succeeded in seeing off the vixen once and for all



Girl, 7, found twice wandering streets alone at night wearing pink pyjamas

10/2/2018, 12:52:20 PM
The family of the youngster have been quizzed by police after the school was found following a call from a concerned member of the public ✔ Last night police were called to a Lidl supermarket in Woodley, after a passer-by spotted a young girl walking alone through a parade of shops ✔ Officers carried out significant search activity in the area and spoke to members of the community, including local children and their families, however no children with welfare concerns were identified



Analysis | The Energy 202: Republicans and Democrats both like this conservation fund. But they just let it just expire.

10/2/2018, 1:08:46 PM
They couldn't reach a compromise to keep even this popular part of the government running. ✔ THE LIGHTBULB Visitors to Acadia National Park near Bar Harbor, Maine ✔ EPA acting administrator Andrew Wheeler speaks to EPA staff at headquarters in Washington ✔ The General Electric logo is displayed at the top of the company's Global Operations Center in the Banks development of downtown Cincinnati



Splintered piers, federal denials, blue tarps: Puerto Rico's uneven recovery from Hurricane Maria

10/2/2018, 12:40:38 PM
Only about 45 percent of FEMA public assistance grants has reached Puerto Rico, slowing the island's shift from recovery to long-term rebuilding. ✔ After Hurricane Maria, hundreds of Puerto Ricans with treatable ailments like bedsores and kidney problems died agonizing deaths after going without proper medical care ✔ The entire process has been very burdensome, he said ✔ Meanwhile, residents continue living with water cascading into their living rooms during rainstorms, while they wait for FEMA to process their appeals



Operation Arse: the secret Tory plot to keep Boris Johnson out of No 10

10/2/2018, 12:46:19 PM
Are Scottish Conservative MPs mobilising to keep the foreign secretary at the bottom of the list of potential new leaders? ✔ So far at the party conference, Johnson has been called, among other things, an irrelevance and an offensive person (Digby Jones), a maker of good headlines but not necessarily good policies (David Davis) and very unhelpful (George Freeman) ✔ Don’t say: No. The chances must be one in a million



Morning Update: You Might Want To Revisit Your Facebook Settings

10/2/2018, 12:55:20 PM
The Kavanaugh probe expands, what we know about the Facebook attack, Cardi B charged. Your BuzzFeed News newsletter, October 2. ✔ Trump has agreed to expand the Kavanaugh probe, and Democrats have some suggestions The week-long FBI investigation into Christine Blasey Ford’s accusations against Brett Kavanaugh was originally supposed to be limited in scope ✔ Her death captured national attention and created a cottage industry of internet sleuths determined to solve the case



Dunkin' Donuts workers pour water over homeless man dozing at table

10/2/2018, 12:32:11 PM
Jeremy Dufresne - who was charging his phone to say goodnight to his mum - was humiliated and left soaked by the employees of the New York store ✔ The 25-year-old, who had ambitions of becoming an artist when he was younger, usually sleeps outside most nights and eats his meals at a Samaritan centre ✔ In a statement, it said: It not only violated our written policies, but goes against our core values as an organization--which include creating a welcoming and hospitable environment and treating everyone with dignity and respect ✔ A GoFundMe page to buy clothes and other items for Jeremy has raised more than $5,600



Westminster terror inquest jury told to find victims were 'unlawfully killed'

10/2/2018, 2:32:43 PM
✔ Khalid Masood even enjoyed fish and chips the night before his attack in Westminster ✔ The inquest heard he had previously talked to his children about Donald Trump and Theresa May, describing the racism and rudeness of the US president and accusing the Prime Minister of being a liar and sick ✔ The court was told the attack came amid a failed attempt to target Westminster with knives and a foiled plot to murder Mrs May



Former pro-rugby player reveals how he lost £3 million property empire in a day

10/2/2018, 12:03:40 PM
Tommy Nelmes had 27 properties at the height of his empire but lost it all in the credit crunch ✔ The 62-year-old, who grew up at in Sheepridge, Huddersfield, signed on with his hometown team in 1974 ✔ The firm quickly moved in, repossessing all the homes, including his own house, and evicting his tenants ✔ If anybody has suffered similar problems with Northern Rock to me please get in touch on 07437 892785



Russia Tames Spoiled Israel in Syria

10/2/2018, 12:17:58 PM
Russia’s unexpected decision to supply Syria with S-300 surface-to-air missile systems and to integrate Syria’s air defence within the Russian command calls for a quick reassessment of our views. It turned out that Russia is able to learn and respond in an unanticipated way. Yes, in the immediate aftermath of the Il-20 downing, the Russian reaction had been weak. The Russians agreed with Israelis that the plane had been hit by a Syrian S-200 missile. ✔ The hot heads said Israel is not worried by S-300; they know how to deal with it, and if necessary, Israeli commandos will come and sabotage the system just in time for a massive air attack by Israeli bombers ✔ Will they convince Putin to postpone his decision like they did in April, and a few years ago



Fears of violence as Nepal cracks down on Maoist splinter group

10/2/2018, 12:37:52 PM
Up to 100 leaders and cadres of Communist Party of Nepal jailed as faction blasts government's dialogue efforts. ✔ Under its two fronts - underground and open - the party has mobilised cadres across the country ✔ The party still calls for unified people's revolution - a goal the former Maoists led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal or Prachanda has since abandoned in favour of parliamentary democracy ✔ ABOUT THE AUTHOR Deepak Adhikari Deepak Adhikari is a freelance journalist based in Kathmandu



Venom reviews: What did the critics say about Venom?

10/2/2018, 12:54:19 PM
THE Venom movie is still a day away from its release in the UK and USA, but critics have finally been allowed to tweet their opinions. Here's what they're saying... ✔ Of Tom Hardy's performance as Venom, Scott Mendelson of Forbes wrote: Not sure if Tom Hardy's weirdness sabotaged #Venom or saved it, but it has a self-aware cartoonishness, especially in its latter half ✔ Venom is out in cinemas tomorrow, October 3, 2018



Melania models $2,000 Celine dress as she lands in Africa

10/2/2018, 2:21:36 PM
Melania, 48, departed from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Monday evening, and landed  at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, on Tuesday morning. ✔ She was then pictured chattering away to the young boy while grinning delightedly from ear to ear ✔ Africa is so beautiful, the most beautiful part of the world, in many ways.' In a final tweet before her departure, Melania wrote: 'We are taking off for #Africa! So looking forward to visiting #Ghana #Malawi #Kenya & #Egypt as I take #BeBest international



Syrian Rebels Start to Withdraw Heavy Weapons from Planned Demilitarzsed Zone

10/2/2018, 3:13:21 PM
Rebel groups in Syria began to withdraw their heavy weapons from a planned demilitarized zone in the country’s last opposition stronghold, but confusion over its implementation threatens to derail it ahead of a looming deadline. ✔ Syrians arrive at the Abu Duhur crossing on the eastern edge of Idlib province ✔ Idlib is home to an estimated three million people, many of whom are civilians that were displaced from elsewhere in Syria during the more than seven-year civil war ✔ It’s also a base for tens of thousands of moderate rebel fighters supported by Turkey, while containing an estimated 10,000 fighters from groups that Russia, Turkey and the U.S. all consider terrorists



A Glance around France: Naked grape picking in Auvergne and anger in Normandy towards the British

10/2/2018, 1:55:13 PM
In our round-up of stories from around France on Tuesday there is anger in Normandy towards the British once again, naked grape harvesting in central France and why the price of a burial plot in Paris has gone through the roof. ✔ Naturisme : des vendanges dans le plus simple appareil en Auvergne https://t.co/Ac7APeZE1C via @franceinfo Anne (@ANNELET94) October 2, 2018 It's worth a reminder that 2.6 million people practice naturism in France ✔ The problem is 97 percent of grave plots in Paris have been sold to families for life, whereas it is now the norm to sell them for 10 or 50 years



Woman, 29, looks at "monster" crematorium machine days before her euthanasia

10/2/2018, 2:14:38 PM
Aurelia Brouwers, 29, was allowed to die by euthanasia at home in the Netherlands in January - despite not having a terminal disease ✔ They want people with a terminal illness who have six months or less to live to be given the right to decide when they die ✔ These people might end up doing so out of fear of being a financial, emotional and care burden, the critics claim ✔ For confidential support, the Samaritans can be contacted for free around the clock 365 days a year on 116 123



Analysis | The Daily 202: Expanded FBI probe into Kavanaugh allegations shows the leverage of three undecided GOP senators

10/2/2018, 1:29:23 PM
NBC gets texts, the Times finds a police report and Harvard cancels Kavanaugh’s class. ✔ -- Democratic Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke apologized for a review he wrote as a Columbia University student, in which he criticized Broadway actresses whose only qualifications seem to be their phenomenally large breasts and tight buttocks ✔ https://t.co/VXNLkim3i9 pic.twitter.com/MuNRFed6MD CBS News (@CBSNews) October 1, 2018



How A Hapless Bitcoin Entrepreneur Got Swept Up In The Crypto Craze And Started A Multimillion-Dollar Ponzi Scheme

10/2/2018, 3:47:27 PM
A Quebec IT worker was certain he’d developed a foolproof way to mine bitcoin. Instead, it led him and his investors to ruin. ✔ People pool their computing power to improve their chances and then split the rewards evenly ✔ The biggest disaster happens with the best intentions ✔ ● UPDATE Oct. 02, 2018, at 15:12 PM This post was updated to reflect Pelletier's debt in both bitcoins and their present-day price



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Celebrities flaunt 'pineapple boobs' in topless travel trend 9/4/2018, 1:28:50 PM CELEBRITIES and Instagram stars have been loving the 'pineapple boobs' travel trend. ✔ So would you be brave enough to try it on your next trip abroad ✔ In a matter of days, the photo has racked up 132,000 likes and hundreds of comments ✔ Another joked: I’d love to be that pineapple right now ✔ Marnie Simpson, Bella Hadid and Kelly Brook are among those to strip off abroad Pick 5 Countries To Travel To And We'll Give You An Avenger To Go With 9/4/2018, 2:55:08 PM Spending any time with Captain America sounds like paradise. ✔ Japan Sri Lanka Thailand India Timor-Leste Israel Via Getty Images France Greece Italy United Kingdom Denmark Romania Via Getty Images United States of America Canada