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Mississippi Man Pleads Guilty to Communicating Death Threats Over “Facebook” Internet Website

Mississippi Man Pleads Guilty to Communicating Death Threats Over “Facebook” Internet Website

NEW ORLEANS, LA, August 12, 2009 —DYRON L. HART, 20, a resident of Poplarville, Mississippi, pled guilty in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt to a one count superseding bill of information charging the defendant with communicating threats in interstate commerce, announced U. S. Attorney Jim Letten.
According to court documents, HART, [...]

Chicago Man Indicted for Lying to FBI about Terrorism Activity

Chicago Man Indicted for Lying to FBI about Terrorism Activity

CHICAGO, August 14, 2009. A Chicago man was indicted on federal charges for allegedly providing false information about possible terrorism activity to the FBI, causing agents to aggressively investigate the information before determining that it was a hoax. The defendant, Uzair Ali Hashmi, was indicted on three felony counts of making false statements to FBI [...]

Eight story building collapses in DUBAI.

Eight story building collapses in DUBAI.

A recently constructed 8 story building has collapsed in the Deira area of Dubai.
The building, located next to the Ramada Continental hotel on Galadari Road, collapsed at around 4pm.
According to an eyewitness , who was in one in of the neighboring buildings, there was a tremor “like an earthquake” around 4pm as the building collapsed.
Early [...]

Cubs win again against the Pittsburgh Bucs.

Cubs win again against the Pittsburgh Bucs.

CHICAGO. August 15, 2009. The only way that there could have been an anticlimax after the run fest of yesterday was if the Cubs lost this afternoon. And I don’t think any of the 40,530 Cub fans that flocked through the gates expected either a loss or a repeat performance of Fridays Pirates defensive collapse [...]

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Cubs take frustration of recent losses out on Pirates with 17 runs.

Cubs take frustration of recent losses out on Pirates with 17 runs.

CHICAGO. August 14, 2009. Ok, so the Cubs are having a bad run with a losing streak is 5 games but Cub Fans don’t get discouraged. The current longest win streak by one of the 30 MLB teams is only 5 by Atlanta who are still 5 games behind their NL Eastern Div leaders, the [...]

Michael Douglas’s son arrested

Michael Douglas’s son arrested

NEW YORK. August 13, 2009. It is reported that Michael Douglas and his former wife Diandra have got another major family headache. Their son Cameron, aged 30, has been arrested in New York after allegedly violating the terms of his home detention by asking his girlfriend Kelly Sott to smuggle him in seven [...]

Phillies end visit to Chicago by sweeping Cubs away.

Phillies end visit to Chicago by sweeping Cubs away.

CHICAGO. August 13, 2009. It was nice and warm, partly cloudy, just the right sort of day to go to the baseball. Ever the optimist Cub fans were not deterred by the recent form and the Friendly Confines were close to full. Ryan Dempster was taking his turn against the left handed pitcher for the [...]

Phillies show the Killer Instinct in 4th to lackluster Cubs.

Phillies show the Killer Instinct in 4th to lackluster Cubs.

CHICAGO. August 12, 2009. It was raining again tonight in Wrigley Field… sadly it was raining runs and they were not from the Home team. But never fear the good times are near. Cub fans We Believe. We really do believe. So lets have some PMA here…positive mental attitude. Look on the bright side. You [...]

Cubs edged out in extra time by current World Series Champs.

Cubs edged out in extra time by current World Series Champs.

CHICAGO. August 11, 2009. Who ever said it was going to be easy playing the current World Series Champions, even at home! Certainly, not me. My mental bunions were aching before the game. Was it the weather or was it the Phillies? I was thinking to myself ‘maybe I would prefer to be at the [...]

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