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How the boyfriend thought it was only odd after two years. She must have had an awful dose of the shits

[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=16px]STOCK PRICES TOOK a battering earlier today after the Associated Press’s Twitter account was hacked and an erroneous tweet sent.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=16px]The tweet claimed that two explosions had occurred at the White House, injuring President Barack Obama.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=16px]The news agency’s Twitter account, which has almost two million followers, has been suspended since the incident. The AP said it was working to correct the issue, confirming that the hacking was preceded by a phishing attempt on its corporate network.[/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=16px]The AP released the following statement at 6:12pm (Irish time): “The@AP twitter account has been hacked. The tweet about an attack at the White House is false. We will advise more as soon as possible.”[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=16px]The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 150 points after the fake Twitter posting, then quickly recovered.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=16px]Other markets, including oil, the yield on US government bonds and the 10-year Treasury note, also reacted negatively to the fake posting. The turmoil lasted about five minutes.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=16px]http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/04/markets-7-630x275.jpg[/SIZE][/FONT]
[SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia]This is how the markets reacted to fake news tweet[/FONT][/SIZE]
[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=16px] [/SIZE][/FONT]

[quote=“myboyblue, post: 763516, member: 180”][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=16px]STOCK PRICES TOOK a battering earlier today after the Associated Press’s Twitter account was hacked and an erroneous tweet sent.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=16px]The tweet claimed that two explosions had occurred at the White House, injuring President Barack Obama.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=16px]The news agency’s Twitter account, which has almost two million followers, has been suspended since the incident. The AP said it was working to correct the issue, confirming that the hacking was preceded by a phishing attempt on its corporate network.[/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=16px]The AP released the following statement at 6:12pm (Irish time): “The@AP twitter account has been hacked. The tweet about an attack at the White House is false. We will advise more as soon as possible.”[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=16px]The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 150 points after the fake Twitter posting, then quickly recovered.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=16px]Other markets, including oil, the yield on US government bonds and the 10-year Treasury note, also reacted negatively to the fake posting. The turmoil lasted about five minutes.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=16px]http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/04/markets-7-630x275.jpg[/SIZE][/FONT]
[SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia]This is how the markets reacted to fake news tweet[/FONT][/SIZE]
[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=16px] [/SIZE][/FONT][/quote]
Some cunt somewhere made money off it

Troo dat.

FBI now involved.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/07/three-missing-women-found-cleveland

Three missing women found alive a decade on in Cleveland, Ohio

Three women who went missing separately about a decade ago in Cleveland, Ohio, have been found alive in a house a few miles away from where they disappeared.

A neighbour said he let one of the women out of the house just south of downtown after he heard her screaming on Monday. In a recorded emergency call the freed woman told the dispatcher: “I’m Amanda Berry. I’ve been on the news for the last 10 years.”


Amanda Berry (right) reunited with her sister after being found in Cleveland, Ohio. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

She said the person who had taken her had gone out. “I’ve been kidnapped, and I’ve been missing for 10 years,” she said. “And I’m here. I’m free now.”

Police found two other missing women in the house – Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight – as well as a six-year-old child. They have not revealed the child’s identity or relationship to anyone in the house. The women appeared to be in good health and were taken to a hospital to be assessed and to be reunited with relatives. Three brothers have been arrested.

House in Seymour Avenue, Cleveland, where Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were found. Photograph: Scott Shaw/AP

Berry was 16 when she disappeared on 21 April 2003 after calling her sister to say she was getting a ride home from the Burger King fast-food restaurant where she worked. DeJesus was 14 when she went missing on her way home from school about a year later. Police said Knight went missing in 2002 and is 32 now.

The three women had probably been tied up while in captivity, police said.

Crowds gathered on Monday night near the home where the city’s police chief said the women had been held since they went missing.

Neighbour Charles Ramsey told WEWS-TV he heard screaming and saw Berry, whom he did not recognise, at a door that would open just enough to fit a hand through. He said she was trying desperately to get outside and pleaded for help to reach police, so he kicked down the door to free her. Ramsey said he had had a barbecue with the property’s owner and never suspected anything was amiss.

Police said one of the brothers arrested, a 52-year-old, lived at the home, while the others, aged 50 and 54, lived elsewhere. They did not release any names.

Julio Castro, who runs a store half a block from where the women were found, said the arrested homeowner was his nephew, Ariel Castro, who had worked as a schoolbus driver. Berry also identified Ariel Castro by name in her emergency call, according to the Associated Press.

The women’s friends and relatives said they had not given up hope of seeing them again. A childhood friend of DeJesus, Kayla Rogers, told the Plain Dealer newspaper: “I’ve been praying, never forgot about her, ever.” Berry’s cousin Tasheena Mitchell told the newspaper she could not wait to have her in her arms. “I’m going to hold her, and I’m going to squeeze her, and I probably won’t let her go,” she said.


Amanda Berry and Georgina Dejesus are pictured in this combination photograph in undated handout photos released by the FBI. Photograph: Reuters

Berry’s mother, Louwana Miller, who had been in hospital for months with pancreatitis and other ailments, died in March 2006. She had spent the previous three years looking for her daughter, whose disappearance took a toll as her health steadily deteriorated, family and friends said.

City councillor Dona Brady said she had spent many hours with Miller, who never gave up hope that her daughter was alive. “She literally died of a broken heart,” Brady said.

In January, a prisoner was sentenced to four-and-a-half years after admitting he provided a false burial tip in the disappearance of Berry. Last summer, Robert Wolford told authorities to look for Berry’s remains in a Cleveland location, which was dug up.

Two men arrested for questioning in the disappearance of DeJesus in 2004 were released from the city jail in 2006 after officers didn’t find her body during a search of the men’s house. One of the men was transferred to the Cuyahoga county jail on unrelated charges, while the other was allowed to go free, police said.

In September 2006, police acting on a tip tore up the concrete floor of the garage and used a dog to search unsuccessfully for DeJesus’ body.

[quote=“Rocko, post: 769086, member: 1”]http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/07/three-missing-women-found-cleveland

Three missing women found alive a decade on in Cleveland, Ohio

Three women who went missing separately about a decade ago in Cleveland, Ohio, have been found alive in a house a few miles away from where they disappeared.

A neighbour said he let one of the women out of the house just south of downtown after he heard her screaming on Monday. In a recorded emergency call the freed woman told the dispatcher: “I’m Amanda Berry. I’ve been on the news for the last 10 years.”


Amanda Berry (right) reunited with her sister after being found in Cleveland, Ohio. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

She said the person who had taken her had gone out. “I’ve been kidnapped, and I’ve been missing for 10 years,” she said. “And I’m here. I’m free now.”

Police found two other missing women in the house – Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight – as well as a six-year-old child. They have not revealed the child’s identity or relationship to anyone in the house. The women appeared to be in good health and were taken to a hospital to be assessed and to be reunited with relatives. Three brothers have been arrested.

House in Seymour Avenue, Cleveland, where Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were found. Photograph: Scott Shaw/AP

Berry was 16 when she disappeared on 21 April 2003 after calling her sister to say she was getting a ride home from the Burger King fast-food restaurant where she worked. DeJesus was 14 when she went missing on her way home from school about a year later. Police said Knight went missing in 2002 and is 32 now.

The three women had probably been tied up while in captivity, police said.

Crowds gathered on Monday night near the home where the city’s police chief said the women had been held since they went missing.

Neighbour Charles Ramsey told WEWS-TV he heard screaming and saw Berry, whom he did not recognise, at a door that would open just enough to fit a hand through. He said she was trying desperately to get outside and pleaded for help to reach police, so he kicked down the door to free her. Ramsey said he had had a barbecue with the property’s owner and never suspected anything was amiss.

Police said one of the brothers arrested, a 52-year-old, lived at the home, while the others, aged 50 and 54, lived elsewhere. They did not release any names.

Julio Castro, who runs a store half a block from where the women were found, said the arrested homeowner was his nephew, Ariel Castro, who had worked as a schoolbus driver. Berry also identified Ariel Castro by name in her emergency call, according to the Associated Press.

The women’s friends and relatives said they had not given up hope of seeing them again. A childhood friend of DeJesus, Kayla Rogers, told the Plain Dealer newspaper: “I’ve been praying, never forgot about her, ever.” Berry’s cousin Tasheena Mitchell told the newspaper she could not wait to have her in her arms. “I’m going to hold her, and I’m going to squeeze her, and I probably won’t let her go,” she said.


Amanda Berry and Georgina Dejesus are pictured in this combination photograph in undated handout photos released by the FBI. Photograph: Reuters

Berry’s mother, Louwana Miller, who had been in hospital for months with pancreatitis and other ailments, died in March 2006. She had spent the previous three years looking for her daughter, whose disappearance took a toll as her health steadily deteriorated, family and friends said.

City councillor Dona Brady said she had spent many hours with Miller, who never gave up hope that her daughter was alive. “She literally died of a broken heart,” Brady said.

In January, a prisoner was sentenced to four-and-a-half years after admitting he provided a false burial tip in the disappearance of Berry. Last summer, Robert Wolford told authorities to look for Berry’s remains in a Cleveland location, which was dug up.

Two men arrested for questioning in the disappearance of DeJesus in 2004 were released from the city jail in 2006 after officers didn’t find her body during a search of the men’s house. One of the men was transferred to the Cuyahoga county jail on unrelated charges, while the other was allowed to go free, police said.

In September 2006, police acting on a tip tore up the concrete floor of the garage and used a dog to search unsuccessfully for DeJesus’ body.[/quote]

I think there’s been a rape up there

Jesus brian…

[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] This guy didn’t get very far. Not all bad news though, the police recovered the ball from the accident scene.[/FONT][/SIZE]

[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Man dribbling soccer ball from Seattle to Brazil killed on highway[/FONT][/SIZE]

[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2013/05/15/us_man_dribbling_soccer_ball_to_brazil_for_charity_killed_by_car/richard_swanson.jpg.size.xxlarge.letterbox.jpg[/FONT][/SIZE]
FONT=Arial[/FONT][FONT=Arial] – At 42, Richard Swanson was without work, without kids at home, without a mortgage, but with a lot of time to ponder what matters.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]“It gives you time to think of what you want out of life,” he said in [U]a YouTube video[/U].[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]One thing he wanted, he said, was to watch soccer’s World Cup, scheduled for summer 2014 in Brazil.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]“I should just walk to the World Cup. … Just take off out the door and start hoofing it and head south,” he said in the video.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]And then, “Since I’m going to the World Cup, I should honor it by dribbling a soccer ball.” That would be more than 6,700 miles of dribbling, from his home in Seattle to Sao Paulo, Brazil.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]He’d dribble a special, durable soccer ball, designed to give kids in poor countries something that they could play with for a long time, something that wouldn’t break on rocky playgrounds or fields with sharp, thorny brush. People following his journey could donate to promote the program, [U]One World Futbol Project[/U] said.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]He started May 1.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]His journey ended suddenlyTuesday when a pickup truck struck and killed him on U.S. 101 in Lincoln City, Oregon, about 250 miles south of Seattle.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]His death was announced on [U]a Facebook page[/U], Breakaway Brazil, he set up to document his trek.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]“It is with a heavy heart to notify you that Richard Swanson passed on this morning. His team, family, friends, and loved ones will miss him and love him dearly. You made it to Brazil in our hearts, Richard. Team Richard,” the post said.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Supporters want the ball Swanson was dribbling to be in Brazil. Police said it was recovered from the accident scene.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]“Someone should see to it that his ball makes it to the World Cup,” Megan Cruz wrote on the page for Breakaway Brazil. “Maybe the first ‘play’ could be done with his ball, then returned to the family.”[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]“First kick at 2014 WC should be with his blue ball,” Peda Knezevic wrote under Swanson’s YouTube video.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]One World Futbol Project noted Swanson’s death in a tweet and on its website.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]“We are extremely saddened to hear the news about Richard. He was a very inspiring man, our thoughts are with his family,” [U]it said via Twitter.[/U][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Police are investigating the accident, and the driver of the pickup that hit Swanson was cooperating, according to reports from CNN affiliates [U]KPTV-TV[/U][/URL] and [URL=‘http://www.katu.com/news/local/Man-trying-to-dribble-soccer-ball-from-Seattle-to-Brazil-killed-on-Hwy-101-207466871.html’][U]KATU-TV[/U] in Oregon.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]The Breakaway Brazil Facebook and the YouTube pages were filled Wednesday with tributes to Swanson from soccer fans around the world.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]“Please know his death was not in vain, his story reached all corners of the world,” wrote Rena Gerlach from Portland, Oregon.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]“Your name will never be forgotten by my dear Brazil,” wrote Vanessa Gonçalves.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]There were postings in German and Portuguese. And posts from Japan and Canada.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]And one was from Swanson’s oldest son, Devin.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]“You are an inspiration to all to continue doing what you love! One day … I will continue your journey in your name!”[/FONT]

[quote=“Rocko, post: 773093, member: 1”][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] This guy didn’t get very far. Not all bad news though, the police recovered the ball from the accident scene.[/FONT][/SIZE]

[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Man dribbling soccer ball from Seattle to Brazil killed on highway[/FONT][/SIZE]

[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2013/05/15/us_man_dribbling_soccer_ball_to_brazil_for_charity_killed_by_car/richard_swanson.jpg.size.xxlarge.letterbox.jpg[/FONT][/SIZE]
FONT=Arial[/FONT][FONT=Arial] – At 42, Richard Swanson was without work, without kids at home, without a mortgage, but with a lot of time to ponder what matters.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]“It gives you time to think of what you want out of life,” he said in [U]a YouTube video[/U].[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]One thing he wanted, he said, was to watch soccer’s World Cup, scheduled for summer 2014 in Brazil.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]“I should just walk to the World Cup. … Just take off out the door and start hoofing it and head south,” he said in the video.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]And then, “Since I’m going to the World Cup, I should honor it by dribbling a soccer ball.” That would be more than 6,700 miles of dribbling, from his home in Seattle to Sao Paulo, Brazil.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]He’d dribble a special, durable soccer ball, designed to give kids in poor countries something that they could play with for a long time, something that wouldn’t break on rocky playgrounds or fields with sharp, thorny brush. People following his journey could donate to promote the program, [U]One World Futbol Project[/U] said.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]He started May 1.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]His journey ended suddenlyTuesday when a pickup truck struck and killed him on U.S. 101 in Lincoln City, Oregon, about 250 miles south of Seattle.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]His death was announced on [U]a Facebook page[/U], Breakaway Brazil, he set up to document his trek.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]“It is with a heavy heart to notify you that Richard Swanson passed on this morning. His team, family, friends, and loved ones will miss him and love him dearly. You made it to Brazil in our hearts, Richard. Team Richard,” the post said.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Supporters want the ball Swanson was dribbling to be in Brazil. Police said it was recovered from the accident scene.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]“Someone should see to it that his ball makes it to the World Cup,” Megan Cruz wrote on the page for Breakaway Brazil. “Maybe the first ‘play’ could be done with his ball, then returned to the family.”[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]“First kick at 2014 WC should be with his blue ball,” Peda Knezevic wrote under Swanson’s YouTube video.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]One World Futbol Project noted Swanson’s death in a tweet and on its website.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]“We are extremely saddened to hear the news about Richard. He was a very inspiring man, our thoughts are with his family,” [U]it said via Twitter.[/U][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Police are investigating the accident, and the driver of the pickup that hit Swanson was cooperating, according to reports from CNN affiliates [U]KPTV-TV[/U][/URL] and [URL=‘http://www.katu.com/news/local/Man-trying-to-dribble-soccer-ball-from-Seattle-to-Brazil-killed-on-Hwy-101-207466871.html’][U]KATU-TV[/U] in Oregon.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]The Breakaway Brazil Facebook and the YouTube pages were filled Wednesday with tributes to Swanson from soccer fans around the world.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]“Please know his death was not in vain, his story reached all corners of the world,” wrote Rena Gerlach from Portland, Oregon.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]“Your name will never be forgotten by my dear Brazil,” wrote Vanessa Gonçalves.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]There were postings in German and Portuguese. And posts from Japan and Canada.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]And one was from Swanson’s oldest son, Devin.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]“You are an inspiration to all to continue doing what you love! One day … I will continue your journey in your name!”[/FONT][/quote]
If ever there was a sign Rocko that you should pass more often.

Dribbling kills

His choice of footwear certainly can’t have helped.

http://www.wilson.com/en-us/sports/volleyball/images/products/WTH4615_Cast_Away_main.jpg?view=Standard

SWANSON.
I’M SORRYYYYYYYYY

Some lad in Derby cut his arm off today and strolled around with it in a plastic bag.

Very serious offence yet only a fine of €750!

[SIZE=14px][FONT=Arial]A man who assaulted a school principal in a row over the disciplining of his son has been fined €750 at Kilrush District Court in Co Clare[/FONT][/SIZE]

[SIZE=14px][FONT=Arial]Martin James Tubridy, 55, of Quarry Vale House, Labasheeda, Co Clare, was convicted of assaulting school principal Liam Wolfe at the small rural school in Labasheeda in 2011.[/FONT][/SIZE]

[SIZE=14px][FONT=Arial]Tubridy was dissatisfied with the way his eight-year-old son was disciplined by Mr Wolfe.[/FONT][/SIZE]

[SIZE=14px][FONT=Arial]On 9 December 2011, Tubridy arrived at the school.[/FONT][/SIZE]

[SIZE=14px][FONT=Arial]When Mr Wolfe told him he could not deal with the matter at that time, Tubridy punched him in the face, causing him to have two black eyes, a swollen nose and a broken tooth.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=14px][FONT=Arial]The assault left Mr Wolfe shocked and dazed and was witnessed by another parent who was in the school at the time.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=14px][FONT=Arial]Tubridy denied the assault happened this way.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=14px][FONT=Arial]The matter had been adjourned by Judge Patrick Durcan, who urged mediation among the parties but no progress was made on that.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=14px][FONT=Arial]Finalising the case today, Judge Durcan said nobody was entitled to enter a school and assault a school principal, particularly the principal of a small rural school who is regarded as a leader in their community and deserves a level of respect.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=14px][FONT=Arial]He regarded it as a very serious offence and imposed a fine of €750.[/FONT][/SIZE]

I see some lad has been killed in a machete attack in Woolwich. Some twitter reports stating he was run over or bundled out of a car by two lads who beheaded him with machetes! Viewers of the International Business Travel thread will have noted I was in this area this day last week and was shitting myself. I count myself very fortunate to be alive on this fine Wednesday evening.

is being reported as a terrorist attack by some news outlets. Strange.

He was a serving soldier I believe. Was run over and beheaded.

Here’s the star eyewitness :eek:

https://twitter.com/BOYADEE

:eek: :eek::eek:

http://order-order.com/2013/05/22/watch-itv-footage-of-terrorist-attack-aftermath/

Eh why would you film an interview with a guy whose hands are covered in blood as he grasps a cleaver?