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SKY TERROR, 2nd crane collapse in manhattan!
A crane collapsed at 1st Avenue and 91st Street on the Upper East Side around 8:15 a.m. According to initial reports, there are people trapped inside. There is wreckage on 91st Street, with FDNY and other emergency responder going through the rubble. The crane was located at a new construction site. Crane safety and new construction has come under new scrutiny after the March 15 crane collapse that claimed the lives of 7 people --a civilian and six workers at a new condominium on East 51st Street. Earlier this week, the Department of Buildings announced that its inspectors will no longer be on site when cranes are built "or made taller" . Per the NY Times, "Instead, inspectors will make spot checks of the crane raisings, known as jumps, and of safety meetings at which procedures for each jump must be laid out. The FDNY is reporting two fatalities at this point. Apparently the top of a crane--including the cab-- fell off (possibly 10 stories) and hit a building across ...
Falling star, ted kennedy has brain cancer.
BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor, doctors treating him at Massachusetts General Hospital said Tuesday. Kennedy, 76, was hospitalized Saturday morning after suffering a seizure at his family's compound at Hyannisport, Massachusetts. "Preliminary results from a biopsy of the brain identified the cause of the seizure as a malignant glioma in the left parietal lobe," according to a statement from the doctors treating the senator. Malignant glioma is the most common primary brain tumor, accounting for more than half of the 18,000 primary malignant brain tumors diagnosed each year in the United States, according to the National Cancer Institute. White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said President Bush was "deeply saddened" by the news and would keep the senator in his prayers. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she was confident Kennedy would get through his health crisis. "Sen. Kennedy has been a fighter a...
Gary Kasparov is a dick..
Gary Kasparov has become a stooge for the Russian government. The people have responded accordingly! LOL!
Bin laden reappears at key times to harrass israel.
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden -- in a blunt new message that coincides with Israel's 60th anniversary -- urged his followers to liberate Palestine, a terrorism analyst told CNN on Friday. In a message titled "The Causes of Conflict on the 60th Anniversary of the State of Israeli Occupation," bin Laden reiterated jihadist opposition to the existence of the Jewish state and its policies. Bin Laden's audio message, released Thursday, told listeners that "liberating" Palestine should be the aim of every Muslim, according to terrorism analyst Laura Mansfield. The message, played over a still image on jihadist Web sites, runs 9 minutes and 40 seconds. CNN cannot independent verify the authenticity of the message. Bin Laden decries characterization of Palestinian militant groups as terror organizations. He also says Israel has engaged in terror. "As your low values show double standards in one issue, you call the Palestinian organizations terror organiz...