Non-IT News Thread
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Federal Perkins Loan: Colleges May Have to Return Federal Funding After Loan Program Expiration
The Perkins Loan program, established in 1958, expired Sept. 30. Senator Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., called it "outdated and unnecessary," and blocked the Senate from voting on it.
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Doctors Hospital: Sisters Adopted Separately Are Reunited After Being Hired by Sarasota, Fla., Hospital
Meagan Hughes and Holly Hoyle O'Brien were hired three months apart at Doctors Hospital. A DNA test confirmed their relationship after they compared stories of being adopted from South Korea.
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Round Rock High School: Video Shows Police Officer Grabbing Student's Throat at School
The Texas city's police department said they are investigating after a video circulating on social media shows one of its officers grabbing the throat of Gyasi Hughes, 14, while he was being detained.
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Tenkiller Ferry Lake: Driver Dies After Her Car Goes Off Bridge and Into Oklahoma Lake, Officials Say
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said a car crash drove the driver's car off the road and into the Tahlequah, Okla., lake. A dive team is recovering the unidentified female victim and the vehicle.
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Seriously Facebook, what the F* is wrong with you?!
http://www.epbot.com/2015/10/banned-from-facebook-over-thanksgiving.html
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aiVM6-4qvvA/Vh00_2ZCgXI/AAAAAAABp9c/ZIe7ZN9DPbI/s640/NudeTurkeyPost.jpg
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It seems to be dripping some..... icing.
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Jersey Devil: Image Purports to Show Winged Creature in New Jersey
Dave Black, of Little Egg Harbor, sent NJ.com an image of a figure that "spread out leathery wings and flew off" over a golf course. The creature is said to inhabit the southern part of the state.
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http://imgick.nj.com/home/njo-media/width620/img/entertainment_impact/photo/18935715-mmmain.jpg
What is wrong with that state?
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Florida woman broadcasts herself while driving drunk around Lakeland, Florida. Local Periscope watchers contact police and pinpoint her location using landmarks visible on the video stream.
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Mexico: 'Jalisco crime boss' Quintero held by police
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-34527157 -
Mumbai man found alive in mortuary dies two days later
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-34525000 -
Alive in the morgue, dead in the hospital. #onlyindiathings
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Actually that just happened in Honduras too.
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Not to be outdone by India.... #onlyamericanthings
Man injured by pine cone in San Francisco park sues the US government for $5m
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https://twitter.com/WhoaCo/status/654137337257922563
Debate Results from Last Night
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Israel moves to North Korean style tactics of punishing families of claimed criminals not just the criminals.
Israeli police set up East Jerusalem checkpoints
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34527369 -
@scottalanmiller said:
https://twitter.com/WhoaCo/status/654137337257922563
Debate Results from Last Night
This was a total - duh!
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@mlnews said:
http://imgick.nj.com/home/njo-media/width620/img/entertainment_impact/photo/18935715-mmmain.jpg
What is wrong with that state?
Somebody needs to brush that dog... if it survived being thrown out of a tree.
