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I have no idea of the accuracy of this statement, just posting something Jonathan Alter retweeted. Have at it.
Reuters: One entire classroom of students unaccounted for after Connecticut school shooting,
@Reuters: FLASH: One entire classroom of students unaccounted for after Connecticut school shooting, @HartfordCourant reports citing sources
Gov. Jerry Brown Being Treated for Prostate Cancer
Source: Huffington Post
Calif Gov. Brown being treated for prostate cancer
JULIET WILLIAMS | December 12, 2012 06:17 PM EST |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Jerry Brown is being treated with radiation for early stage prostate cancer, his office announced Wednesday.
The 74-year-old Brown is receiving a short course of conventional radiotherapy for "localized prostate cancer," the statement said.
Brown's "prognosis is excellent, and there are not expected to be any significant side effects," University of California, San Francisco oncologist Eric Small said.
The radiation treatment will be completed the week of Jan. 7, and Brown will continue to work a full schedule, the statement said.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20121212/us-california-governor-cancer/?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=politics
Sitar Master Ravi Shankar Passes Away
Source: The Hindu
Pandit Ravi Shankar passes away
LATA GANAPATHY
Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar passed in San Diego on Tuesday. He was 92. He was admitted to the Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla last Thursday after he complained of breathing difficulties. He breathed his last at 4.30 p.m. Pacific Time.
The legendary musician and composer was India's musical ambassador and a unique phenomenon in the classical music worlds of East and West. He was well known for his pioneering work in bringing Indian music to the West.
He was active as a professional musician till the end and was one of the contenders for the next Grammys.
Read more: http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/sitar-maestro-ravi-shankar-passes-away/article4190878.ece
Breaking: 2 Killed, 1 Injured by Man Armed with Rifle at Mall Near Portland (20-60 Shots Reported)
Source: Oregonian
By The Oregonian
on December 11, 2012 at 4:04 PM, updated December 11, 2012 at 4:09 PM
Two people were killed and at least one other was shot by at Clackamas Town Center by a man brandishing a semiautomatic rifle, according to preliminary reports.
Emergency dispatchers received reports that a shooting may have occurred near Macy’s and that a man was seen with an AR-15 rifle near the mall’s food court around 3:29 p.m. The man also may be wearing body armor.
3:56 p.m.:John Canzano, sports columnist for The Oregonian, reported that as many as 60 shots were fired while he was shopping at the mall.
Police have blocked off entrances to the mall and are searching the mall.
Read more: http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2012/12/clackamas_town_center_shooting.html
@Reuters: FLASH: SHOOTING REPORTED AT OREGON SHOPPING MALL, LOCAL SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAYS
@CBSNews: BREAKING: At least two shot in Portland, Ore., mall
http://cbsn.ws/RnS62D
At least two shot in Portland, Ore., mall
December 11, 2012
Updated 7:07 p.m. ET
PORTLAND, Ore. Emergency dispatchers in Portland, Ore., are receiving reports that a man with a rifle reportedly fired as many as 20 shots inside a shopping mall.
The Oregonian reports the dispatchers received reports that a shooting may have occurred near Macy's inside the Clackamas Town Center and that a man was seen with a rifle near the mall's food court.
A dispatch worker confirmed to CBS affiliate KOIN that at least two people were shot. Witnesses tell KOIN the town center was evacuated and placed on lockdown.
Clackamas County sheriff's deputies are responding. Deputies
PHOTO: This Month's National Geographic - Happy Fracking, Everyone!
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/12/methane/thiessen-photography
Photograph by Mark Thiessen
So much methane fizzes from Sherry Vargson’s tap that she can light it like a stove. The contamination began, she says, after Chesapeake Energy drilled on her Pennsylvania farm. The company denies responsibility. “I keep about three windows open year-round so we don’t blow up,” Vargson says.
H/T Jen Sorensen
2012 Is The Hottest, Most Extreme Year in U.S. History
Source: Think Progress / Dr. Jeff Masters
2012 Is The Hottest, Most Extreme Year In U.S. History
By Joe Romm on Dec 10, 2012 at 12:33 pm
A warm November and record-breaking early December means 2012 will be the warmest year ever for the U.S. As Jeff Masters reports:
…the U.S. heated up considerably in November, notching its 20th warmest November since 1895, said NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) in their latest State of the Climate report. The warm November virtually assures that 2012 will be the warmest year on record in the U.S. The year-to-date period of January – November has been by far the warmest such period on record for the contiguous U.S.–a remarkable 1.0°F above the previous record. During the 11-month period, 18 states were record warm and an additional 24 states were top ten warm. The December 2011 – November 2012 period was the warmest such 12-month period on record for the contiguous U.S., and the eight warmest 12-month periods since record keeping began in 1895 have all ended during 2012.
December 2012 would have to be 1°F colder than our coldest December on record (set in 1983) to prevent the year 2012 from being the warmest in U.S. history. This is meteorologically impossible, given the recent December heat in the U.S. As wunderground’s weather historian Christopher C. Burt reported, an early-December heat wave this week set records for warmest December temperature on record in seven states. December 2012 is on pace to be a top-20% warmest December on record in the U.S.
Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/12/10/1307221/2012-is-the-hottest-most-extreme-year-in-us-history/
O.K. It's a Politician-Kissing-a-Baby Photo, But It's a Great Politician-Kissing-a-Baby Photo...
From Nov. 1 in Denver.
USGS: 7.3 Magnitude Quake Strikes Off East Coast of Japan
Source: Reuters
Strong earthquake hits northeast Japan
TOKYO | Fri Dec 7, 2012 3:31am EST
(Reuters) - A strong earthquake centered off the coast of northeastern Japan shook buildings as far as Tokyo and led to a tsunami warning for coastal areas of the northeast, public broadcaster NHK said on Friday.
The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.3, the U.S. Geological Survey said. That was revised from an earlier estimate of 7.4.
A warning for a one meter tsunami was issued for the coast of Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, which was hit by a devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011.
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FLASH: Warning for 1 meter tsunami issued for eastern Japan's Miyagi prefecture - NHK
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FLASH: USGS says 7.4 magnitude quake strikes off east coast of Japan
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FLASH: Tsunami expected to hit eastern Japan's Miyagi prefecture at 0840 GMT -- NHK
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/07/us-japan-quake-idUSBRE8B607Z20121207
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