Newsweek put out this 7 minute video summing up the entire decade. Pretty darn comprehensive. [via]
CNN Live on the Fort Hood shootings
November 5, 2009 @ 6:30 pm
CNN’s new website is holding up well while streaming the information and breaking news from Fort Hood, where a shooter (or shooters) opened fire this afternoon on the military base.
President Obama at the transfer of U.S. personnel from Afghanistan
November 5, 2009 @ 11:21 am
CAPTION: President Barack Obama attends a ceremony at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del., Oct. 29, 2009, for the dignified transfer of 18 U.S. personnel who died in Afghanistan. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Here’s a closeup shot.
Two taxis collide and crash into scaffolding at 8th Street and Broadway
November 2, 2009 @ 2:44 am
Photo: Jesse Chan Norrie (click image to enlarge)
This photo is awesome.
As far as I know, nobody was seriously injured in this crash (although some did go to the hospital for other reasons). See more of Jesse’s photos of the big crash here.
Tenants in Bronx building put up banners begging for heat and gas
November 1, 2009 @ 5:00 pm
Photo: Viorel for The Daily News
The Daily News is reporting on a building in the Bronx (2285 Sedgwick Ave.) with tenants so frustrated at having no heat or gas that they’ve gone ahead and put up banners at the front of the building pleading for help.
This is what we must do at our building. Seriously.
Casualty at an Indian oil depot fire
October 31, 2009 @ 2:53 pm
Photo: Reuters
Wow, Lens posted this haunting picture of a deceased person on the ground after a fire at an Indian oil depot. The blast killed at least 6 people and injured more than 150. Frightening indeed.
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