Elizabeth Smart, who was kidnapped at age 14 from her Salt Lake City home and held for what she described as “nine months of hell,” is engaged and anticipates a wedding in early summer, a family spokesman said on Friday. After her rescue, Smart, took up a career as an advocate for missing children and occasional TV news commentator. Her ... Read More »
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Websites are down protesting SOPA
Hundreds of websites are down today protesting the SOPA , a bill if introduced could take away your internet freedom. Among the hundreds to oppose the bill, are Google, Wikipedia, Boing Boing, Reddit, Minecraft, Firefall, Scribd, Facebook who have joined unanimously to go against the US senate I have already covered an article on how dangerous the SOPA bill could ... Read More »
Cruise Ship Captain Francesco Schettino arrested!
Cruise Ship Captain Francesco Schettino who abandoned the sinking ship was arrested today with charges of man slaughtering against his name. Three people including two French tourists and a Peruvian crew member were confirmed to have died and 41 were still unaccounted for after the 114,000-tonne Costa Concordia smashed into rocks near the island of Giglio. Authorities said that Francesco ... Read More »
Australia Shows Who’s the Boss here
Australian cricket team has won the 3rd test match against India by an Innings and 37 runs thereby sealing the series with 3-0 with one more test match to be played yet. Looks like India’s tour of Australia has turned into a disaster. Australia not only won the matches straight third time but also have secured a back to back ... Read More »
Hackers expose Symantec source code
A group of Indian hackers has offered support to an American man who filed a lawsuit against Symantec Corp by publishing source code from a 2006 version of Norton Utilities, a software program at the heart of the legal dispute. A spokesman for the group, which is known as “Lords of Dharmaraja,” released more than 13,000 files that were part ... Read More »
T20 Cricket for Olympics 2020!
ICC is considering a bid to include T20 Cricket for the Olympics 2020 as Cricket is all set to return to the grand stage of all sports “the Olympics” after 100 years since it was last played in a Olympic ground. Every sportsman want to win a gold in Olympics for their country. But the dream of a cricketer to ... Read More »
US concerned over possible Israel attack on Iran
The US government is concerned that Israel is preparing to take military action against Iran over US objections, and has stepped up contingency planning to safeguard US facilities in the region, The Wall Street Journal reported. The newspaper said President Barack Obama, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and other top officials have delivered a series of private messages to Israeli leaders, ... Read More »