A crane collapsed in Manhattan, New York., smashing into a 23-storey apartment building on Manhattan’s upper east side, before crashing onto the street below and leaving at least one person dead.
“I’m not directly on the scene, but I can confirm that we have lost a life of yet another building collapse in the borough of Manhattan, and it is an absolute tragedy,” Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer said.
“This is just unacceptable and we have got to figure out what happened here,” New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. “I gather the vertical part of the crane stayed attached to the building the way it’s supposed to. This looks like the top came off. The public walking by shouldn’t be at risk.”
This is the second crane collapse in New York City within one year.
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[amazonify]1586485563[/amazonify]Scott McClellan, Former White House Press Secretary, is the author of the book “What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception” .
Scott McClellan said in his book that President Bush was not “open and forthright on Iraq,” adopted a “permanent campaign approach” when it came to governing, and used “propaganda” to sell the war.
“I still like and admire President Bush,” McClellan writes. “But he and his advisers confused the propaganda campaign with the high level of candor and honesty so fundamentally needed to build and then sustain public support during a time of war. … In this regard, he was terribly ill-served by his top advisers, especially those involved directly in national security.”
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Bethany Correira, a beautiful 21-year-old woman, moved to Anchorage in May 2003 to pursue medical studies in college. Four days after Correria’s move, her mother, Linda, arrived at her apartment to find the door unlocked and her daughter’s purse, keys and cell phone inside. Bethany was nowhere to be found.
How was the case solved? Check out the 90 minutes show, called “Mystery at Bootleggers Cove,” focuses on Bethany Correira’s disappearance, the investigation led by Detective Glen Klinkhart, her family and the trial. It will be air on Dateline NBC on Monday at 8:30 p.m. on Channel 2.
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Barack Obama told the crowds in Sunrise, Florida that his job as a commander in chief will be to keep US safe.
Barack Obama said he will do whatever is required and strike those who are doing US harm and he will bring the war to close.
Barack Obama also pointed out what John F. Kennedy said “We shall never negotiate out of fear, but we shall never fear to negotiate.”
Here is the video on what he means and how he will do it:
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A tornado ripped through the NE Twin Cities’ suburb of Hugo, MN tonight.
Hugo, about 19 miles northwest of St. Paul, was especially hard-hit.
At least a dozen homes were destroyed, and another 36 were damaged, according to the city administrator.
A city official said a 2 year old child was killed, eight people were taken to hospitals with injuries and 20 people were unaccounted for.
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Dr. Beach picked Caladesi Island as the best beach in the 2008 ranking for his annual list, which was released Thursday.
Caladesi’s fine, white quartz sand beach owes its creation to a 1921 hurricane, which separated it from nearby Honeymoon Island. Caladesi became a state park in 1968.
“It’s an island getaway,” said Leatherman
Caladesi Island beat out beaches in Hawaii Beach for this year’s honor.
This year’s runners-up on Leatherman’s list of best beaches were
Hanalei Beach, Hawaii,
Siesta Beach in Sarasota, Fla.,
Coopers Beach in Southampton, New York,
Coronado Beach in San Diego,
Main Beach in East Hampton, New York,
Hamoa Beach, Hawaii,
Cape Hatteras, N.C.,
Cape Florida State Park near Miami,
Beachwalker Park on Kiawah Island, S.C.
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Caladesi Island has been named the nation’s best beach by Stephen Leatherman, also known as Dr. Beach.
Caladesi’s fine, white quartz sand beach owes its creation to a 1921 hurricane, which separated it from nearby Honeymoon Island. Caladesi became a state park in 1968.
“It’s an island getaway,” said Leatherman
The runners-up were
Hanalei Beach, Hawaii,
Siesta Beach in Sarasota, Fla.,
Coopers Beach in Southampton, New York,
Coronado Beach in San Diego,
Main Beach in East Hampton, New York,
Hamoa Beach, Hawaii,
Cape Hatteras, N.C.,
Cape Florida State Park near Miami,
Beachwalker Park on Kiawah Island, S.C.
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Brenda Sullivan has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for abusing her teenage adopted son by caging him along with adopted twins as well.
The 17-year-old teen weighed 22kg (49 pounds) when child welfare workers found him in 2005 in what appeared to be a cage
Meanwhile, her lawyer has said he would appeal the case because Brenda Sullivan is not a danger to the society.
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The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning at 4:38 p.m. Thursday that Doppler radar was tracking a tornado moving south near Moreno Valley in Riverside County.
A KABC-TV helicopter in the area has shown an overturned big rig blocking a highway and a half-dozen freight cars toppled over on nearby railroad tracks.
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Hamilton Jordan, 63, the former top strategist and key advisor to Jimmy Carter during the 1976 presidential campaign and during Carter’s administration, died at his home in Atlanta about 7:30 p.m Tuesday night after a long battle with cancer. He was White House Chief of Staff in 1979-1980.
His son, Hamilton, Jr., return from Europe in time to be with his father. The family plans a memorial service which will likely be on Friday afternoon at The Carter Center in Atlanta.
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A crane collapsed in Manhattan, New York., smashing into a 23-storey apartment building on Manhattan’s upper east side, before crashing onto the street below and leaving at least one person dead.
