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Indonesia’s quake

2012-04-12 15:16:44 (читать в оригинале)

The massive earthquake off Indonesia surprised scientists: Usually this type of jolt isn’t this powerful. The biggest earthquakes tend to occur in subduction zones where one plate of the Earth’s crust dives under another. This grind produced the 2004 magnitude-9,1 Indian Ocean disaster and the magnitude-9 Japan quake last year. Wednesday’s magnitude-8,6 occurred along a [...]

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Melissa Gilbert and “DWTS” injury

2012-04-11 15:15:59 (читать в оригинале)

Last night’s “Rock Week” edition of “Dancing with the Stars” was marred by an apparent celebrity injury that required immediate medical treatment. Host Tom Bergeron announced at the end of the show that actress Melissa Gilbert went to the hospital after she and pro partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy received their scores for their paso doble. Video [...]

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Facebook buys Instagram for $1 bn‎

2012-04-10 14:57:54 (читать в оригинале)

Facebook on Monday announced a billion-dollar-deal to buy the startup behind wildly popular smartphone photo sharing application Instagram. The big ticket purchase was seen by some as a move by Facebook to strengthen defenses against Google and blazingly hot newcomer Pinterest in the weeks ahead of what promises to be a history-making stock market debut. [...]

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Newsman Mike Wallace dies at 93

2012-04-09 14:05:39 (читать в оригинале)

Mike Wallace (who spent four decades as a hard-hitting) provocative news correspondent on “60 Minutes,” has died, CBS reported Sunday. He was 93. Wallace died Saturday night “peacefully surrounded by family members at Waveny Care Center in New Caanan, Connecticut, where he spent the past few years” – CBS said in a statement. “For half [...]

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Artist Thomas Kinkade died at 54

2012-04-08 12:32:09 (читать в оригинале)

Thomas Kinkade, the “Painter of Light” and one of the most popular artists in America, died suddenly Friday at his Los Gatos home. He was 54. His family said in a statement that his death appeared to be from natural causes. “Thom provided a wonderful life for his family” – his wife, Nanette, said in [...]