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Messages broadcast Wednesday mostly on state radio and television are warning Hungarians about floods and catastrophic weather in Gondor, Rohan, Rivendell, Helm's Deep and other locations inhabited by Hobbits, Orcs, Elves, Ents and Dwarves.
Officials say they chose Tolkien's fantasy world because they don't want to alarm people by mentioning real locations in the test and want to gauge how effectively the emergency messages reach Hungary's youth.
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Anonymous is in the midst of planning a world wide prank, this time, targeting UFO enthusiasts and well...almost everyone else.
If you aren't familiar with who Anonymous is, then let me quickly fill you in. Anonymous is the name of an online group of people that come from all walks of life and stand for social justice. Online or offline. This group of people are made up of 'hacktivists' and the curious. But besides the political aspect, they also do things for the "lulz". Meaning that the group of talented anonymous users like to stage big elaborate pranks.
Operation UFO is one of their latest pranks. On May 22nd, 2011 at around 8:00 pm EST the operation is set to commence. The plan is simple, flood UFO websites with fake reports of a triangular UFO. Then just sit back and watch the world go crazy. LOL.
Is it childish? Yes. Is it funny? Yes.
I think we're becoming a society that is becoming dangerously to dependent on technology. I was at a bar the other night and noticed that almost everyone in the bar was taking pictures of themselves using their cellphones and uploading them to Facebook. Chatting online and browsing is the new thing to do I guess. Given that almost every American is so dependent on the internet for their daily dose of news, celebrity mishaps and knowledge, it's easy to see how this can be detrimental.
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Best of the Web: Cosmic Propaganda Alert! World Will End on May 21, Says Doomsday Code Author Robert Fitzpatrick
© Mark Bonifacio/NY Daily NewsAuthor of The Doomsday Code, Robert Fitzpatrick, poses next to an ad he purchased at a bus stop on Victory Blvd. in Staten Island.
The retired MTA employee has pumped $140,000 into a NYC Transit ad campaign to warn everyone the world will end next Saturday.
"Global Earthquake! The Greatest Ever - Judgment Day: May 21," the ad declares above a placid picture of night over Jerusalem with a clock that's about to strike midnight.
"I'm trying to warn people about what's coming," the 60-year-old Staten Island resident said. "People who have an understanding [of end times] have an obligation to warn everyone."
His doomsday warning has appeared on 1,000 placards on subway cars, at a cost of $90,000, and at bus shelters around the city, for $50,000 more.
Fitzpatrick's millenial mania began after he retired in 2006 and began listening to California evangelist Harold Camping's "End of Days" predictions.
© Agence France-PressePassengers outside a bus in New York. Quick action by the head of a Canadian choir touring Sweden narrowly averted an accident when the driver of their tour bus suffered a heart attack at full speed, Swedish media reported
About five minutes into the University of Manitoba choir's journey from Stockholm's Arlanda airport towards the town of Sundsvall, about 350 kilometres (200 miles) north of the capital, the bus starting swerving uncontrollably on the highway.
At that point, choir leader Elroy Friesen noticed the driver had fallen over the wheel, he told the local paper, Sundsvall Tidning.
"I threw myself forward and put the gear stick in what I thought was neutral. Then I hit the brakes," he said.
© ReutersRussia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin addresses the parliament at Russian State Duma in Moscow
Members of the sect that has sprung up in a Russian village some 250 miles southeast of Moscow believe that the 58-year-old macho Russian politician is on a special mission from God.
"According to the Bible, Paul the Apostle was a military commander at first and an evil persecutor of Christians before he started spreading the Christian gospel," the sect's founder, who styles herself Mother Fotina, said.
"In his days in the KGB, Putin also did some rather unrighteous things. But once he became president, he was imbued with the Holy Spirit, and just like the apostle, he started wisely leading his flock. It is hard for him now but he is fulfilling his heroic deed as an apostle."
A Michigan man dressed in a Batman costume was arrested early this morning after cops found him hanging off the ledge of a building.
Petoskey Department of Public Safety officers pulled the wannabe superhero back onto the building's roof around 1 AM. A search of the man's utility belt turned up a collapsible baton and a container of pepper spray. As a result, the 31-year-old suspect--who cops did not identify in advance of his arraignment--was charged with possession of dangerous weapons in addition to trespassing.
As seen above, cops photographed the man in full costume after he was transported to police HQ.
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As seen above, cops photographed the man in full costume after he was transported to police HQ.
Two best friends who have known each other 16 years have made an amazing discovery: they are sisters.
Alison Slavin, 41, and Sam Davies, 43, found they share the same father after adopted child Alison tracked down her biological mother.
The pair from Bristol never suspected they were related despite living remarkably similar lives - they look alike, have similar taste in clothes, both work as childminders, have two children and live less than a mile apart.
Alison made the discovery when a friend helped her trace her birth mother, who revealed her natural father was called Terry Cox.
She immediately recognised it as the name of Sam's father - and DNA tests later confirmed the pair are half sisters.
Alison Slavin, 41, and Sam Davies, 43, found they share the same father after adopted child Alison tracked down her biological mother.
The pair from Bristol never suspected they were related despite living remarkably similar lives - they look alike, have similar taste in clothes, both work as childminders, have two children and live less than a mile apart.
Alison made the discovery when a friend helped her trace her birth mother, who revealed her natural father was called Terry Cox.
She immediately recognised it as the name of Sam's father - and DNA tests later confirmed the pair are half sisters.
© SWNS.comSister act: Best friends for 16 years, the women from Bristol made the surprise discovery they are half-sisters after Alison, right, tracked down her birth mother
The unexpected and potentially rotten news that the world will end on May 21 rolled into the District on Thursday morning, plastered on a caravan of five recreational vehicles that parked near the Washington Monument.
"Have you heard the awesome news?" the side of the RVs asked, in big bold letters. "The End of the World is Almost Here!"
Video: Members of Family Radio's "Project Caravan," who travel from city to city to warn of the impending judgment day, spread their word near the National Mall. The group believes the Bible predicts that the end of days will be May 21, 2011.
"Have you heard the awesome news?" the side of the RVs asked, in big bold letters. "The End of the World is Almost Here!"
Video: Members of Family Radio's "Project Caravan," who travel from city to city to warn of the impending judgment day, spread their word near the National Mall. The group believes the Bible predicts that the end of days will be May 21, 2011.
