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Lemoore, California -- An everyday piece of fruit is being blamed for causing severe burns on five young girls in the South Valley. The burns cover much of their bodies.
The five little girls were simply enjoying a summer day in the backyard pool when they decided to make a lime and lemonade stand, little did anyone know that the lime juice would be so dangerous.
Reyghan, Candy, Bailey, Jewels and Jazmyn are all recovering now. But, the marks on their faces, hands and legs show just a glimpse into their painful experience following a fun day in the sun.
"So you're thinking when they're like 'we need cups. Ok, here's cups for the lemonade and lime,' it's just so innocent, but yet so, you know... traumatizing to the kids at the same time," Stephanie Ellwanger said.
© CTBUHThe Worst Offender: The Burj Khalifa
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, a not-for-profit organization that tracks the world's skyscrapers, just released some data on that subject. Surprise! Some really tall buildings don't need to be so tall.
© parlement.ukBritish parliament was recalled early from summer recess Thursday to vote on - and reject - a military attack on Syria/Photo: parliament.uk
These media are accusing the regime of all the crimes committed during the last year, especially the alleged use of chemical weapons.
Even before the UN inquiry commission landed in Damascus, it was seemingly acceptable to state that chemical weapons had been used, and that it was the Syrian army which used them against the Syrian people. A bloody or even crazy dictatorship against a liberation movement comprised of angels?
Let's start with the so-call Syrian Liberation Army (SLA): it is not a united body - in fact, they are fighting each other - and though it originally contained true Syrian democrats, most of them have left the movement that is increasingly led by Muslim fundamentalists, criminal gangs and foreign agents. The international powers supporting the SLA may quickly regret their choice of partners, as happened with Al Qaida in Afghanistan...
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William T. Woodward, 44, allegedly confronted his neighbors during a Labor Day picnic in Titusville, Florida.
Police had responded to the neighborhood multiple times in the past, reportedly because of an ongoing feud between the two parties. Officials say they previously offered to mediate the dispute, but when officers arrived at the scene on Tuesday they found that Gary Lee Hembree, Roger Picior, and Bruce Timothy Blake had all been shot.
Hembree and Picior were mortally wounded, but Blake survived despite being shot at least 11 times. Blake later told Wesh.com that he needed to call the police dozens of times on Woodward, who is a combat veteran.
"I feel about as good as I can with 16 bullet holes in me," he said. "Who in the world think they are going to walk outside to smoke a cigarette and get shot 11 times from somebody a month earlier who was your friend."
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As President Barack Obama is seeking support from Congress for military action in Syria, anti-war sentiment among the population is growing. Earlier last week, images emerged on social media purporting to show US servicemen speaking out against a looming strike against Damascus.
People wearing military uniform are seen posing in front of cameras with posters saying they did not join-up to fight with Al-Qaeda in Syria. Those pictures cannot be verified but the Pentagon is reportedly already looking into the identities of those involved.
LG, maker of fine displays and wonderful prankster of innocent people, has cooked up another beautiful visual trick: installing LG 4K TVs as fake window units and tricking people into believing a meteor has crashed onto Earth. Because the screen is so clear!
Supposedly, the people in the video are all innocent bystanders trying to apply for a job but hey, if the LG 4K TV is that clear (and it probably is), I'm pretty sure I'd fall for the same prank too. I've watched too many apocalyptic movies to not properly freak out.
Source: LG Chile
Supposedly, the people in the video are all innocent bystanders trying to apply for a job but hey, if the LG 4K TV is that clear (and it probably is), I'm pretty sure I'd fall for the same prank too. I've watched too many apocalyptic movies to not properly freak out.
Source: LG Chile
© Robert RapanutAlexandria resident Robert Rapanut photographed a drone he saw hovering over a six-alarm fire at a warehouse Monday afternoon.
Robert Rapanut of Alexandria said he was near the scene of the blaze that destroyed a warehouse in the 800 block of South Pickett Street when he saw an object rise. He took out a camera and photographed it.
"I just saw some black thing go up" Mr. Rapanut said. "It was up maybe two or three minutes. It hovered over the roof of the Red Lobster" a few hundred feet east of the fire.
Alexandria fire officials said the drone didn't belong to them.
"It's not ours," said Robert Rodriguez, chief fire marshal and spokesman for the Alexandria fire department. "It was none of our departments'," he added, referring to the three other fire departments that provided assistance in putting out the blaze.
A Fairfax fire department spokesman practically laughed when asked if the drone at the Monday blaze could have been theirs.
A law passed this year in Virginia placed a temporary moratorium on the use of drones by government agencies, except for situations in which lives might be at risk.
Long Beach police have been accused of brutality after a YouTube video shows an officer striking a prone man multiple of times with a baton.
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Several officers are shown surrounding the man, who is lying on the ground, and then one of the officers strikes the man in the legs as the others shout orders.
The video, which was posted to YouTube on Monday, also shows the man being Tased by the officers at least once Monday at Locust Avenue and South Street.
"Police can only use force that is proportionate to the risk of injury or resistance," said Peter Bibring, spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union. "And it's difficult to see how striking someone who's lying on the ground in a proportionate response."
Family members identified the man who was struck by police as Porfirio Santos-Lopez, 46, of Long Beach.
Santos-Lopez was taken into surgery late Tuesday at Long Beach Memorial Hospital for his injuries, his wife Lee Ann Hernandez said.
Long Beach police are expected to comment on the incident later today.
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Several officers are shown surrounding the man, who is lying on the ground, and then one of the officers strikes the man in the legs as the others shout orders.
The video, which was posted to YouTube on Monday, also shows the man being Tased by the officers at least once Monday at Locust Avenue and South Street.
"Police can only use force that is proportionate to the risk of injury or resistance," said Peter Bibring, spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union. "And it's difficult to see how striking someone who's lying on the ground in a proportionate response."
Family members identified the man who was struck by police as Porfirio Santos-Lopez, 46, of Long Beach.
Santos-Lopez was taken into surgery late Tuesday at Long Beach Memorial Hospital for his injuries, his wife Lee Ann Hernandez said.
Long Beach police are expected to comment on the incident later today.
16-year-old mistaken for would-be burglar
The person a DeKalb County police officer shot Tuesday morning was not a would-be burglar, as police initially believed, police said.
DeKalb County Police Chief Cedric Alexander on Wednesday said the individual was a 16-year-old Southwest DeKalb High School student skipping school.
"It has been revealed to us that the subject shot by one our DeKalb police officers was not associated with the burglary on Streamside Court," Alexander said. "He was truant from school and began running when he saw police officers in the area."
The teen tried to hide from a K9 officer and apparently startled the officer as the officer approached him, the chief said.
"The K9 officer actually came in contact with the young man, and there was an unintentional discharge when he came up on a subject who appeared to be hiding in the shed," Alexander said.
© BEN GRAY / AJCDeKalb County Police Chief Cedric Alexander explains during a Wednesday afternoon press conference that the teen shot by a DeKalb officer following a Tuesday home invasion was not involved in the robbery, but had run from officers because he was skipping school. Alexander said the officer was startled by the teen and unintentionally discharged his firearm.
DeKalb County Police Chief Cedric Alexander on Wednesday said the individual was a 16-year-old Southwest DeKalb High School student skipping school.
"It has been revealed to us that the subject shot by one our DeKalb police officers was not associated with the burglary on Streamside Court," Alexander said. "He was truant from school and began running when he saw police officers in the area."
The teen tried to hide from a K9 officer and apparently startled the officer as the officer approached him, the chief said.
"The K9 officer actually came in contact with the young man, and there was an unintentional discharge when he came up on a subject who appeared to be hiding in the shed," Alexander said.
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Comment: Becoming a Police Officer is the perfect job for a psychopath. Once they get a badge, they can brutalize people with complete impunity.