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$400M suit alleges former Staten Island mom, daughter were beaten to death by security officer

2013-08-06 21:40:47| Apparel - Topix.net

The two former Staten Islanders believed to have drowned in a swollen North Carolina creek two years ago while being chased by a store security officer were "savagely beat[en]" to death, alleges a blockbuster $400 million federal lawsuit.

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Staten Island Railway's 40-year-old cars could be replaced with 35-year-old "hand-me-downs"

2013-08-05 12:52:08| Railroads - Topix.net

The Staten Island Railway's fleet has 63 rail cars, all of them about 40 years old -- the third-oldest in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's system -- and they aren't due to be replaced with new models until 2020.

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It's Wedding Day In Minnesota And Rhode Island

2013-08-02 00:24:56| Agriculture - Topix.net

Today's the day that marriage equality becomes the law in Minnesota and Rhode Island, and dozens of couples tied the knot in the early morning hours just after the law took effect.

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Chinese Video Game Simulates Real-World Island Dispute

2013-08-01 18:10:45| TechNewsWorld

Glorious Mission Online, a first-person shooting game launched in China and codeveloped by the People's Liberation Army, lets gamers defeat Japan in the fake quest to take back real islands. The game includes the real-life plot in which China and Japan fight over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands, which sit in the East China Sea and have prompted territorial skirmishes.

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Waves of Oil Spread to Another Bay on Popular Thai Resort Island After Pipeline Leak

2013-07-30 07:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: Workers in white suits used buckets to scoop up globs of crude oil blackening the once white sands and emerald waters of a tourist island in Thailands eastern sea on Tuesday, as the oil slick continued to spread three days after leaking from a nearby pipeline. Progress was being made on cleaning the oil that washed into Prao Bay on the west coast of Samet Island on Sunday night, though not fast enough, and rough seas and strong winds spread thin films of dispersed oil to a rocky bay farther north,...

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