Business
Connecticut Kleen Energy Power Plant Explodes
A Kleen Energy gas plant being constructed in the southern Connecticut town of Middletown exploded on Sunday morning around 11:30am. So far the best figures that have been reported say that at least 5 people have died from the incident, while another 12 or more have been injured.
Officials say that the massive explosion isn’t a danger to the public. However, a nearby resident says that the explosion felt like an earthquake, and they could see the orange flames coming from the structure after the loud blast. Someone else who lives about 30 miles away said that they felt it too, but they thought it was just a tree falling nearby.
Sebastian N. Giuliano, the mayor of Middletown, said that the blast came while contractors working at the time were conducting a test. This has ruled out terrorism, but he also noted that it will take a while before they get everything sorted out.
There have been a lot of reports about how many people have been injured or killed from the explosion, but authorities haven’t given any official figures yet. They aren’t sure of the figures themselves and haven’t released any casualty names until they can contact all of the families involved first.
Despite this, there is some good news - officials don’t think anyone is missing. However, rescue teams arrived at the scene to search for anyone that may be trapped in the building. A number of helicopters and ambulances arrived as well, while an alert was given to the local hospitals.
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Rapist Peter Chapman Jailed for Life over Facebook Murder
A 33-year-old British, 2-time convicted sex offender posed as a male teenager on Facebook in order to lure a 17-year-old college girl from her home. He then raped and killed Ashleigh Hall on October 25, 2009.
Peter Chapman uploaded a picture of a bare-chested, good looking teenager on the social network site. The friends of Hall say that she didn’t get attention from guys, although she was interested in them, so it’s very likely that she became an easy target after being flattered by the attention from the man.
After the two connected on Facebook, their chats moved to MSN messaging and another website, Tagged.com. Hall also gave Chapman her mobile phone number, and they were communicating through text messages.
Prosecutor Graham Reeds says that it was apparent that Chapman was obsessed with sex and trying to meet with Hall from the beginning. He didn’t make it to their first meeting at a park after thinking that she wouldn’t get in the car with him when she saw that he wasn’t the same person in the Facebook photo, so he devised a plan to tell her that his dad would pick her up from her house.
Hall agreed to the plan, and Chapman picked her up. Afterward he took her to a dark, secluded lay-by, where he made her have oral sex with him. Then he bound her forearms and gagged her with tape before raping her. After the act he wrapped more tape around her head to suffocate and kill her before dumping her body close to a cafe.
Chapman was stopped by police after returning to the scene. He had been evading police for over a year, because he had failed to notify them about a change of address, a violation of his Sex Offenders’ Register order. After being taken in, he admitted that an accident occurred and wrote a 9 page account of his story - which was a bunch of lies, according to authorities.
After finding key evidence in Chapman’s car that he killed Hall (including her phone), he was forced to confess to everything. He has now been sentenced to a minimum of 35 years to life.
Entertainment
Corey Feldman Discusses Corey Haim with Larry King
Actor Corey Feldman appeared on Larry King Live Wednesday night to talk about Corey Haim, his best friend who died earlier that day. He expressed his frustration during the interview about how the media is speculating that his death was caused by an overdose of drugs.
The 38-year-old said that people should stop jumping the gun, saying that Haim died from an overdose and making up other theories as to how it happened. He added that they won’t know the cause of death until after the coroner’s report comes out, along with the toxicology results and specific evidence proving the cause.
Haim passed away at about 2:15am (PT) on Wednesday after suffering flu-like symptoms for 2 days. He was taking over-the-counter and prescription medications for it, as well as other prescriptions as part of his sobriety program. There weren’t any illicit drugs found in his apartment by police, which can only mean that the an overdose was caused by the combination of medications he was taking and was unintentional.
Also during the interview, Feldman told King that he was shocked about Haim’s death, as they had only talked 3 or 4 days ago. He was actually getting advice from his friend about something he was upset about, which he says Haim was being very positive about. Feldman also mentioned that the two were in talks for filming a sequel to License to Drive, which would have been a trilogy starring the two.
Feldman also appeared on The Early Show Thursday morning. There he said again that he doesn’t believe Haim died from an intentional overdose.
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Trueprint offers new customers 40 free prints
Trueprint offers customers a wide variety of options for their digital photographs. Trueprint say that because so many great photos just sit on peoples cameras it now offers a service where customers can upload pictures onto its site for free and share them with friends.
Trueprint will also print your photos for as little as 9p per picture. Your pictures are guaranteed to be delivered within three days. Trueprint also offers to print your pictures onto canvas and coasters as well as mugs, mouse mats and clothing.
Trueprint is offering all new customers who sign up on line 40 free prints. By using the code: 25AFFGIFT customers can get 25% off all photo gifts. The code: GREETINGS will allow customers to get hold of a free photo greetings card if used before October 31st. The code: AFFCAL33 will allow Trueprint customers to get 33% offal calendars until December 14th.
Business
Connecticut Kleen Energy Power Plant Explodes
A Kleen Energy gas plant being constructed in the southern Connecticut town of Middletown exploded on Sunday morning around 11:30am. So far the best figures that have been reported say that at least 5 people have died from the incident, while another 12 or more have been injured.
Officials say that the massive explosion isn’t a danger to the public. However, a nearby resident says that the explosion felt like an earthquake, and they could see the orange flames coming from the structure after the loud blast. Someone else who lives about 30 miles away said that they felt it too, but they thought it was just a tree falling nearby.
Sebastian N. Giuliano, the mayor of Middletown, said that the blast came while contractors working at the time were conducting a test. This has ruled out terrorism, but he also noted that it will take a while before they get everything sorted out.
There have been a lot of reports about how many people have been injured or killed from the explosion, but authorities haven’t given any official figures yet. They aren’t sure of the figures themselves and haven’t released any casualty names until they can contact all of the families involved first.
Despite this, there is some good news - officials don’t think anyone is missing. However, rescue teams arrived at the scene to search for anyone that may be trapped in the building. A number of helicopters and ambulances arrived as well, while an alert was given to the local hospitals.
Computers
Rapist Peter Chapman Jailed for Life over Facebook Murder
A 33-year-old British, 2-time convicted sex offender posed as a male teenager on Facebook in order to lure a 17-year-old college girl from her home. He then raped and killed Ashleigh Hall on October 25, 2009.
Peter Chapman uploaded a picture of a bare-chested, good looking teenager on the social network site. The friends of Hall say that she didn’t get attention from guys, although she was interested in them, so it’s very likely that she became an easy target after being flattered by the attention from the man.
After the two connected on Facebook, their chats moved to MSN messaging and another website, Tagged.com. Hall also gave Chapman her mobile phone number, and they were communicating through text messages.
Prosecutor Graham Reeds says that it was apparent that Chapman was obsessed with sex and trying to meet with Hall from the beginning. He didn’t make it to their first meeting at a park after thinking that she wouldn’t get in the car with him when she saw that he wasn’t the same person in the Facebook photo, so he devised a plan to tell her that his dad would pick her up from her house.
Hall agreed to the plan, and Chapman picked her up. Afterward he took her to a dark, secluded lay-by, where he made her have oral sex with him. Then he bound her forearms and gagged her with tape before raping her. After the act he wrapped more tape around her head to suffocate and kill her before dumping her body close to a cafe.
Chapman was stopped by police after returning to the scene. He had been evading police for over a year, because he had failed to notify them about a change of address, a violation of his Sex Offenders’ Register order. After being taken in, he admitted that an accident occurred and wrote a 9 page account of his story - which was a bunch of lies, according to authorities.
After finding key evidence in Chapman’s car that he killed Hall (including her phone), he was forced to confess to everything. He has now been sentenced to a minimum of 35 years to life.
Entertainment
Corey Feldman Discusses Corey Haim with Larry King
Actor Corey Feldman appeared on Larry King Live Wednesday night to talk about Corey Haim, his best friend who died earlier that day. He expressed his frustration during the interview about how the media is speculating that his death was caused by an overdose of drugs.
The 38-year-old said that people should stop jumping the gun, saying that Haim died from an overdose and making up other theories as to how it happened. He added that they won’t know the cause of death until after the coroner’s report comes out, along with the toxicology results and specific evidence proving the cause.
Haim passed away at about 2:15am (PT) on Wednesday after suffering flu-like symptoms for 2 days. He was taking over-the-counter and prescription medications for it, as well as other prescriptions as part of his sobriety program. There weren’t any illicit drugs found in his apartment by police, which can only mean that the an overdose was caused by the combination of medications he was taking and was unintentional.
Also during the interview, Feldman told King that he was shocked about Haim’s death, as they had only talked 3 or 4 days ago. He was actually getting advice from his friend about something he was upset about, which he says Haim was being very positive about. Feldman also mentioned that the two were in talks for filming a sequel to License to Drive, which would have been a trilogy starring the two.
Feldman also appeared on The Early Show Thursday morning. There he said again that he doesn’t believe Haim died from an intentional overdose.
Home Garden
Banker wants money back on property which regularly floods
A city analyst has gone to the High Court in order to get his money back on a house he bought on the banks of the River Thames. Dr. Adrian Howd claims that when he paid £1.9 million for the river side property he was unaware that it regularly flooded. The house is called Tides End and has a back garden which gently slopes down to the river. Shortly after moving in Dr. Howd received a phone call from his wife Caroline who was shocked and surprised by the fact that the Thames, instead of being at the bottom of the 140 foot garden, was now outside the back door.
The Howds bought the property from Mr. and Mrs. Console-Verma whose sons attended the same school as their daughters. The Howds claim that they asked whether or not the property ever suffered from flooding because it was so close to the river, the answer to which was apparently a negative. Mr. Console-Verma maintains that he gave an honest answer because his understanding of property was the house itself. He continued that in his mind flooding was associated with homelessness and destruction and that during the time his family had inhabited the property these things had never happened.
Mr. Howd said that he and his wife had thought about trying to sell the house but because the garden tends to flood an average of eighty times every year they would get much less than they originally paid for it. Apparently whenever the Thames rises over 15 feet the garden floods.
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Trueprint offers new customers 40 free prints
Trueprint offers customers a wide variety of options for their digital photographs. Trueprint say that because so many great photos just sit on peoples cameras it now offers a service where customers can upload pictures onto its site for free and share them with friends.
Trueprint will also print your photos for as little as 9p per picture. Your pictures are guaranteed to be delivered within three days. Trueprint also offers to print your pictures onto canvas and coasters as well as mugs, mouse mats and clothing.
Trueprint is offering all new customers who sign up on line 40 free prints. By using the code: 25AFFGIFT customers can get 25% off all photo gifts. The code: GREETINGS will allow customers to get hold of a free photo greetings card if used before October 31st. The code: AFFCAL33 will allow Trueprint customers to get 33% offal calendars until December 14th.
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