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Smartphone App Saves Baby’s Life
Posted on: 04 Sep 2014
A man saved a baby Tuesday, Sept. 2nd, in Washington through a smartphone app that alerted him the emergency. Jeff Olson was working at his job in Spokane when the smartphone app Pulse Point notified him about the incident that was only two blocks away, according to ABC News. “I looked at it and it said CPR needed and it gave the address,” Olson, who is also a emergency medical technician volunteer, said. “This guy just came out of nowhere and just scooped the baby up and really knew what…
Second American Executed By ISIS
Posted on: 02 Sep 2014
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has released a video Tuesday, Sept. 2, showing execution of a second American journalist Steven Sotloff, 30, two weeks after the first executed American James Foley. According to New York Daily News, the video showed a masked man holding a knife on Sotloff’s neck. Sotloff condemned the President’s action of air strikes against ISIS and said he was “paying the price” now for the U.S. intervention. “I’m back, Obama, because of your arrogant foreign policy towards the Islamic State, because of your…
Amazon’s Acquisition Of Twitch May Amount to Over $1Billion
Posted on: 26 Aug 2014
Amazon acquired live-streaming gaming network Twitch Interactive for about $970 million, the two companies announced Monday, Aug. 25. According to RushHourDaily, the acquisition is the largest deal in the giant online retailer’s 20-year history and will help the company to compete with Apple and Google in the online gaming world, which the two companies now own over 75 percent of all mobile app sales. The deal amount may change to over $1 billion due to some retention agreements between Amazon and Twitch, which allows viewers message players and others during…
Michael Brown: New Audio Reveals Pause In Gunfire
Posted on: 26 Aug 2014
The FBI questioned a man who said he recorded audio of gunfire when 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot by a Ferguson police on Aug. 9, CNN reported. The recording revealed a series of gunshots, followed by a pause, and then another quick series of gunfire. Forensic audio expert Paul Ginsberg said there were at least 10 gunshots according to the audio, a series of six and another four. “I was very concerned about that pause … because it’s not just the number of gunshots, it’s how they’re fired,” Lopa Blumenthal,…
Michael Brown’s Father Calls For Silence On Funeral Day
Posted on: 25 Aug 2014
Michael Brown Sr., the father of the 18-year-old Michael Brown who was shot to death by a police in Ferguson, Missouri, earlier this month, asked protesters to stop on Brown’s Monday funeral. “I would like for no protesting going on,” Michael Brown Sr. said, according to Buzzfeed. “We just want a moment of silence that whole day. Just out of respect for our son.” Since Brown’s death on Aug. 9, crowds have been protesting in St. Louis and heavily-armed police have been presented to control the situation. Brown’s funeral would…
