Sunday, April 14, 2013

Fox News Mixes up Hawaii and New York

North Korea's latest propaganda video lists four targets that they are threatening to hit with long range nuclear weapons. The four cities are Washington DC, Honolulu, Los Angeles, and Colorado Springs.

However, they failed their geography class. Their map shows Colorado Springs to be approximately in the area of Shreveport, Louisiana.

Then Fox News got involved. When they mentioned North Korea's error, they made one of their own. Fox's reporter, as well as their social media staff for a time, listed New York City as a target, instead of Honolulu, despite the video being quite clear.

One thing for a foreign government to get US geography wrong. It's totally another for one of the major news sources to do so.


I25 in Colorado Closed by Dust Storm

Photo Courtesy of KKTV
Interstate 25, north of Pueblo, Colorado, has been closed due to a severe dust storm that is blowing through.

The closure is in place between mile markers 114-125.

Several accidents have been caused by the near complete lack of visibility.

Emergency crews are attempting to get to the scenes of the accidents.

It is unknown when I25 will be reopened.

High winds have been felt on Sunday, throughout the state.

5 Killed in Belgian Bus Crash

Five people were killed when a bus in Belgium drove off a road, Sunday morning.

It fell eighteen feet off of a bridge and rolled down an embankment, near Ranst.

The bus was filled with forty Russian and Ukrainian teenagers headed to Paris.

Three teens, the driver, and the tour guide were killed in the accident.

Authorities believe that the driver fell asleep, causing the crash.

13 Now Dead From Chinese Bird Flu

Thirteen people have now died from the latest strain of the bird flu.

H7N9 has sickened a confirmed sixty people.

It is also spreading further and further, with four regions now reporting cases.

Officials are greatly concerned by H7N9 as it does not seem to cause sickness or death in birds, only is carried by them, yet is deadly to humans, if not caught early enough.

This makes it nearly impossible to detect before humans start becoming sick.

Authorities are trying to avoid a panic, by pointing out that Tamiflu can be used as a cure, as long as bird flu is caught early enough.

Other countries have begun limiting travel to and from China, while completely banning birds.

Another Iraqi Candidate Killed by Militants

Najam Saeed became the thirteenth Sunni candidate killed during the run up to Iraq's elections.

Saeed's convoy was attacked by militants, Sunday, near Muqdadiyah, about sixty miles north of Baghdad.

He and two of his brothers were killed, while his son and three bodyguards were injured.

Al Qadea is the likely suspect in the attack.

They have been making a campaign against Sunni candidates, in April 20's election.

Al Shabaab Attack Leaves 16 Dead at Mogadishu's Courthouse

Al Shabaab launched an attack on Mogadishu's courthouse, Sunday afternoon, while Somalia's Supreme Court was in session.

The attack, led by nine suicide bombers, lasted over two hours.

All nine bombers were killed, though six were able to blow their explosives.

Seven other people died, bringing the death toll to sixteen, with dozens more injured.

Ugandan troops, in the city as part of an African Union mission, took up defensive positions around the courthouse, after the battle was over.

High Profile French Prisoner Blasts His Way Out of Prison

One of France's most high profile criminals escaped from prison Saturday morning.

Somehow he managed to take four guards hostage and then used explosives to blow doors out, to make his escape.

He then escaped via a car, which has since been found, but with no trace of the prisoner.

Officials are unsure how the explosives made their way into the prison.

Redoine Faid was serving an eight year term, for his part in a failed robbery which left a police officer dead in 2010.

Faid, a lifelong criminal, gained acclamation when he wrote a book about his life of crime.

Since then, he has been highly sought after, by news agencies, as an expert on criminal activity.