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Cathay Pacific Pilot Allows Lady Passenger To Sit In Cockpit; Raises Safety Debate

The posts of a 28-year-old female passenger of Cathay Pacific became viral on China's most popular social media site Weibo. It showed a rare passenger's view of takeoff and landing from the pilot's cockpit which sparked debate about air safety why and ordinary passenger could sit in the cockpit.

Guangzhou Train Station Knife Attack

Guangzhou Train Station Knife Attack Injures 9

The Guangzhou train station suffered its second attack within one year on Friday when two men attacked people outside the square of the railway station with a knife.

Same-Sex Marriage

White House Urges High Court To Back Same-Sex Unions Nationwide

A brief filed on Friday by lawyers of the Justice Department on state prohibitions on same-sex marriage says that the Obama administration believes that the Supreme Court should declare the bans as unconstitutional.

Christopher Cornell

Ohio Man Says He Would Have Shot Obama In The Head

An Ohio man who sympathizes with the Islamic state said in a TV interview via phone patch that if he had not been arrested by FBI agents in January, he would have placed a gun on the head of U.S. President Barack Obama and pulled the trigger.

Child Porn

Bronx Teacher Arrested On Pornography Charges

Police arrested on Friday a male teacher and debate coach at the Bronx High School of science on charges of persuading teenage boys to send him their naked images through their mobile phones. In turn, he promised to give them gift cards.

He Zhijian

Finland Rejects Work Permit Application Of Chinese Grandfather To Take Care Of Own Grandsons

He Zhijian left Finland on Wednesday to return to his homeland in China after the Finnish government rejected his application for a work permit to take care of his two grandsons who live in Riihimaki.

Credit Cards

Mandarin Oriental Eradicates Malware Responsible For Theft Of Customers’ Credit Card Numbers In U.S., Europe

Mandarin Oriental said on Thursday that it has removed the malware that it blamed for the credit card breach that resulted in the theft of customer credit card information in its U.S. and European operations

Silicon Valley

Locker Room Talk Among Male Tech Executive Emerge At Ellen Pao’s Gender Discrimination Trial

Silicon Valley male executives appear to be as raunchy as college frat men. This was what surfaced at the Thursday hearing of the US$16-million gender discrimination case that former Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Bayers junior partner Ellen Pao filed.

Dog Shot And Tied In Florida Rail Now In Stable Condition

A female dog in Florida that was tied in a rail and shot on Wednesday survived the ordeal and is now in stable condition, according to local police.

Jodi Arias points to her family as a reason for the jury to give her a life in prison sentence instead of the death penalty during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona May 21, 2013.

No Death Sentence For Jodi Arias Because of Hung Jury

For the second time in the seven-year trial of Jodi Arias, the jury was deadlocked again, removing the possibility of a death sentence for the murder in 2013 of her lover Travis Alexander.

Rape Victims in India

Alleged Rapist Given Brutal Death Sentence By Indian Mob

Some Indians could no longer take the wanton attitude of male rapists as exemplified by the bus driver in a BBC documentary who blamed the victim and even insisted that women being raped should not resist but should submit her body to the rapist.

BNSF Train on Fire

BNSF Train With Crude Oil Derails, Burns In Illinois

Another train that was carrying crude derailed and burned in Illinois on Thursday, the third consecutive rail derailment with the same hazardous content in three weeks.

World of Warcraft

Game Over For World of Warcraft Fanatic that Played Game for 19 Hours Non-stop

He likely developed deep vein thrombosis that reached his lungs and became a pulmonary embolism.

A TransCanada Keystone Pipeline station outside Steele City, Nebraska March 10, 2014.

Despite GOP-Domination, Senate Fails To Override Obama’s Keystone Veto

It's 1-1 in the ongoing rift between U.S. President Barack Obama and the Republican Party. While the GOP appears to have the upper hand in the immigration reform debate, Obama won in the Keystone issue.

Misao Okawa

Japanese Woman Who Celebrated 117th Birthday Doesn’t Know The Secret Of Long Life

Misao Okawa, the Guinness World Records title holder as the world's oldest person, admits not knowing what is the secret to her long life,

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