The death toll from the collapse of a roof at a shopping mall in the Latvia capital has climbed to 26, authorities said Friday. Latvian rescue services spokeswoman Viktorija Sembele said 35 people had also been injured in Thursday’s collapse at the Maxima shopping mall, in western Riga. Search teams continue to comb the... Read More

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Monstrous whirlpool emerges in river devouring everything that enters it (WATCH)

In 1841, Edgar Allan Poe referred to a maelstrom, or powerful whirlpool in the ocean, as a “whole sea … lashed into ungovernable fury.” Now 172 years later, a YouTube video titled “Amazing monstrous whirlpool” gives gravity to Poe’s words, though (likely) on a slightly smaller scale. Set in Dviete, Latvia, near the banks of... Read More

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January 25, 2013

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Cyber-robbers: 3 hackers caught using a computer virus to steal millions of dollars from banks

Things are getting scary out there in cyberspace. Recently the feds announced that they caught three hackers who are being charged with using “one of the most financially destructive computer viruses in history.” This virus was stealing millions of dollars from banks around the world. The virus affected 40,000 computers in the United States, and... Read More

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