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Jimmy Buffett Falls Off Stage: 5 Offbeat Facts About the 'Margaritaville' Singer
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsSome people claim that there's a woman to blame, but it may have been the lighting director's fault when Jimmy Buffett fell offstage during a Wednesday performance in Sydney, Australia. It seems Buffett may have been temporarily blinded by a flash of light during the show's finale, causing him to lose his footing and fall off the edge of the stage. He was reportedly unconscious for several minutes, but is currently in stable condition at a Sydney hospital. Surge Desk hopes Jimmy is back on his feet soon. In the meantime, we've rounded up five little-known facts about the ubiquitous tropical ...
Iran Plane Crash Kills 77
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsRescuers are wading through deep snow today to try to pluck survivors and clues from the wreckage of a plane crash that killed at least 77 people in northwest Iran. Iranian media blamed Sunday night's Iran Air crash on poor visibility and technical glitches, but investigators still have to analyze the plane's black box flight recorders, retrieved from the ghastly crash site today. Iranian state television aired footage of a foggy, snowy crash site, with pieces of the Boeing 727 plane strewn across a field where rescuers and local farmers wandered around searching for survivors. At first, ...
Harvard: Urine on Gay Books Was Accident, Not Hate Crime
By Deborah Hastings - AOL News(Dec. 14) -- Those gay-themed books that were soaked with urine at a Harvard College library were not a hate crime after all, the school says, but a simple accident caused by a staffer who spilled a bottle of liquid waste on 36 tomes. Why a bottle of urine was sitting on a library shelf in the first place has yet to be explained. "This incident was initially reported as vandalism and characterized as a hate crime," Evelynn Hammonds, dean of Harvard College, wrote Monday on the university's website. "We have learned this morning that the books, while indeed damaged, were damaged by our own ...
Parents Angry Over Video of Daughter Killed in Crash
By Lisa Flam - AOL News
(Oct. 19) -- A Georgia couple were devastated to learn that a someone took a graphic cell-phone video of their daughter moments after she was killed in a car crash and shared the footage with others. And they're angry because they say it shows the first responders didn't rush to check on her. "I don't know which one's worse," Lucretia Kempson said on NBC's "Today" show. "Seeing the video of my daughter -- it hurts because I didn't want to see her that way. But hearing them with no urgency to see if she was OK really upset us." Dayna Kempson-Schacht, 23, was killed July 17 when her SUV ...
Plane Catches Fire at Orlando Airport; No Injuries Reported
By Carl Franzen - AOL News(Oct. 8) -- The right engine of Allegiant Air Flight 700 caught fire on the runway shortly before takeoff at Orlando-Sanford International Airport today, forcing all passengers to evacuate by jetway. The fire was quickly extinguished and nobody was injured, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. A passenger first spotted the fire from a window as the plane, a McDonnell Douglas MD-80, was wheeled away from the gate, WESH Orlando reports. The cause of the fire remains unknown, but local officials and the FAA are investigating. Meanwhile the 142 passengers on the plane bound for ...
Segway Inc. Owner Killed by Own Product: 5 More Fatal Inventions
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Sept. 27) -- Jimi Heselden, the British philanthropist and owner of Segway Inc., tragically passed away on Sunday after an accident involving an off-road model of his own company's famous two-wheeled vehicle. According to a spokesman from the West Yorkshire Police, "a Segway-style vehicle was recovered" and the 62-year-old Heselden, whose body was found in the River Wharfe, "was pronounced dead at the scene." Although it is a sadly ironic yet rapidly growing myth that Heselden himself invented the Segway vehicle that led to his ultimate demise -- the Segway was actually invented by American ...
Beware, Biden Approaches! Air Force Two Mishap Is Fourth in Year
By David Knowles - AOL News(Aug. 11) -- Caution! Your vice president approaches. Air Force Two was involved today in what is being described as a minor accident at Long Island, N.Y.'s Francis S. Gabreski Airport. According to The Associated Press, no one was injured after the "jet wash" from Joe Biden's plane damaged the wing of a smaller plane as it passed close by. The vice president was on board the plane, which took off, apparently unaware of the damage left behind. While admittedly probably no big deal, Surge Desk can't help but note that Wednesday's accident marks the fourth transportation mishap for Biden in ...
Greyhound Releases Statement in Response to Fatal Bus Crash
By Carl Franzen - AOL News(July 22) -- Greyhound Lines has issued a statement following up on the horrific bus crash that occurred outside Fresno, Calif., early this morning, killing six and injuring nine. It reads as follows: At approximately 2:35 a.m. Pacific time on July 22, Greyhound Lines bus 30601, schedule 6888, was traveling northbound on Highway 99 in Fresno, Calif., with 35 ticketed passengers on board. The scheduled final destination was Sacramento, Calif. The coach was traveling to its next stop, Madera, Calif., when the accident occurred. Sadly, two passengers as well as our driver have passed away. Our ...
Border Drones Plagued by Mishaps, Pilot Shortage
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (July 16) -- Despite high-profile support for flying unmanned aircraft along the U.S. border with Mexico, the camera-equipped drones are far from a technological magic bullet for fighting illegal immigration. Testimony presented to the House Homeland Security Committee highlights a number of problems facing Customs and Border Patrol's drone fleet, including a high accident rate and a pilot shortage. The unmanned aircraft flown by Customs and Border Patrol have an accident rate seven times higher than that of general aviation, according to testimony from Nancy Kalinowski, vice ...
Husband Questioned in Calif. Highway Deaths
By David Lohr - AOL News(July 1) -- The husband of a woman whose body was found along with that of her mother near an overturned car along a hilly California roadway earlier this week is a "person of interest" in the case, police say. Police have questioned 57-year-old Michael Richardson, who is the husband of 39-year-old Thao Richardson, the ABC television affiliate in San Diego reported. The investigation into Tuesday's crash has revealed that at least one of the victims had been shot. Authorities say they believe the crash involving Richardson and her 72-year-old mother, Than Lyi, was staged. San Diego County ...
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