11 dead as storm cuts through East, millions powerless

From Maryland to Maine, officials said it would take days to restore electricity, even though the snow ended Sunday.

The storm smashed record snowfall totals for October and worsened as it moved north. Communities in western Massachusetts were among the hardest hit. Snowfall totals topped 27 inches in Plainfield, and nearby Windsor had gotten 26 inches by early Sunday.

It was blamed for at least 11 deaths, and states of emergency were declared in New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and parts of New York.

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Michael Ballack Suffers Broken Nose

Bayer Leverkusen have received a blow ahead of their Champions League fixture with Valencia on Tuesday, as Michael Ballack is a major doubt due to a broken nose.

The veteran midfielder scored the only goal of the game in the BayArena side's 1-0 away win over Freiburg on Friday night, but was replaced on the 65th minute mark after picking up the injury. Goal.com Germany state that a report from the University Hospital in Freiburg confirms that the ex-Chelsea man's nose is broken, and that he did not return to the Leverkusen team hotel until 01.30CET on Saturday morning.

56 Officers Feloniously Killed in 2010

Fifty-six law enforcement officers in 22 states and Puerto Rico were feloniously killed in 2010, and more than 53,000 officers were assaulted during the same period, according to statistics released by the FBI.

The annual Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted report released today offers the most complete public picture of the fatal circumstances that officers faced in 2010. In chilling detail, the report summarizes most of last year’s fatal confrontations and illustrates a reality that every officer continually trains to recognize: that there are no routine engagements. Among the scenarios:

• Two West Memphis Police Department officers were killed during a traffic stop when a 16-year-old passenger exited the vehicle and opened fire with a semiautomatic rifle.
• A Chicago Police Department officer at the end of his shift was removing his gear near his car in the department’s parking lot when a man ambushed the 43-year-old officer and shot him with his own weapon.
• A 62-year-old deputy sheriff in Mississippi was shot and killed by an uncooperative suspect while responding to a domestic disturbance call.

Information in the report, which is collected each year through the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, is intended to provide law enforcement agencies with detailed descriptions of the circumstances leading up to officer fatalities. The data can then be incorporated into tactical training.

“Only when detectives, use-of-force investigators, supervisors and administrators examine the various components of the deadly mix will a greater understanding of these encounters emerge,” FBI researchers wrote in a study called Violent Encounters, an in-depth look at years of fatal altercations like those in today’s report. “To make an objective assessment of each case, it is necessary to carefully and completely examine all aspects of the incident thus allowing the facts to surface.”

The 56 officers killed is an increase over 2009, when 48 officers were killed. However, significant conclusions may not be drawn from year-to-year comparisons given the nature of the statistics. Ten years ago, for example, 70 officers were killed in the line of duty (excluding the events of 9/11), and five years ago 48 officers were feloniously killed.

The 2010 report also shows 72 officers were accidently killed in the line of duty, almost all of them involving vehicles. Meanwhile, 53,469 officers were assaulted while on duty—a figure that amounts to one in 10 of the sworn officers in more than 11,000 agencies that reported data.
All told, the figures illustrate the inherent dangers of law enforcement. Here’s a look at some of the data contained in the report:

• Offenders used firearms to kill all but one of the 56 victim officers; one officer was killed by a vehicle used as a weapon.
• Of the 56 officers feloniously killed, 15 were ambushed, 14 were in arrest situations, seven were performing traffic stops, and six were answering disturbance calls.
• One in three officer assaults occurred while responding to disturbance calls; 14.7 percent occurred while officers were attempting arrests.
• The average age of officers killed feloniously and accidentally was, respectively, 38 and 39.

The UCR Program, part of the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division, has been collecting and publishing law enforcement statistics since 1937, most notably the annual Crime in the United States reports. In 1972, the FBI began producing detailed reports on officer fatalities after the larger law enforcement community sought the Bureau’s involvement in preventing and investigating officer deaths.

Gaddafi sodomized: Video shows abuse frame by frame (GRAPHIC)

An analysis appears to confirm that a rebel fighter sodomized Gaddafi with a knife.

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Great white shark kills American diver

A great white shark killed an American diver Saturday in the second fatal shark attack off Western Australia state in 12 days. A witness on a dive boat saw “a large amount of bubbles” before the 32-year-old man surfaced with obviously fatal injuries, Western Australia Police Sgt. Gerry Cassidy said. Two people on the boat described the shark as a 10-foot (3-meter) great white, Cassidy said.

The shark struck 500 yards (meters) north of the picturesque tourist haven of Rottnest Island which is 11 miles (18 kilometers) from a popular Perth city mainland beach where a 64-year-old swimmer is believed to have been taken by a great white on Oct. 10.

Authorities cannot say whether he was killed by the same shark that is believed to have taken Bryn Martin as he made his regular morning swim from Perth’s premier Cottesloe Beach toward a buoy about 380 yards (350 meters) offshore. But analysis of Martin’s torn swimming trunks recovered from the seabed near the buoy pointed to a great white shark of the same size being the culprit. No other trace of Martin has been found.

“It’s a cloudy old day today which is the same as we had the other day with Cottesloe, and they’re the conditions that sharks love,” Cassidy said.

It is the fourth fatal shark attack off Western Australia in 14 months. Great whites can grow to more than 20 feet long (6 meters) and 5,000 pounds (2,300 kilos). They are protected in Australia, a primary location for the species.

Obama Job Approval Average Slides to New Low

President Barack Obama's 11th quarter in office was the worst of his administration, based on his quarterly average job approval ratings. His 41% approval average is down six percentage points from his 10th quarter in office, and is nearly four points below his previous low of 45% during his seventh quarter.

Colonel Gaddafi Killed

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The reported death of deposed Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi will be touted by Democrats as another foreign policy success story for President Obama but seems unlikely to seriously affect his political fortunes heading into a 2012 campaign.

1. Video of Muammar Gaddafi dragged off of a truck and shot in the head.
2. The body of Muammar Gaddafi is brought by ambulance to the hospital in Misrata.

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Fans go to Italy for soccer - GET STABBED IN THE BACK!

Italian media is reporting that four Bayern Munich fans were hospitalized with stab wounds before Tuesday's Champions League match against Napoli.

The ANSA news agency reports that two men were admitted to hospital after being stabbed near the San Paolo Stadium Tuesday afternoon. One had suffered a knife injury to his knee.

Earlier, ANSA reported that two men aged 42 and 47, respectively, were hospitalized after telling police they were walking in town late Monday when people aboard two scooters stabbed them in their backs with a knife.

Napoli's Mafia used lasers against Bayern Munich players during the game. 
Napoli's Mafia cheer their team against Bayern Munich.

Bayern Munich's amazing 1147 minute run without conceding comes to an end

It's finally over. A full 19 hours and seven minutes passed without Bayern Munich's Manuel Neuer conceding a goal, but in Tuesday evening's Champions League Group A clash, that streak ended as Holger Badstuber redirected a cross into his own net, levelling the score as the Bavarians were held to a 1-1 draw with Napoli at San Paolo.

Between the 62nd minute of their Bundesliga opener against Borussia Monchengladbach on Aug. 7 and the 39th minute of Tuesday's match with Napoli, few shots were taken against the Bavarians. Fewer forced Neuer to make a save, and none managed to beat the Germany No. 1. In fact, it was not even a proper shot that beat Neuer. Christian Maggio's cross was not en route to the goal line and would have been gathered by the goalkeeper had it not been re-routed.

Nonetheless, the goal stands - and Neuer's record has ended. Though the run is now over, Bayern has plenty of reason to be satisfied. The team has played more games and faced arguably better competition than any of Europe's elite teams, and its record of two goals conceded in 15 matches is, quite comfortably, the best of any team on the continent. The Napoli match in no way changes the German giant's status as a world-class defensive unit, and more than anything else, serves as a benchmark for the rest of the season.

Bayern Munich's Holger Badstuber, right, competes with Napoli's Marek Hamsik during a Champions League, group A soccer match in Naples, Italy, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011.
Mafia Napoli's Christian Maggio, left, and girlie-man Edinson Cavani celebrate after Bayern Munich's Holger Badstuber scored an own goal.

German eaten by CANNIBALS

It is understood that his dental files had been a positive match for the teeth found in the cold ash of the fire on the French Polynesian island of Nuku Hiva, 930 miles North East of Tahiti. Stefan and girlfriend Heike Dorsch, 37 — who have been on a sailing expedition since 2008 — stopped off at the island on September 16.

He is believed to have gone off with a local guide on a goat hunt, a tradition on the island. The guide, named locally as Henri Haiti, later returned alone to tell Heike: "There has been an accident. He needs help."

But he is then alleged to have chained her to a tree before attacking her. Hours later Heike managed to free herself and raise the alarm. A team of 22 police officers launched a search of the island, which has a population of just 2,789.

Henri Haiti

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DAZZLING Bayern beat Hertha to go five points clear

Oct. 15 , 2011

Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich scored three times in eight minutes during a 4-0 victory over Hertha Berlin on Saturday to move five points clear at the top.

Top scorer Mario Gomez took his league tally to 10 goals with a brace, while Franck Ribery, who created two goals, and Bastian Schweinsteiger added one apiece for Bayern, who have conceded only one goal in all competitions this season. The Bavarians move up to 22 points from nine games, five ahead of Borussia Moenchengladbach, who drew 2-2 with Bayer Leverkusen.

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Germany - Perfect Record of 10 Wins

Germany coach Joachim Low was pleased with his side's 3-1 win over Belgium, which completed a perfect record of 10 wins out of 10 in qualifying for Euro 2012. Having already qualified for next summer's championships in style, Germany could have been forgiven for taking it easy in Dusseldorf tonight.

But there was no evidence of that as they tore the Belgians apart with another impressive victory, much to Low's satisfaction. "It was important that we finished it off like this, simply to show that the Germans never let up," he told reporters.

The German National soccer team poses for a group picture before their Euro 2012 qualifying Group A soccer match against Belgium in Duesseldorf October 11, 2011.

History Of America

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There are few stories better known or more beloved than the American Origin story. Indeed, any schoolchild can recite at least a few lines from the Declaration of Independence, or tell you about Paul Revere's famous Midnight Ride.

Except none of it is true... Centuries of campfire stories have spun America's history into a fanciful tale filled with myths and half truths. MK12's History of America is here to set the record straight. Set against the warm sin of Las Vegas and the cold vacuum of space, this is the true story behind the story -- one which chronicles the epic struggle between the Astronauts and the Cowboys as they fight for life, liberty and justice for all.

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Dambusters hero Guy Gibson ‘killed by the RAF’

New research shows the RAF hid the truth of the famous bomber pilot's death. Gibson won the VC leading 617 Squadron's epic raid that smashed giant German dams in May 1943 — but died mysteriously in September 1944, aged 26.

It is thought he got lost flying a Mosquito over Germany and crashed while following Lancaster bombers home. Now a secret tape reveals a Lancaster gunner mistook Gibson's plane for a similar German Junkers 88 night-fighter and thought he was under attack.


Bernard McCormack recalls he opened fire and the Mosquito went down near a Dutch town — the spot where Gibson crashed. Racked by guilt, he taped the confession before he died in 1992.


No account of the shooting down is in RAF war records. But the tape and the Lancaster crew's combat report were discovered during research for a remake of 1955 movie The Dambusters. Researcher James Cutler, 62, said: "It could only have been Gibson's plane. The RAF killed one of its greatest heroes."

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Democraps Stinking-Up Wall Street

• Exclusive pictures obtained by Mail Online show one demonstrator relieving himself on a police car.
• Supporter: American television personality and political commentator Keith Olbermann visits the protest.
• Elsewhere we found piles of stinking refuse clogging Zucotti Park, despite the best efforts of many of the protestors to keep the area clean.

The shocking images demonstrate the extent to which conditions have deteriorated as demonstrations in downtown Manhattan enter their fourth week. 'Normally the park is cleaned and inspected every week night. . . because the protesters refuse to cooperate. . .the park has not been cleaned since Friday, September 16th and as a result, sanitary conditions have reached unacceptable levels,' CBS News reported.