This is scary. The National Transportation Safety Board has released new footage of the Asiana Airlines crash at San Francisco International Airport in July. In the raw footage, you can see the Boeing 777 skidding down the runway before tumbling up into the air in a cloud of smoke. Watch above. [NDN]
Bad teacher? Michael Ciccareli, a history teacher at King City High in King City, Calif., was arrested after breaking into the home of a 15-year-old student and breaking his nose. Why? Because the boy was having sex with a teenage relative of the teacher’s. Yep, that happened. Read about it here…[Gawker]
Petty or nah? While the president thought it appropriate to shake Cuban president Raul Castro’s hand at Nelson Mandela’s memorial in South Africa, Ted Cruz thought differently. The Republican Senator from Texas walked out of the ceremony when it was Castro’s turn to speak. “Sen. Cruz very much hopes that Castro learns the lessons of Nelson Mandela,” Cruz spokeswoman Catherine Frazier told ABC News. “For decades, Castro has wrongly imprisoned and tortured countless innocents. Just as Mandela was released after 27 years in prison, Castro should finally release his political prisoners. He should hold free elections, and once and for all, set the Cuban people free.” Read about it here…[HuffPost]
A 19-year-old college student is dead after participating in a bizarre hazing ritual at Baruch College in Manhattan. Chun Hsien Deng suffered “major brain trauma” after playing a game called the Glass Ceiling, which involved placing heavy items on a blindfolded person’s back and then giving them verbal directions on where to go while other members of the frat tackle them. Read about it here…[Jezebel]
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