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Serial Killer Avoids Death Penalty In Texas, Admits To More Murders in 1990

Robert Rhoades
Robert Rhoades, the serial killer trucker with a torture dungeon, avoided the death penalty in Texas this week when he pleaded guilty to killing newlyweds in 1990. The 66-year-old killer is instead serving two life sentences for his two counts of capital murder. The man, already in an Illinois jail for killing a 14-year-old girl, has no chance of parole.

Verizon To Offer Integrated Wireless Video Service

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Verizon Communications Inc, the nation's largest 4G LTE network and largest and most reliable 3G network provider, is now aiming to offer an integrated video service for its wireless customers, reports the Wall Street Journal. The company has also announced to expand its Long Term Evolution (LTE) network to more than 25 towns in Middle Tennessee outside of Nashville within next few weeks.
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Dave Mustaine may be one of the greatest rockers of all-time, but during a recent interview with Canadian TV show "The Hour" to promote his new album "13," the 50-year-old Megadeth frontman admitted his distrust of Obama and where he w

Dave Mustaine, Megadeth and Metallica Legend, A Birther? [VIDEO]

Dave Mustaine may be one of the greatest rockers of all-time, but during a recent interview with Canadian TV show The Hour to promote his new album 13, the 50-year-old Megadeth frontman admitted his distrust of Obama and where he was born, which would effectively make him a birther.
The logo of Tepco, a Japanese utility company that has been forced to ask for additional bailouts from the government to pay for expenses arising from its Fukushima nuclear power plant accident

Fukushima Nuclear Plant Operator Asks Govt For $22B More In Aid

The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc. (TYO:9501), or Tepco, operator of the failed Fukushima nuclear power plant, has asked the Japanese government for in additional bailout money to pay for mounting expenses, including compensation costs to victims of the nuclear meltdown.
AOL chairman and Chief Executive Officer Tim Armstrong speaks at the Reuters Global Media Summit in New York

AOL Shares Gain After Patent Auction Moves

Shares of AOL (NYSE: AOL), the seventh most-visited website, have gained nearly 7 percent this week after the company said a patent sale is an option to increase shareholder value.
A visitor plays with a Playstation at the Sony Playstaytion exhibition stand during the Gamescom 2011 fair in Cologne

PlayStation 4 To Be Called ‘Orbis’ on Release?

If rumors are to be believed, an insider with gaming website Kotaku claims to know important details about the eagerly anticipated next generation PlayStation 4. According to him, the next PlayStation is being developed under the name of “Orbis” and is expected to bring out its own set of games in late 2013.
Lumia 900

Nokia Lumia 900 Vs. Galaxy S2: Can Samsung's ICS Warrior Win Its Final Battle?

Nokia's flagship Lumia 900 is coming next month. The phone will run on the latest Windows Mango 7 OS. Another Android phone is also getting ready to give the toughest competition to the Nokia phone, Samsung Galaxy S2. It has just got the Ice Cream Sandwich update before possibly being phased out before Galaxy S3 launch.
Android mascots are lined up in the demonstration area at the Google I/O Developers Conference in the Moscone Center in San Francisco

Android 5.0 Jelly Bean – What We Know So Far (Features, Release Date and More)

Google’s current version of Android – Android 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich – has already brought in a huge amount of fresh functionality and features that have been obtained by combining the features of Android Honeycomb and Gingerbread. However, a lot is expected from the next version of Android, Jelly Bean, and very little is known about it.
JetBlue

JetBlue Pilot Who Flipped Out In Midair Charged

Federal authorities filed criminal charges Wednesday against a JetBlue Airways pilot who ranted about religion and the Sept. 11 hijackings and pounded on a locked cockpit door before passengers subdued him in a midair uproar.
The Mini John Cooper Works Countryman parked.

Flying Man Takes to the Skies from Mini Countryman Car in Dramatic Ad

Names like Mini may not usually be associated with extreme sports, high performance cars and human flight, but the company seems to be out to change that with a new viral ad campaign featuring the Mini Countryman and a man in a flying-squirrel suit soaring off of a mountain and over the desert.

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