Bagram Airfield Crash (VIDEO)

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This video contains footage depicting the moment of death for seven American civilians on board a 747 cargo plane, at the Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. The crash occurred April 29, 2013.

Fertilizer Plant Had Lawsuit Against Monsanto

As details emerge about the Texas fertilizer plant that was the site of Wednesday’s fatal explosion and fire, a few tidbits can be gleaned from a 2007 lawsuit that the plant’s owners filed against agribusiness giant Monsanto Co.

The suit, filed as a potential class action in U.S. District Court for the western district of Texas, claimed that Monsanto had artificially inflated prices for its herbicide Roundup through anti-competitive actions. The suit did not relate to storing fertilizer, believed to be at the root of Wednesday’s blast.

The suit was filed by Texas Grain Storage Inc. The company now calls itself West Fertilizer Co.

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Thoughts and Prayers Go Out to Small Texas Town Rocked by Devastating Blast

For those who have not already heard, there was an enormous explosion in a small town called West in central Texas. First-responders were initially called to fight a blaze that had broken out in a fertilizer plant at the edge of town, around 7 pm Texas time. About an hour later the flames spread to a chemical storage area which detonated with the ferocity of what some equated to a small nuclear bomb. More than a hundred people have been injured, numerous first-responders are unaccounted for, and anywhere from 15 to 50 people are feared dead.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people of West today.

Family Releases Grim Photo After Texting-While-Driving Death

DENVER (AP) — Alexander Heit’s final text cut off in mid-sentence. Before he could send it, police say the 22-year-old University of Northern Colorado student drifted into oncoming traffic, jerked the steering wheel and went off the road, rolling his car.

Heit died shortly after the April 3 crash, but his parents and police are hoping the photo of the mundane text on his iPhone will serve as a stark reminder to drivers.

The photo, published Wednesday in The Greeley Tribune, shows Heit was responding to a friend by typing “Sounds good my man, seeya soon, ill tw” before he crashed.

Witnesses told police that Heit appeared to have his head down when he began drifting into the oncoming lane in the outskirts of Greeley, where the University of Northern Colorado is located. According to police, an oncoming driver slowed and moved over just before Heit looked up and jerked the steering wheel.

Police say Heit, a Colorado native who loved hiking and snowboarding, had a spotless driving record and wasn’t speeding.

In a statement released through police, Heit’s mother said she doesn’t want anyone else to lose someone to texting while driving.

“In a split second you could ruin your future, injure or kill others, and tear a hole in the heart of everyone who loves you,” Sharon Heit said.

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Fed Res Notes Series Show 9/11 Collapse Sequence

This is pretty weird. I remember someone folding a $20 at the bar one night and showing me this, but I have never seen the whole sequence before. Really makes you wonder why they never changed the design of the $1. 

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