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Gmail 1st Birthday; Storage capacity increased to 2GB

Saturday, April 2, 2005 NB: this subject is also covered in Google doubles Gmail storage, adds text formatting Gmail was yesterday officially 1 year old.[1] After last years announcement of Gmail from Google, which was nicely timed for April fools day. This years Gmail bombshell is that there will be a possibility for infinite storage…

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Suspect charged in murder of Lauren Burk

Sunday, March 9, 2008 A 23-year old man from Smiths Station, Alabama has been arrested for the murder of Lauren Burk, an 18-year old Auburn University student. Burk had been found March 4th along Alabama Highway 147, fatally injured from a single gunshot wound. Courtney L. Lockhart has been charged with capital murder during a…

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Atlas rocket launches ICO G1 satellite

Monday, April 14, 2008 A United Launch Alliance Atlas V carrier rocket launched this evening from LC-41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, USA, with the ICO G1 communications satellite for ICO Satellite Management. Lift-off occurred at 20:12:00 UTC. It is the first commercial launch of an Atlas rocket since responsibility for…

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Former professional wrestler Giant González dies aged 44

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Former Argentine professional wrestler and basketball player Jorge ‘Giant’ González has died at the age of 44. González died in his hometown of San Martin, Argentina. The cause of death was established to be complications of diabetes. González had suffered with the illness for several years and was wheelchair bound. Standing…

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Paul Schäfer, founder of Colonia Dignidad, dies at 88

Sunday, April 25, 2010 Paul Schäfer died at 88 from cardiac-respiratory arrest on early Saturday morning in a Chilean prison hospital. Schäfer was the founder and former leader of Colonia Dignidad, an enclave used for torturing and exterminating political prisoners during Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship. Hr was convicted for sexually abusing 26 children for years, and…