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Forest dept in a tizzy over selfie craze

Edit The Times of India 19 Jul 2016
To skirt the ban, visitors eager to take selfies are zeroing in on newer locations at places like Tincha fall, Choral dam and Patalpani without a care for their life and limb. To tackle the situation, the forest department is planning to rope in local committees and police to keep a vigil on the dangerous areas where the tourists tend to go, slipping through the watchful eyes of the security men....

Ganga rising, Patna administration issues 'alert'

Edit The Times of India 19 Jul 2016
However, Central Water Commission (CWC) said on Monday that the Ganga was still flowing below the danger mark at Gandhi Ghat (Patna), Hathidah, Kahalgaon, Sahebganj (Jharkhand) and Farakka (West Bengal) in the morning, but the water level would continue to rise over the next 24 hours along the river's downstream stretch ... Gandak falls into the Ganga on the north of Patna near Hajipur, while Sone near Maner....

'They told me I would die' - Cicinho reveals battle with alcoholism

Edit FourFourTwo 19 Jul 2016
Ex-Real Madrid and Roma defender Cicinho says his life was put in danger due to his excessive consumption of alcohol. Former Real Madrid full-back Cicinho has revealed how he was warned he was putting his life in danger due to excessive drinking. The 36-year-old, ... I have to drink until I fall over....

A Punishing 'Heat Dome' Is Building in the U.S.

Edit CityLab 19 Jul 2016
“Nighttime conditions will remain warm and muggy,” says the National Weather Service, “providing little chance for relief.” The worst of the roasting is likely to fall on Thursday and Friday, adds the service, which is cautioning people against going outside during the afternoon ... the nation throughout the week…....

Akkirampur tank bund road poses grave danger to motorists

Edit Deccan Herald 19 Jul 2016
A tragedy is waiting to happen on Akkirampur tank bund road in the taluk ... Every body literally holds their breath as the tank bund road approaches ... Minor accidents and falls have become quite common on this dangerous stretch ... During monsoon the road become slushy as the mud used to fill up potholes shows up posing grave danger to the two-wheelers riders, laments, Anwar Pasha, an aggrieved resident of Akkirampur....

Hundreds of noisy birds take over apartment complex, make mess

Edit Sacramento Bee 19 Jul 2016
The clumsy baby herons and egrets also have overwhelmed a local wildlife rehabilitation group that’s have been called to the complex to pick them up and provide them care when they fall out of their nest ... Falls also occur as siblings jostle for dominance in the nest and as they learn to fly ... The confused chicks that fall or that simply wander about on foot as they learn to fly are in constant danger of getting hit by cars....

Drones will soon vastly improve aircraft inspections

Edit Digital Spy 19 Jul 2016
... while rapidly snapping photos.  These images are then applied to a 3D model of the aircraft that allows inspectors to get a close, detailed look and assess if the wing is primed, or prime to fall off....

What you should do if a live wire hits your car during a storm

Edit NJ dot com 19 Jul 2016
If you're driving during a storm and a live electrical wire falls onto your car, experts say you should stay inside until help arrives ... So when an electrical wire falls on your vehicle, stay in your vehicle until help arrives and the power is shut off," the website says ... Motorists in this dangerous situation have to remember that the ground around their vehicle is electrified if a live wire is touching their car....

Women’s Group EMILY’s List Publishes Anti-Donald Trump Website

Edit Time Magazine 19 Jul 2016
Trump’s comments about women have repeatedly become fodder for Democrats and pro-Clinton forces seeking to defeat the Republican candidate in the fall ... The EMILY’S List website features comments Trump has made like “putting a wife to work is a dangerous thing,” and that there should be “some form of punishment” for women who have abortions, a comment that Trump later walked back....

Hollywood stuntman to attempt Evel Knievel's failed jump over Snake River Canyon

Edit Syracuse 19 Jul 2016
I'm hoping his spirit lands on the other side of the canyon in 2016," said the 54-year-old Braun, who says he completed the necessary paperwork and will launch a few miles away from Knievel's original site that's near Twin Falls, Idaho ... The town of Twin Falls can't forget him, either ... Now a city councilman in Twin Falls, he said his town is wiser about what to expect from a daredevil attempting to jump the canyon....

Stuntman to attempt Knievel's launch over Snake River Canyon

Edit The Miami Herald 19 Jul 2016
I'm hoping his spirit lands on the other side of the canyon in 2016," said the 54-year-old Braun, who says he completed the necessary paperwork and will launch a few miles away from Knievel's original site that's near Twin Falls, Idaho ... The town of Twin Falls can't forget him, either ... Now a city councilman in Twin Falls, he said his town is wiser about what to expect from a daredevil attempting to jump the canyon....

Victim’s parents: Duck boat changes not enough

Edit Boston Herald 19 Jul 2016
The parents of a 28-year-old woman killed by a duck boat last April said the tour company’s move to place a second employee on each vehicle falls short of what’s needed to prevent more tragic deaths ... “Those boats are intrinsically dangerous,” he said of the World War II-era amphibious trucks....

Read President Obama’s Open Letter to U.S. Law Enforcement: ‘We Depend on You’

Edit Time Magazine 19 Jul 2016
To combat that view, the National Fraternal Order of Police on Monday posted the full text of an open letter Obama wrote to the nation’s law enforcement officers, thanking them for facing danger every day so that Americans remain safe ... Every day, you confront danger so it does not find our families, carry burdens so they do not fall to us, and courageously meet test after test to keep us safe....
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