Derrion Albert – Uncut Video of Fatal Beating of Honor Student Hits the Internet

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Derrion Albert, a 16-year-old honor student was beaten to death last week in Chicago. The brutal attack was captured on a camera phone. CNN aired the video and the story has garnered national attention.
Derrion Albert is now trending on Twitter and Google Trends. YouTube has been deleting videos of the incident, but people have been re-uploading it.
The video, now widely circulated, shows Albert's brutal beating death as he walked into a melee, allegedly two gangs fighting, on a Chicago street. The video shows a group striking him with boards and kicking him as he lay on a sidewalk.
Now the mothers of two of the four boys charged with Albert's murder are speaking out and one can't bear to watch the video."That's Gene. That's my son," said Eugene Riley's mother, Sherry Smith, to the Chicago Tribune. "I'm not going to lie about that." Smith offered her condolences to Albert's family.
Riley, 18, has been charged with first-degree murder with three other teens: Silvonus Shannon, 19, Eric Carson, 16, and Eugene Bailey, 18
Silvonus Shannon's mother, Tamaray Shannon, told the Chicago Tribune she could not bear to watch the video, which purportedly shows her son stomping on Albert's head.

Woman, 43, girl, 6, found dead in Riverside County

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A 43-year-old woman and a 6-year-old girl were found slain in Riverside County and authorities are looking for the woman's husband in connection with the killings.

Sheriff's Deputy Craig Roberts says the pair were found in their home in Perris at about 8 a.m. Saturday.

A statement from the Sheriff's Department says deputies are looking for 52-year-old Michael Barber—the woman's husband—who left the scene in a tan or gold Nissan Maxima.

A 10-year-old girl was found unharmed at the house.

Authorities did not immediately release the identities of the victims or say how they were killed.

Perris is about 70 miles southeast of Los Angeles and 15 miles southeast of Riverside.

Discovery of Water on the Moon by NASA LCROOS 2009

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NASA LCROOS impact data indicates Water on Moon. Yesterday, NASA said, "Today opened a new chapter in our understanding of the moon. Preliminary data from the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), indicates that the mission successfully uncovered water during the October 9, 2009 impacts into the permanently shadowed region of Cabeus cater near the moon's south pole."


The Discovery of Water on the Moon was announced by project scientist Anthony Colaprete at a midday news conference. "We found water. And we didn't find just a little bit. We found a significant amount," Anthony Colaprete, lead scientist for the mission told News Conference.


According to Nasa.gov official web site, "We were able to match the spectra from LCROSS data only when we inserted the spectra for water," Colaprete said. "No other reasonable combination of other compounds that we tried matched the observations. The possibility of contamination from the Centaur also was ruled out."


Today, Google also celebrating "Discovery of Water on the Moon", On this day Google Home Page Logo is a Water on Moon Doodle.

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