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Quake off Philippines spurs small tsunami, 1 dead
Harvard probes mass cheating scandal
12 killed in Pak car blast
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3 killed in New Jersey supermarket shooting
New York, August 31 The New Jersey Star Ledger said an employee, who was an apparent disgruntled worker, at Pathmark store was armed with an AK-47 assault rifle and an automatic pistol when he entered the store around 4 am (local time) He fired shots which killed two persons and then killed himself, Old Bridge mayor Owen Henry said. "This is the worst phone call a mayor can receive," Henry said in the report. "You can prepare for these things but you can't prevent them. The gunman, an ex-Marine, had been working at the store for about two weeks," Henry said. He had worked at the store last night but left and came back a short time later. Police removed a number of Pathmark employees and brought them to chairs outside a nearby restaurant.
According to pictures of the store, several windows were also broken. The incident comes just a week after a 58-year-old designer at an apparel store near Empire State Building shot and killed his former co-worker outside the iconic New York tourist destination. Earlier this month, another gunman Wade Michael Page went on a shooting spree inside a Gurudwara in Wisconson killing six members of the Sikh community as they were making preparations for Sunday morning prayer service. Last month, a masked gunman had killed 12 persons and wounded 58 others when he opened fire during the screening of the recent Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora, Colorado. — PTI
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Romney vows to create more jobs
Mitt Romney on Thursday night accepted the Republican Party's presidential nomination with a pledge to 'restore the promise of America'. Romney's acceptance speech to the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, was in large part a critique of the domestic and foreign policies of his Democratic Party rival, President Barack Obama, and a promise of what his own presidency would look like. In his speech, Romney recalled the enthusiasm that gripped Americans four years ago when they elected Obama as America's first black President. "If you felt that excitement when you voted for Barack Obama, shouldn't you feel that way now that he's President Obama?" he asked. "You know there's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as the President when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him." Noting the high rate of unemployment, growing poverty and rising cost of food, gasoline and health care, Romney said what America needs are jobs, lots of them. "I am running for President to help create a better future. A future where everyone who wants a job can find one," he said. "President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet. My promise is to help you and your family."
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Quake off Philippines spurs small tsunami, 1 dead Manila, August 31 A tsunami alert originally was issued for several countries in the region including Indonesia and Japan and for Pacific islands as far away as the Northern Marianas, but they all were later lifted, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said. The centre said that very small tsunami waves of 3 centimetres were recorded along the eastern Philippine coast near Legazpi city and another nearby location. Benito Ramos, a retired general who heads the country's disaster-response agency, said in an advisory broadcast nationwide that residents should be on the alert for aftershocks. Initial warnings of a possible substantial tsunami prompted many coastal residents in the Philippines to head for high ground. "My neighbours and I have evacuated. We are now on our way to the mountains," fisherman Marlon Lagramado told The Associated Press before the warnings were lifted, in a telephone interview from the coastal town of Guiwan in the Philippine province of Eastern Samar. The quake, with preliminary magnitude 7.6, hit at a depth of 34.9 km and was centered 106 km east of Samar Island, the US Geological Survey said. One house collapsed in southern Cagayan de Oro city, on the main southern island of Mindanao, killing a 54-year-old woman and injuring her 5-year-old grandson, who was being treated in a hospital, said the city's mayor, Vicente Emano. — AP
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Harvard probes mass cheating scandal New York, August 31 The Harvard College Administrative Board is reviewing the allegations of "academic dishonesty," ranging from "inappropriate collaboration to outright plagiarism, on a take-home final exam," Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay Harris said in a note sent to students. A comprehensive review of every exam from the class found that nearly half of the 279 enrolled students may have worked together to develop and share answers. Harris said the magnitude of the case is "unprecedented in anyone's living memory." The students whose work is under review have been contacted by the board, which will meet with each student separately seeking to understand all the relevant facts and to determine whether any faculty rules were violated. Students found responsible of academic dishonesty could face disciplinary actions including withdrawal from the college for a year. "We take academic integrity very seriously because it goes to the heart of our educational mission," said Michael Smith, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, who sent a letter to the FAS faculty to outline actions the faculty can take to reinforce Harvard's academic policies. "Academic dishonesty cannot and will not be tolerated at Harvard." While neither the course nor the name of students allegedly involved was revealed, Harvard Crimson, the university's student newspaper, said the students were enrolled in the 'Introduction to Congress' class taught by assistant professor Matthew Platt. — PTI
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12 killed in Pak car blast Islamabad, August 31 The explosives were planted in a pick-up truck that was parked at the market in Mattani area. State-run Radio Pakistan reported that 12 persons were killed and 14 injured by the blast. The injured were taken to hospitals in Peshawar. Officials at the Lady Reading Hospital said they a child was among the injured. They described the condition of six of the wounded as serious. The pick-up truck was destroyed by the blast. Then police said over 40 kg of explosives were used in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack though such incidents are usually blamed on the Pakistani Taliban. President Asif Ali Zardari condemned the blast and expressed sorrow at the loss of lives. — PTI
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