10-29-13 A major Atlantic storm packing hurricane-force winds pummeled England, France, Belgium and the Netherlands on Monday, knocking out power to many homes in England and blocking roads and railways with fallen trees. At nine people were k**ed. Wind as strong as 99 mph battered the south coast of England, and authorities warned of travel disruptions across the region. At two storm-releated d**hs were confirmed in England, and a third person was reported missing.Police said a 17-year-old girl was k**ed Monday morning when a tree fell on the home where she was sleeping in Hever, south of London. 4 k**ed, thousands lose power in storm Major storm hits the UK. A man in his 50s was k**ed when a tree fell on a vehicle Monday in Watford, northwest of London, according to Hertfordshire police In Germany, five people were k**ed, four of them by fallen trees. A woman in the city of Heiligenhafen was k**ed when a wall supporting a terrace fell on her. A tourist was k**ed by a falling tree in Amsterdam, police said 10-30-13 Dubai's aviation industry achieved its biggest milestone to date on Sunday, when the emirate's new airport welcomed the arrival of its first commercial flight Located in Jebel Ali and part of Dubai World Central, an "aviation city" that the government launched as a free economic zone, Al Maktoum International Airport is expected to become the world's largest airport upon completion. Like the emirate's main airport, Dubai International Airport, Al Maktoum International Airport is owned by the government of Dubai and operated by Dubai Airports Company. Although full commercial pa**enger services were originally scheduled for 2017, the mega project was delayed for years due to the regional financial crisis, and faces a new tentative completion date of 2027. Various reports estimate the total cost of the project at 120 billion dirhams 10-31-13 Police in Phoenix, Arizona, found a horrific scene Saturday morning at a condominium complex, where five people and two dogs were dead of gunshot wounds, a police spokesman said. The dead included the apparent shooter. Officers responded to the complex in the center of town after a resident reported someone firing shots at his home, Sgt. Tommy Thompson of the Phoenix Police Department said. When police arrived, the caller told them the gunman fled on foot. Another person came up and reported shots being fired elsewhere in the complex, Thompson said. Police narrowed their search to two apartments. In the first one, they found two people dead on the patio and two others dead inside, along with the two dogs, Thompson said. The officers went to the apartment next door and found the suspect dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police released no names; Thompson said investigators are still seeking a motive 11-01-13 In Pennsylvania, there were rumors that a person could be charged for doing what a good number of people did to me and do to countless other moms-to-be. A Cumberland County man reportedly faced possible hara**ment charges after touching the belly of a pregnant woman -- a woman he did not know, according to attorney Phil DiLucente, who is not directly connected with the case but is familiar with the reporting about it. Conventional wisdom on pregnancy wrong? DiLucente said he was "surprised" by the hara**ment charge, because what was previously considered acceptable behavior is no longer being tolerated, at least by one expecting mother. On the other side are readers like Jordan Elizabeth who believe unwanted rubbing of a pregnant woman's belly should definitely be considered a crime.Andrea Kristina said that when people would put their hands out to pat her pregnant belly on the grocery store line, she would take a step back 11-02-13 Israel released 26 Palestinian prisoners early Wednesday, part of an agreement that fueled new peace talks. The released prisoners were the second of four groups roughly 100 prisoners expected to be freed in a deal cobbled together by the United States to jump-start stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. The Palestinian Prison Authority confirmed 21 prisoners were released shortly after midnight in the West Bank and another five were released in Gaza. Families of the prisoners were on hand in the West Bank, where cheers went up as buses carrying the prisoners arrived. But the prison release has angered some Israelis, who protested outside the West Bank prison where the inmates where held before their release. Israel released more than two dozen Palestinian prisoners in August on the eve of new peace talks. Some of them had been held for more than 20 years