- More than two weeks after the deadly factory collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh, officials confirm the death toll has reached 1,000 and is still rising.
- The US State Department has ordered gunmaker Defense Distributed to take down plans for its gun made from plastic 3-D printed parts.
- Advocates of America's herds of wild horses are up in arms over Interior Department plans to pay ranchers to corral the animals and keep them in pastures.
- Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis testified before Congress that his city needs more surveillance of public places for safety.
- Blizzard Entertainment's latest issue involves an in-game gold duplication exploit in Diablo III and the game's real-world currency auction house remains closed as a result.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
This has been making the rounds on some news aggregators, but I think it deserves as wide a distribution as possible. From Time International edition (I don't know about the U.S.) http://lightbox.time.com/2013/05/08/a-final-embrace-the-most-haunting-photograph-from-bangladesh/#1
ReplyDeleteIt is heartbreaking to think of the savings we get at "the Wal-Mart" compared to what they endured in their last moments.