Archive for the ‘Current Affairs’ Category

“Last Lecture”, Randy Pausch Passes Away at 47

Friday, July 25th, 2008

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose "last lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a best-selling book, has died. He was 47. University spokeswoman Anne Watzman says Pausch died early Friday at his home in Virginia. Pausch was diagnosed with incurable pancreatic cancer ...

The Greatest Jailbreak Ever?

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

From BBC News, Taleban jail raid frees hundreds Afghan security forces are searching for hundreds of prisoners who escaped a jail in Kandahar, Afghanistan, after Taleban fighters blew up the main gate. An official in the southern city told the BBC about 350 Taleban militants had got away and 15 guards were ...