Most Dangerous Cities

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These are reportedly the latest and most up to date figures. Holding the first position among the world's most dangerous cities with 300,000 or more inhabitants is Caracas with a rate of 119.87 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants.

Having had the first for four consecutive years, San Pedro Sula (111.03) moved into second place, to achieve a significant decrease in the number of homicides.

San Salvador, a city I know all too well landed in the third position (108.54), Acapulco fourth (104.73) and the fifth to Maturin (86.45).

TROUBLE AHEAD?

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The USA appears to be facing a very unusual triple tropical threat from Mother Nature.

According to weather forecasters, two tropical depressions are going to soak portions of both the East Coast and Gulf Coast, while a hurricane takes aim on Hawaii.

Both depressions could potentially become tropical storms by Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center. Tropical Depression 8 should bring heavy rain, gusty winds, and rough surf to the Outer Banks of North Carolina on Tuesday.

RIP Gene Wilder

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Gene Wilder was k/a Jerome Silberman, a professional American stage, and screen comic actor, as well as a screenwriter, film director, and author.

LOST WEINER

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Huma Abedin has had it with Anthony David Weiner. The former U.S. Representative who served New York's 9th congressional district from January 1999 until June 2011. He also unsuccessfully ran for mayor of NYC.

Weiner's wife, a Clinton aide, dumps him amid new scandal http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/3d281c11a96b4ad082fe88aa0db04305/Articl…

Anthony Weiner caught in another sext scandal: report http://usat.ly/2c7Rcqa via @usatoday

Charles II

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The second Charles has announced a retirement from Sunday morning TV. CBS' Charles Osgood said he is ending 22 years as the host of 'Sunday Morning.'

The first anchorman of the famed broadcast weekly news and information program was Charles Kuralt. He was known first for his "On the Road" segments on The CBS Evening News, and later as the first anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning, a position he held for fifteen years.

Good Old Friends

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As my grandchildren are returning to school it reminds me of my class reunion. Many aspects were what you'd expect: reconnecting with old friends, catching up on their lives and careers, as well as food and alcohol revelry.

I decided to bring my wife, so asked her to tag along, I was braced for a nightmare of never-ending tales of yesteryear in which she'd played no part (my wife and I met in the new Millenium) and reprisals of long-ago inside jokes. However, some other classmates also brought their spouses and it was just fine.

ONE DAY DREAM

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What ever happened to that iconic American dream 53 years ago today? Was it an MLK elusive dream?

On this date and back in 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I have a dream" speech from the Lincoln Memorial as 200,000 people gathered for a "Freedom March" in Washington DC.

Martin Luther King | "I Have A Dream" Speech https://youtu.be/I47Y6VHc3Ms via @YouTube

Dr. King gives 'I Have A Dream' speech: Aug. 28, 1963 http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/dr-king-leads-civil-rights-rally-…

Food Fright

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Making a continent afraid or anxious can be a terrifying and frightening experience. The United Nations is sounding the alarm as 4.5 million people need food aid.

The number of people in need of food assistance in north-eastern Nigeria has nearly doubled to 4.5 million from March, according to a mid-August analysis by various agencies including the World Food Programme (WFP).

“All indications point to an extremely grave situation,” said Abdou Dieng, the UN agency’s Regional Director for West Africa, in a news release.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

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The best culinary advice from an expert is plain and simple. Never east on the plane. Arrive alive and hungry to taste the local delicacies.

He's not alone in dishing out fine dining advice. Food is the energy for the body and soul.

Anthony Bourdain on the one type of food you should never eat http://ti.me/1Ykpvso via @TIME

10 Everyday Foods That Are Slowly Killing You http://www.activebeat.co/diet-nutrition/10-everyday-foods-that-are-slow…

25 Fattening Foods to Avoid http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20307363,00.html via @goodhealth

NEWSHOOKS

Independent reporting has practically disappeared and gave way to citizen journalists who share views instead of news.

Newhooks offers a journalism chipboard for all to use. You're invited you to log on and update the data chips are updated with reliable sources and labeled content.

News outlets release a story and hope the consumer will figure out the most important information. But folks are too busy, or just not motivated enough to waste their time sifting through data, they want the “meaty” information right from the get go. Where's the beef?

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