I feature some telling headlines from my hometown now and then, today’s offers more compelling information that the dream of the coal region, once filled with hope and coal in veins, is slowly becoming a relic of a past generation.. Catholic parishes in Ashland, Gordon and Girardville to merge This is a double whammy, of … Read moreMore death of the coal region news
The tragic news of the the day has garnered national wall to wall news coverage.. It’s a big deal. Train crashes rarely happen.. and this crash, at least for some, has led to head scratching about how it occurred and why.. The latest information may only lead to further head scratching tonight.. THE LATEST: Amtrak … Read morePhiladelphia train crash wrap..
SEPTA Says Commuter Train Hit By Projectile Just Before Amtrak Train Derailed » From CBS in Philadelphia: SEPTA spokeswoman Jerri Williams says they don’t know what the projectile was. It broke the engineer’s window around 9:25 p.m. Tuesday near SEPTA’s North Philadelphia station. No injuries were reported.Williams says the Trenton-bound commuter train was stopped and … Read moreCurves and Projectiles
ITALIAN PROSECUTORS SAY THAT THE SAME ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS WHO CARRIED OUT A BOMB ATTACK IN PAKISTAN ALSO TARGETED THE VATICAN.. MORE: AP REPORTS: The Vatican downplayed the significance of the alleged plot. “From what it appears, this concerns a hypothesis that dates from 2010 which didn’t occur. It has therefore no relevance today and no … Read moreProsecutors in Milan reveal: Vatican was 2010 terror target
FRIDAY THE 13TH IN RUSSIA: Putin, Said to Be ‘Perfectly Healthy,’ Is Also Nowhere to Be Seen » There are rumors online that Vladimir Putin is either sick, or even dead! The NYT says, The last confirmed public sighting was at a meeting with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi of Italy on March 5 — although … Read moreWHERE’S POOTIE POOT?
Confirmed: Jupiter’s moon Ganymede has a salty, underground ocean » Astronomers have found the most conclusive evidence yet that a large watery ocean lies beneath the surface of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. SET SAIL FOR Ganymede! Take a deep breath.. read the headline a few times until the true power of it sinks in. Jupiter’s moon.. a salty … Read moreTHE DRIPPING SOUND OF SLOW DISCLOSURE
Whether you find a deeper meaning in this story or just scratch your head at the strangeness of it, it is making the rounds online today and into the pop culture lexicon. When President Barack Obama was in India three weeks ago, he had a photo op at the at the New Delhi memorial to Indian … Read moreThe tree of death
Last night, I dropped a link on this site and espoused some of my beliefs that the current generation growing up will drop out of the TV scene much prior to the next one. . the link on the ‘cord cutting’ actually came from TIME magazine.. However, a reader comment on the situation offered a … Read moreA worthwhile retort on the CABLE TV cord cutting
The 500 pound meteor in the room » An amazing—and scary—piece of news is being reported very close to the HORROR REPORT home base.. Americans in New York, Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania reported seeing a fiery, 500-pound meteor soar through the sky this week before the space rock apparently broke up somewhere over the Keystone … Read moreTHE PINK STARS ARE EXPLODING
I got an email last night from someone saying that they come to the HORROR REPORT for horror news, and not world events.. I implore you, find reader, look to your news headlines for the horror. It is there.. The HORROR REPORT has been around since 1999, in some shape or another. At that time, … Read moreThe growth of doom