Who is Emily Keyes?

Last September 27, 2006, Emily Keyes was a hostage on a hostage taking drama at The Platte Canyon High School in Bailey, Colorado. During the incident, Duane Roger, 53 years old, the hostage taker,took six female students hostage and sexually assaulted them, later releasing four.

When police broke open the classroom's door with explosives, Morrison opened fire with a semi-automatic pistol before shooting hostage Emily Keyes in the head. The other remaining hostage escaped unharmed, and paramedics confirmed that Morrison had committed suicide shortly before police were able to enter the classroom. Keyes was pronounced dead at 4:32 p.m. MDT (23:32 UTC) at Saint Anthony's Hospital in Denver, Colorado after undergoing emergency surgery.

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USA Womens Hockey Beats Out China by 12-1

Today marked the red-letter-day for USA Women's Hockey Team as they swiftly beat China with 12-1 score during an opening match at the Olympics.

Jenny Potter, also made a record on the American Olympic history when she scored 3 major goals against China. Two goals was made by Meghan Duggan’s two goals.
So far, it has been the 9th victory of the the U.S.A Women's Hockey Team against China after nine macthes, where China never succeeded in beating the US Hockey Team.

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Illinois Earthquake Hits, 3.8 Magnitude Experienced

As early as around 4 o' clock in the morning today, Chicago, Illinois felt the 4.3-magnitude earthquake. So far, this is the second time that Illinois was struck by an earthquake for over 30 years now.

The earthquake affected Sycamore, Virgil and Chicago, Illinois and went as far as Wisconsin and Tennessee. Reports from DeKalb and Kane Counties, books fell off the shelves and rattled the walls.

Fortunately, there was no major damage or death recorded due to this incident.


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