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Star Wars Film Company Charged Over Harrison Ford’s Broken Leg

Criminal charges have been issued to the production company behind the latest blockbuster Star Wars movie starring Harrison Ford. The legendary Hollywood actor broke his leg while filming Star Wars: The Force Awakens on a set at Pinewood Studios in June 2014. CBC News reports: The actor was struck by a hydraulic door on the set of the Millennium Falcon — his character Han Solo’s spaceship — at Pinewood Studios near London in June 2014. He was airlifted to a hospital where he underwent surgery.

Bob, I got a bad feeling on this one.

"Bob, I got a bad feeling on this one. All right? I mean I got a bad feeling! I don't think I'm gonna make it outta here! D'ya understand what I'm sayin' to you?"

The global markets are clearly in turmoil...again.  I thought I would start a quasi-open thread here on ZH, where we can ask questions and share concerns or strategies with one another. 

So, like my asteroid article from last year, let's have a little more fun, and use this as a test of our financial-armageddon preparedness. 

First, a definition or two...

Nine Dead, Hundreds Injured As German Trains Collide Head On

Nine Dead, Hundreds Injured As German Trains Collide Head On

Germany may be careening towards a head on-collision when it comes to Europe’s worsening migrant crisis, but tragically, the country had a very real fatal train wreck on Tuesday when two commuter trains crashed near Bad Aibling, in Bavaria.

Just before 7 a.m. two regional trains collided on a rail line which Bloomberg notes "is commonly used by commuters heading to work in Munich, and would normally also carry children traveling to school."

Somali Jet Suicide Bomber Was On The Wrong Plane

A suspected suicide bomber who blew a hole in the fuselage of a Somali passenger jet flying from Mogadishu to Djibouti and was subsequently sucked out and killed, was on board the wrong plane, according to the airline. Chief executive of Daallo Airlines said on Monday that the bomber was meant to fly on a Turkish Airlines flight which got cancelled due to high winds. Aljazeera reports: The explosion ripped a one-metre hole in the side of the Daallo Airlines jet on Tuesday, after which the suspect was reportedly sucked out of the decompressed cabin.

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