Photos and Video: Indycar Crash in Las Vegas -- English Driver Dan Wheldon Died at 33

LAS VEGAS - English driver Dan Wheldon expired after being involved in an awful multi-car crash that also ended Australian Will Power's hopes of winning the IndyCar championship in the Las Vegas season finale.

English Driver Dan Wheldon Killed in Indycar Crash in Las Vegas

English driver Dan Wheldon, winner of the famed Indianapolis 500 in May, died from injuries he received after his car was sent airborne over another car and clipped the catch fencing during the 15-car wreck.

The tragic accident also ended Australian Will Power's hopes of winning the IndyCar championship in the Las Vegas season finale.

The 33-year-old Wheldon's death from "unsurvivable injuries" has been confirmed by Indycar officials more than two hours after the horrific accident. "IndyCar is very sad to announce that Dan Wheldon has passed away from unsurvivable injuries," IndyCar chief executive Randy Bernard said. 

"Our thoughts and prayers are with his family today."

Wheldon's fellow drivers had been informed of his death shortly before Bernard made his public announcement.

"IndyCar, its drivers and owners, have decided to end the race. In honor of Dan Wheldon, the drivers have decided to do a five-lap salute in his honor," Bernard said. 

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English Driver Dan Wheldon Killed in Indycar Crash in Las Vegas

English Driver Dan Wheldon Killed in Indycar Crash in Las Vegas

English Driver Dan Wheldon Killed in Indycar Crash in Las Vegas

English Driver Dan Wheldon Killed in Indycar Crash in Las Vegas

The crash coming out of Turn 2 of the 1.5 mile Las Vegas oval on the 12th lap of the race left Townsend Bell's car upside down and smoking cars and debris strewn around the track.

"I've never seen such a mess in my entire career on the race track," said Danica Patrick, who was in her final race as a fulltime IndyCar driver before heading to NASCAR stock car racing.

Added Canadian driver Paul Tracy: "Just a horrendous accident."

Tracy had reported that a medical team was frantically attending Wheldon before the driver was airlifted to hospital.

The official confirmation of his death came some two hours after the race was stopped.

Despite two Indianapolis 500 triumphs and his 2005 series title, Wheldon hasn't been able to secure a full-time IndyCar ride, so he was racing from the back of the field in pursuit of a $5 million prize offered by IndyCar to a non-series driver who could win the finale.

The crash ended Australian Will Power's bid to overtake Dario Franchitti and claim the series title.

Power sat stunned in his car for some time and was later sent to hospital to be checked out because of back pain.

Scotland's Franchitti, who secured his third straight series crown and fourth overall after Power was ruled out, could be seen fighting for composure in his cockpit as the drivers formed up for the tribute laps.

"I could see within five laps people were starting to do crazy stuff," Franchitti said.

"I love hard racing but that to me is not really what it's about. You saw what happened, one small mistake from somebody ...."

There were 34 cars entered in the season finale - one more entry than at the Indianapolis 500 at the bigger Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Drivers had voiced concern about the high speeds being reached at Las Vegas, where they were close to 225 miles per hour in practice this week.

"I'll tell you, I've never seen anything like it," Ryan Briscoe said of the sight of burning cars spinning on the track and sailing through the air.

"The debris we all had to drive through the lap later, it looked like a war scene from Terminator or something. I mean, there were just pieces of metal and car on fire in the middle of the track with no car attached to it and just debris everywhere."

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Clashes Between Pro and Anti-regime Forces Left at Least Six Dead in Yemen

SANAA, Yemen (Oct. 16) – At least six reported killed, including five in capital Sanaa and one woman in southern city of Taiz, as a result of clashes between Yemeni protesters and pro-Saleh security forces, according to media reports.

At Least Six Killed in Yemen with New Wave of Violence

 Mohammed al-Qubati, a doctor at the field clinic at the demonstrators’ camp in Sanaa, told that three demonstrators and two soldiers who defected and joined the protesters were killed in the capital today.

Anti-regime protests started in Yemen with the beginning of this year inspired by the uprising and revolutions in neighbor countries like Tunisia and Egypt which forced the longtime rulers to roll their beds and leave the power.

The political crisis in Yemen worsened as military and tribal leaders joined the opposition. Efforts by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to broker a power-transfer agreement have already failed.

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Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh returned to Yemen on last month after a 3-month medical treatment following a rocket attack on his palace by the anti-regime tribal forces.

Occupy wall Street Movement -- Global Day of Outrage Against Corporate Greed: 27 Arrested in NY Times Square

NEW YORK – At least three 'Occupy Wall Street' (OWS) protesters were held by police, according to an eyewitness, after a brief clash between horse-ridden police and OWS protesters in New York's Times Square during a worldwide day of 'outrage' against corporate greed and social injustice.

Global Day of Outrage Against Corporate Greed: 27 Arrested in NY Times Square

 Earlier in the day police detained more than 24 protesters after they entered forcefully in a Citibank branch near Washington Square Park, NYPD spokesperson said. Police force was rushed to the bank after an emergency call from bank staff informing about the intrusion of many OWS protesters.

Reportedly, demonstrations and protest rallies also held in many countries across the globe demanding to end the era of corporate greed and social injustice.

Protests in Financial District of New York began with start of the day and thousands of people gathered on Times Square, the major commercial intersection, divided by police barriers.

In the presence of large number of NY police students, families with baby carriages and trade unionists, rallied towards Wall Street carrying placards, chanting: “We are the 99 per cent,” “We are the people” and “Mr Obama we need your support.”

Police on horseback stopped protesters who were trying to enter Times Square. Families joined the march and several open-top buses filled with tourists cheered on the protesters by making the V for victory sign.

FBI Arrested Florida Man in Celebrities Phone Hacking Scandal

LOS ANGELES – In an important breakthrough during celebrity phone-hacking investigating FBI has reportedly made an arrest today in Hollywood. The all important break comes after many weeks when it was reported that cell-phone accounts of Scarlett Johansson and few other celebrities had been broken.

FBI Arrested Florida Man in Celebrities Phone Hacking Scandal

A press conference is planned on Wednesday morning in which FBI is expected to release supplementary information in this case, code named as Operation Hackerazzi. Earlier, the names of the phone-hacking victims were not made public by FBI.

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Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Acquired the Rights to Produce Biopic of Steve Jobs for Whooping Seven-figure Sum

LOS ANGELES - As reported earlier HERE that Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is negotiating to buy the filming rights to produce the biopic of Apple’s co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, who passed away last week leaving a huge vacuum in the tech world. 

Sony Pictures Acquired the Rights to Produce Biopic of Steve Jobs

According to updates; Sony Pictures Entertainment has concluded the deal successfully and they acquired the rights to produce a biopic based on the only authorised biography “Steve Jobs: A Biography by Walter Isaacson,” for a hefty seven-figure sum. 

Walter Isaacson, former CNN chairman and Time managing editor, has biographies of renowned figures like Henry Kissinger, Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein on his credit. He was reportedly given complete access to Jobs, including a personal tour of his subject's childhood home. 

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At RM Auction: $4.6 million fetched by the 1884-built world's oldest running car on Friday (Oct. 7, 2011)

HERSHEY, Pa. – The 1884-built four-wheeled De Dion-Bouton et Trepardoux, nicknamed "La Marquise," claimed to be the oldest running car had gone under the hammer on Friday at RM Auctions and amazingly it fetched whooping $4.6 million (including 10% commission of auction company).

At RM Auction: $4.6 million fetched by the 1884-built world's oldest running car

This 6-minute video, shared below, records the sale of the 1884 De Dion Bouton Trepardoux Dos-A-Dos Steam Runabout at the RM Auction at Hershey, Pennsylvania on October 7, 2011.

Reportedly, RM Auctions, had estimated that the car would sell for $2.2 million to $2.5 million but astonishing $4.6 million was the last bid by a buyer, whose name was not made public. 

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India Mourns the Death of Legendary Ghazal Singer Jagjit Singh

MUMBAI, India (Oct. 10) - Famous Indian singer Jagjit Singh has passed away today (Monday, Oct. 10) morning at Lilavati hospital in Mumbai at the age of 70. Popularly known as the "Ghazal King", Singh sang in a number of languages.

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Jagjit Singh, who was famed for his semi-classical Ghazal songs, suffered from a stroke in September and had been in a coma in hospital ever since. 

India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday expressed his condolence on the death of noted ghazal singer Jagjit Singh, saying he would be remembered for his "golden voice".

Noting that he is among Jagjit's admirers, the Prime Minister said he shared the sorrow of his fans.

He is survived by his wife, Chitra Singh, who herself is also a leading ghazal singer. They had commercial success with songs recorded together in the 1970s and 1980s.

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