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Virginia Tech report criticizes slow alerts

Dec. 5, 2009
Some staff warned their families about the gunman before the campus was notified. Trash pickup also was halted before the e-mail alert was sent. Some Virginia Tech administrators warned their families and ordered the president's office locked well before the rest of the campus was notified a...
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Marilyn Monroe Cupcake Portrait at Madame Tussauds in New York
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A one-of-a-kind 8 x 4 foot portrait of Marilyn Monroe made from 2,100 bite sized stuffed cupcakes stands in the lobby next to her wax figure on the eve of Marilyn Monroe's 86th birthday at Madame Tussauds in New York City on May 31, 2012. UPI/John Angelillo