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MIAMI — Family members of a 13-year-old Florida girl fatally shot while riding a school bus with her younger sister say they forgive the boy who allegedly did it, but the victim’s mother insisted Wednesday that he also “has to pay for what he did.”

A 15-year-old boy was charged with manslaughter after police say he took a gun out of a backpack and showed it to other students during the ride to school Tuesday. Investigators say he fired it once in an apparent accident, striking Lourdes Guzman.

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This is the time of year for reflecting on the things that we are most thankful for. For me it’s a loving boyfriend, a nice family, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and People‘s “Sexiest Man Alive,” Channing Tatum. In this video Bryan Safi and I weigh in on 2012’s sexy pick.
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Century Japan has introduced a new 4-bay external HDD enclosure, the CRCH35U3IS. Measuring 130mm x 260mm x 185mm and weighing 3.2kg, the enclosure comes with a USB 3.0 connection interface, a built-in cooling fan and can house a total of four 3.5-inch SATA HDDs (each drive bay has its own independent power supply switch). The CRCH35U3IS will become available from early-December for 17,800 Yen (about $220). [Century]

The PD10 Typhoon is FreeLander’s latest Android 4.0 ICS tablet for the mass market that sports a 7.0-inch 1024 x 600 capacitive multi-touch display, a 1GHz MTK6577 dual-core processor, a 1GB RAM, a 4GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot (up to 32GB), dual cameras (2MP front & back), 3G/WCDMA, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, a built-in 5200mAh Li-ion battery and runs on Android 4.0 ICS OS. The PD10 Typhoon sells for $206.99. [Product Page]

Just a month after Hurricane Sandy with residents of Staten Island, Long Island and the Jersey shore still recovering from the devastation, we find ourselves celebrating Thanksgiving. Not surprisingly, the idea of giving thanks in the aftermath of such unbelievable hardship must be difficult for everybody who suffered life-altering losses. This year I find myself especially thankful not just for the safety of my own family but also for the incredibly brave first responders who were there to aid the victims of the natural disaster.

There were hundreds of first responders on the ground waiting for Hurricane Sandy. Among them was the American Humane Association’s Red Star Animal Emergency Services Team. Their rescue rig equipped with a veterinary suite, boats and animal handling equipment was transported from Tennessee and pre-staged in Pennsylvania. Animal shelters were set up adjacent to the Red Cross shelters that housed evacuees. According to one of the Red Star staffers, every animal in the path of Sandy’s howling winds knew something was happening.

“Our work is all tactical until we start picking up animals,” said one of the team members. One of the most emotional moments she recalls was taking in the Jack Russell Terrier of an elderly man in a wheelchair. He had lost power in his home and had been evacuated. Though the shelter was the safest place for his beloved dog (ironically named Lightning) to be during the storm, the man was crying and sick with worry as he exited the shelter without his little companion.

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