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Rescuers scour rubble for survivors after tornadoes kill dozens in Midwest, South
March 3, 2012 -- Updated 0952 GMT (1752 HKT)
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STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Storms kill 15 in Indiana, 12 in Kentucky and one in ohio, authorities say
- Rescue workers are searching through the night for survivors, authorities say
- The governors of Kentucky and Indiana deploy National Guard troops
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(CNN) -- Rescuers searched for survivors Saturday after powerful storms spawned tornadoes that killed dozens as they ripped through the South and Midwest, flattening towns and turning churches into shelters.
At least 28 people were killed: 15 in Indiana, 12 in Kentucky and one in Ohio.
Rescue workers combed through rubble overnight for dozens believed missing after the storms struck Friday, according to state and local authorities.
"This is an enormous outbreak that's going on right now across Kentucky and the south," National Weather Service meteorologist John Gordon said. "It's crazy. It's just nuts right here."
In hard-hit Henryville, Indiana, rescuers searched for survivors after a tornado swept through the town 20 miles north of Louisville, leveling neighborhoods, sending school buses into buildings and demolishing businesses.
"What we know is we've got complete destruction. We're going to deal with it the best we can," Sgt. Jerry Goodwin of the Indiana State Police Department told CNN affiliate WISH-TV late Friday. "We're going to come together, and we're going to get it done."
With power out, authorities relied on thermal radar imaging, and search and rescue dogs to try to find a 9-year-old boy missing after the tornado struck, said Maj. Chuck Adams, a sheriff's department spokesman.
At St. Francis Xavier Church, which was serving as a meeting and reunion point for families in Henryville, dozens waited for news of loved ones as rescue crews combed through debris.
Amid the mounting reports of death and destruction, there were miracles.
A 2-year-old girl was found alive, alone and injured in a field in Salem, about 20 miles south of Henrysville, Adams said.
No one is sure how the toddler ended up alone in the field.
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Could hackers seize control of your car?
A student at the Freie Universitaet Berlin steers a converted Dodge minivan remotely with an iPhone in November 2009.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Car manufacturers' appearance at mobile show heralds new automotive era
- Increased use of technology in cars has raised concerns over security
- Experts warn computer hackers could access car systems and data
(CNN) -- When car companies begin exhibiting at mobile phone shows, it's a sign that the "connected" vehicle has truly arrived -- allowing us to take our digital lives with us as we hit the highway.
But while Ford's unveiling of its latest car at Mobile World Congress -- a major cell phone industry event -- this week may have heralded a new automotive age, it also heightens fears that our technology-crammed cars could be hijacked by hackers.
Just like our PCs and smartphones, the computerized components that have infiltrated almost every aspect of modern vehicles could potentially be broken into, experts say. Only, with a car, this could have far more dangerous consequences.
House of Prussia sells historical diamond
Published: 28 Feb 12 15:04 CET
The House of Prussia is selling one of the world’s largest and most historically-significant diamonds, the Beau Sancy, which has only been put on public display four times in the last half-century.
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“I have had the stone in my hands, it is beautiful, amazing,” Philipp Herzog von Württemberg, chairman of Sotheby’s Europe, told The Local.
Sotheby’s is auctioning the diamond in May in Geneva, where the estimated price has been set between $2 million and $4 million. The 34.98 carat diamond measures 22.78mm tall, 19.58mm wide and 10.98mm deep.
“It is set very simply in a hoop with a ring so it could be put on a necklace. It is a beautiful stone, but what is at least as exciting is the history it carries, with previous owners including the Medicis, Queen Mary and all the kaisers of Prussia.”
He said no information was being released over the reasons behind the sale.
“It is the most important and oldest stone to come onto the art market,” said Württemberg. He said a similarly sized but much more modern diamond sold from the estate of Liz Taylor, had an estimated price of between $2.5 million and $3.5 million and it sold for $8 million.
“With this one, the price which any buyer will pay will depend on their appreciation of the history behind it. I think it will sell for many more times the estimated price.”
Bought in Constantinople
The Beau Sancy was bought some time in the mid to late 1500s by Nicolas de Harlay, Lord of Sancy, in Constantinople, and is thought to have come from the mines of south-central India near the city of Golconda, according to Sotheby’s. Other famous diamonds such as the Hope, the Koh-i-Nor and the Regent came from that area.
The diamond passed through many of the major European royal houses. It was bought in 1604 by Henri IV of France, who gave it to his wife Marie de Medici. She had the stone mounted at the top of the crown she wore at her coronation in 1610 – featured in a portrait by Frans II Pourbus the Younger, which hangs in the Louvre.
After Henri IV was assassinated, she was exiled from France and fled to the Netherlands where she was forced to sell many of her possessions, including her treasured diamond. The Beau Sancy was bought in 1641 by Prince Frederick Hendrick of Orange-Nassau for 80,000 florins – the most important expenditure of that year’s state budget.
It was then used to seal the arrangement of the wedding between Frederick Hendrick’s son Willem to Mary Stuart, herself actually the granddaughter of Marie de Medici. When Mary Stuart was widowed she headed for England to support her brother Charles II in his struggle for the English throne.
After the diamond was pawned to settle her debts, it re-entered the treasure of the House of Orange-Nassau in 1677 when Willem III married Mary II Stuart, daughter of King James II of England.
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When the couple became rulers of England, the Beau Sancy joined the collection of the Queen of England. It did not stay there long though, reverting to the House of Orange-Nassau when Willem and Mary died childless.
After a dispute between heirs to the house of Orange, Friedrich I who was crowned first King of Prussia in 1701, swapped all his inherited jewels for the Beau Sancy – and made it the prime ornament of the new royal crown of Prussia.
There it remained, the biggest gem in the Prussian collection, worn by the women of the family on important occasions and by every royal bride until the dissolution of the monarchy.
It stayed in Germany even when the last German emperor and king of Prussia fled to exile in Holland in November 1918. By the end of World War II the crown jewels were hidden in a bricked-up crypt in Bückeburg where it was later found by British soldiers – and returned to the House of Prussia where it has remained - until May.
It has only been put on public display four times over the last 50 years – in 1972 in Helsinki, in 1985 in Hamburg, in 2001 in Paris and in 2004 in Munich.
Württemberg said he hoped the diamond would remain in Europe, although he admitted there was no way to guarantee this. “Perhaps the French state could buy it – the Louvre museum has the partner stone [the Grand Sancy] which was originally bought with this one. That would bring them together.
“But there are also many newly-rich potential buyers who might place great importance on the history of this stone.”
The Beau Sancy will be taken on a tour of the major auction centres across the globe during April and into early May, before the auction in Geneva on May 15.
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Fighting sex trafficking in hotels, one room at a time
Kimberly Ritter could not believe what she was seeing.
Girls wearing almost nothing at all, suggesting all sorts of sexual acts, listed on page after page of Backpage.com's escorts section. When she looked closer at the photos, she noticed something eerie.
She could recognize the rooms.
Ritter is a meeting planner at Nix Conference and Meeting Management of St. Louis. She and her co-workers work with 500 hotels around the world and visit about 50 properties annually. She can identify many hotel chains used in escort ads by their comforters, bathroom sinks, air conditioning units and door locks. Sometimes, she can also identify a specific property.
Meet Kimberly Ritter, sex trafficking sleuth.
