[Velveeta]

Former lab worker dies before LANL battle ends

In a restaurant on Friday, Todd Kauppila celebrated the news of Pete Nanos’ resignation as director of Los Alamos National Laboratory . “Every table is packed, and the beer is flowing,” he told The Associated Press.

Kauppila had more to rejoice about than any average lab worker. He was fired in September over a pair of computer disks mistakenly thought to be missing this past summer, and he was in the process of legal action for what he had said was a wrongful termination. He considered himself a scapegoat.

“The worst of his situation looked like it was over,” lab employee Douglas Roberts said in an interview Monday.

Over the weekend, however, Kauppila fell sick, with what he thought was the flu. On Sunday , his wife, Sarah, found him passed out in the house and called 911. Kauppila died at 11 p.m. Sunday. He was 41. (snip)
http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/13584.html

[Velveeta]

NYU Student Indicted In Royalty Scam
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[nw_arizona_granny]

Heard that a Dr. David Banks had been killed in a small plane crash in Australia on the radio.

Dr. Banks was important, as he had the power to order a quarantine of the areas if he felt it was needed.

I cannot open any of the Java sites today, computer is on strike.

http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=dr%20david%20banks%20australia

[Cindy]

That's very sad Velveeta.

OPINION: It seems unusual to me that one so young dies unexpectedly like that. I hope an autopsy is done.

[Oorang]

Well that's interesting. Thanks for posting that article Vel.

Here's some more info on Todd Kauppila that I found interesting.

Los Alamos scientists say they are scapegoats in disk case

Two more employees protest CREM incident

Anonymity vs. Courage, Honor, and Trust