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Herschel Supply Introduced the Hemp Collection

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Herschel Supply Co. introduces their Hemp Collection for the Summer 2015 season. The range features some of their most popular pieces reimagined and rendered in the durable natural fabric and finished with premium detailing. A backpack, tote, duffle, wallet and pouch are offered in Natural and Wild Dove tones, offering a casual and organic look. The lightweight and sturdy hemp construction is accented with sky blue and charcoal cotton chambray trims, while vegetable tanned leather accents are complimented with polished copper or silver toned hardware. The Herschel Supply Co. Summer 2015 Hemp Collection is available now online and at participating retailers worldwide.

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Amtrak Train Was Going 106 mph On A 50 mph Track

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The Amtrak train that derailed here Tuesday night was traveling 106 mph, more than twice the authorized speed, as it approached a sharp bend in the tracks, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday.

The engineer applied the emergency brakes, but the action was too late. The train was still moving at 102 mph when it hit the curve about three seconds later and the engine and all seven cars derailed.

“It takes a long time to decelerate a train,” NTSB board member Robert Sumwalt said. “You’re supposed to enter the curve at 50 miles per hour.”

The derailment of the Washington-to-New York train killed seven people, ­injured more than 200 and disrupted ser­vice in the busiest passenger rail corridor in the country.

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ISIS No. 2 Leader Killed In U.S. Airstrike

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The Iraqi military said Wednesday that ISIS’ No. 2 leader has been killed in a coalition airstrike — a claim that the Pentagon said it does not corroborate.

The airstrike struck a mosque in northern Iraq’s Tal Afar city, killing ISIS deputy Abu Alaa al-Afri and a senior ISIS security figure named Akram Qirbash, also known as the “Judge of Judges,” the Iraqi Defense Ministry said.

The Defense Ministry did not say when the men were killed. A senior Iraqi security official who did not want to be named discussing sensitive intelligence told CNN the strike happened Tuesday.

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