THIS IS THE BREAKING NEWS JUST IN. SORRY FOLKS, INTERNET IS OUT AT HOME. THERE IS SO MUCH RAIN HERE. WOW. ITS RAINING CATS AND DOGS. HEY I CANT EVEN USE MY BLACKBERRY, NO EMAIL, NO INTERNET… ANYS CHEERS…  READ THE NEWS… I HOPE NO MORE PERSONS ARE INJURED.

BlackBerry Outage Affecting North America

A number of users are reporting issues with a number of data-centric BlackBerry services including BlackBerry Messenger, the web browser, and third-party apps using data connections. BlackBerry Reporter speculates the BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) may have been down for several hours and counting.

This comes less than a week after the last outage in North America, although not all carriers or customers may be affected.

Some folks are reporting service being restored, while others are still reporting ongoing issues with various data services. Are you having issues with your BlackBerry service currently?

American Airlines Flight Crashes at Jamaica Airport

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

BREAKING NEWS — An American Airlines plane skidded off the runway and broke in two after landing in Kingston, Jamaica, shortly after 10 p.m. local time Tuesday, according to local news reports.

Airline spokesman Charlie Wilson said in a short statement there were no immediate reports of fatalities or injuries.

Additional details were not available, but passengers at Norman Manley International Airport told local media that flight 331 had just arrived from Miami in heavy rain when the crash occurred.

The flight apparently originated in Washington, D.C.

An airport official said the plane overshot the runway and persons were being evacuated, with some sent to hospital.

“The plane crashed and broke almost in front of me,” said passenger Naomi Palmer to the Jamaica Observer. Palmer said she was in some pain.

Emergency vehicle sirens could be heard as she spoke via cell phone.