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Camper: “All Hell Broke Loose”
It all happened in a matter of hours, a flash flood in an Arkansas campground took the lives of 17 people, some who were children. Twenty four people are still missing according to the Arkansas State Police Department.

Camper JD Quinn arrived to Camp Albert Pike a little after midnight Friday morning. The Texas resident said it rained almost his entire drive from Dallas and after an hour of watching the rain come down on the front porch, he said the river levels started going up drastically -- and quickly.

'The water came up 15 feet in a five minutes, he recalled. 'There were some people we couldn't help.'

Quinn said first responders couldn't get into the campgrounds because the entry points were impassable. That's when he took matters into his own hands.

"We went beating on doors, people weren't awake," he remembered. Quinn also said the gushing water and rain was so loud he could not hear other people while they all tried to to coordinate rescues. The deafening sounds of the water was coupled with that of homes being ripped off stilts, roofs being split at hinges and windows blowing out and shattering.

The force of the storm picked up cars and carried them down stream. It also gutted the insides of RVs and lifted slabs of concrete off the ground. Huge pieces can be seen left upright against trees and debris.

The Little Missouri River is one of two rivers surrounding the camp. The Caddo River being the other. The Little Missouri stays consistently around three feet and it's typically a very peaceful river. But that night, it was at 23.5 feet. And it violently surged in only four hours.

'I don't think you can warn people for what happened," Quinn said.

Saturday, he's one of hundreds of volunteers coming out to help with the search and rescue efforts. All in hopes to reunite family and friends in the midst of shock and devastation that he's seen first hand.
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It all happened in a matter of hours, a flash flood in an Arkansas campground took the lives of 17
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New York mother reportedly met with 'criminal element' in Turkey
FBI agents probing the murder of a Staten Island mom in Turkey said they don’t believe she was there just to take pictures — and said she hung out with a “criminal element” during the solo trip abroad.

“There are a lot of open questions that need to be answered,” a source familiar with the ongoing case told The Post.

Mother of two Sarai Sierra, 33, was found dead from a ferocious blow to the skull in a seedy area of Istanbul last Saturday after failing to show up for a Jan. 21 flight home to New York.

“The first people she met up with were a criminal element,” the source said of Sierra, who flew to Turkey Jan. 7, then to Amsterdam on Jan. 15 and Munich on Jan. 16 before heading back to Istanbul Jan. 19.

The FBI is in Turkey investigating the case, and is looking into a possible connection to drug trafficking — among other lines of inquiry, a source said.

“There are some witness reports that she was seen with sketchy characters,” said the source, adding that agents are following up those leads to determine if they’re accurate.

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The discovery of a New York woman's body in Turkey has done little to solve the mystery surrounding her disappearance and death, say sources involved in the international investigation.
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Ferguson businesses use crowdfunding in times of need
Crowdfunding: Ferguson businesses that have been damaged by looting and vandalism have raised a combined $447,198 on Go Fund Me, in a sign of how cash-strapped businesses are tapping crowdfunding as a means to raise cash in a time of need. The Wall Street Journal.

Hello hardware: A “hardware renaissance” may be under way for startups and small businesses. There has been a sea change in every stage of producing physical objects, from idea to manufacturing to selling at retail. The Wall Street Journal.

Money managers: Retirement accounts have long contained shares of stalwart companies like General Electric, Ford and Coca-Cola. Today, they are likely to include riskier private stocks from Silicon Valley startups like Uber, Airbnb and Pinterest as money managers aim to get in on the action. The New York Times.

Franchises: Small businesses are benefiting from new low-cost technology, including sales systems and mobile solutions, but franchising has been slow to adapt. Some experts say this is because of the lengthy vetting process for vendors. Entrepreneur.

Regulations: Recent developments in Washington, especially the Obama administration’s greater desire to flex its regulatory muscles in several key areas such as drones, cybersecurity and financial technology, mean that some booming startups will have to navigate new governmental hurdles. TechCrunch.

Ranching: How a South Dakota healthy-snack startup seeks to revive a centuries-old buffalo recipe and turn around a troubled community. Inc.

Breach: A technical flaw opens Cisco small business phones to remote eavesdropping. IT World.

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assistant: What you should read today about small business, from crowdfunding efforts for Ferguson companies to Silicon Valley’s “hardware renaissance.”