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Shoe magnate Tony Hsieh's drug abuse was growing fast at the time of his death, DailyMail.com has learned exclusively. And friends fear that his use of the laughing gas nitrous oxide and his love of candles could have caused the fire that killed him. 'In recent months the nitrous oxide had become as important to Tony as his alcohol,' one close colleague said. 'And Grey Goose vodka was his best friend.' Although nitrous oxide is not flammable it does accelerate the burning of combustible material that is already alight, according to PubChem.  Hsieh, 46, was pulled unconscious from the burning shed attached to a waterfront home in New London, Connecticut, shortly after 3:30 am on November 18. He died in hospital nine days later.  A dispatch tape obtained by DailyMail.com revealed that he was 'barricaded' inside the shed. 'The male is barricaded inside and not answering the door,' the dispatcher says. 'Everyone else is outside the house. They are tr

Arizona man Timothy Sullivan, 61, was arrested on November 25 and charged with the death of Amy 'Ruby' Leagans, 49 An Arizona man has been charged with murder for allegedly killing a woman he was in a relationship with and dismembering her body before dumping parts of it in the desert, in a river and in trash cans around Phoenix. Timothy Sullivan, 61, was arrested on November 25 and charged with the death of Amy 'Ruby' Leagans, 49, who had moved from Illinois to Chandler, Arizona, just last April for a fresh start. Her family reported Leagans missing on October 27 when they had not heard from her in a week.  Cops launched an investigation and part of her body was found with 'obvious signs of foul play' near the bottom of Salt River close to central Phoenix on November 17.   Her death was immediately regarded as suspicious and cops identified Sullivan as a suspect. They called on the public for information before he was taken into custody late last month.  Once a

Airbnb is aiming for a valuation of up to $34.8 billion in its initial public offering, in what would cap a stunning recovery of fortunes after the business was heavily damaged by the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year. In a regulatory filing Tuesday, Airbnb set a target share price range of between $44 and $50 to sell 51.9 million shares, which would pull in up to $2.85 billion at the upper end of the range. At the top of Airbnb's target range, the IPO will give Airbnb a valuation of $34.8 billion, nearly double the $18 billion Airbnb was worth in an April private fundraising round and above the $31 billion in its last pre-COVID-19 private fundraising in 2017.  Investors have signaled that they expect vaccines to soon put an end to the pandemic, and anticipate a surge of travel as normal life resumes next year.  Of the shares being sold, Airbnb founders Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia and Nathan Blecharczyk will together sell nearly $100 million worth of shares in the IPO launch. Co-fou

Woolworths is offering up cash grants to struggling Australian dairy farmers hit hard by drought, bushfires and the Covid-19 downturn. The $5million scheme will enable farmers in the supermarket's supply chain to receive a handout of up to $100,000 to improve infrastructure and technology on dairy properties. Applications for the Woolworths Dairy Innovation Fund will open Wednesday, with the generous three-year scheme expected to help up to 60 businesses. The move comes after Australian supermarkets were blamed for decimating the dairy industry over the past decade by reducing farmer's profitability through a highly publicised $1 a litre milk price war. Woolworths is offering up cash grants to struggling Australian dairy farmers hit hard by drought, bushfires and the Covid-19 downturn (pictured, Woolworths Roselands) The $5million scheme will enable farmers in the supermarket's supply chain to receive a handout of up to $100,000 to improve infrastructure and technology on d

Four US citizens claim they are being held as 'hostages' in the British Virgin Islands after they accidentally sailed illegally into the territory's waters last month. John Hines, his partner Lynn Hines, and their friends Nicholas Cancro and Jeanne McKinnon were detained on November 19 by customs and immigration officers, according to a statement from the British Virgin Islands' Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.  US citizens are currently banned from entry due to coronavirus restrictions and the statement claimed that the four detainees had been placed into a mandatory 14-day quarantine in a local hotel, financed by the government. Yet, the Americans argue they've been held 'without cause' for 12 days and are being housed together in one bug-infested room where even the sink has fallen off the wall.  John Hines, partner Lynn Hines, and friends Nicholas Cancro and Jeanne McKinnon were detained on November 19 by customs and immigration officers in

Police shot and killed a gunman during a shootout early Tuesday who was suspected of fatally shooting a woman over a child-custody dispute and firing shots at a Detroit police station, authorities said. ­Members of the Detroit Police Department’s Special Response Team approached the 28-year-old man at about 7am as he sat holding an AR-15 rifle in an SUV in a parking lot on the city's east side, Chief James Craig said in a morning press conference. Craig said that as the officers asked the gunman to drop his weapon and raise his hands, the suspect shook his head to indicate no, prompting 'an exchange of gunfire between the subject and several SRT officers.’ No officers were injured in the shootout, but the man, who has not been named, was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators believe the suspect, who has a history of domestic violence, had earlier killed the mother of his child and was planning to take the life of a police officer. The 28-year-old had also hours earlier re

San Diego had been in talks with a local defense contractor to potentially have a more than six-ton drone catch drivers who speed, records show.  This year, the city was to be the site of a major drone project that was to show residents the potential of having military-grade technology monitor San Diego's infrastructures and wildfires.  San Diego's Office of Homeland Security had been building a relationship with General Atomics, discussing ways in which police could utilize the tech in the sky, the Voice of San Diego reports.  General Atomic's MQ-9B SkyGuardian is massive, weighing more than 12,500lbs and having a wingspan of 79ft. The company marketed the drone as being a 'persistent eye in the sky,' which could be used by governments for public planning efforts and for emergency response.  San Diego's Office of Homeland Security was building a relationship with General Atomics, discussing ways to implement the SkyGuardian drone to monitor speeding drivers Fro