Navy Allows Women On Submarines In 2011

The United States Navy will let women serve on submarines starting in 2011. Female officers will start training for submarine duty next year, but will still not be allowed on attack submarines. According to the...

HELP! - Buyer Title & Trade-in Payoff Issues - Closed Dealerships

"In this terrible economy and age of abandoned ethics and economic betrayal on a Grand Scale (Petters / Madoff / Enron / Federal Reserve Bank), many honest, hardworking Citizens have been injured with no real legal...

Foster's to make 300 to 400 redundancies

I'm noticing anecdotally that the recession is really hitting architects....here are another 400 laid off by Norman Foster's office."Foster & Partners shuts Berlin and Istanbul offices the day after it highlights profitability to staff Foster & Partners has announced...

Marchers block Mexico-US border

Protesting against army operations against drug gangs hundreds of Mexicans blocked roads and bridges into the United States on Tuesday. The officials claimed that protest has been organized by drug traffickers. "Three border crossings from Juarez to El Paso were blocked by...

Rare So Cal Snow Causes Major Traffic and Accidents

So I wake up this morning and see there is snow from Palmdale to Malibu.  Plus a helicopter accident and traffic backed up for hours.  Is this global warming, or global cooling?"December 18, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) Car accident lawyers in Los Angeles, California have...

California Rainstorm Accidents Increase to Triple Digits

The other day I was noticing all the idiots getting in car crashes.  But now I see the statistics, it looks like an epidemic.  Triple digit increases in California car crash cases."December 18, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports by the by at least one...

California 210 Freeway Becomes Landing Pad for Helicopter

This doesn't typically happen, but recently, I-210 was used as a helo pad."December 13, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to statements by California Highway Patrol Officer Anthony Martin and corroborated by motorcycle injury lawyers in Los Angeles, traffic on the 210 Freeway...

Orange County Evacuated Residents In Fire Areas—40 Houses Were Damaged

I used to live in the area where these homes burned and my father actually helped rebuild.  I could never understand why all these people would move somewhere where all these fires could happen.  History...

Closed Doors Leave Disabled Students Behind

Entrance to educational services with handicap accessible door lacking of push-buttons and indicating handicap symbol hinders handicap student access to building and. The Blue handicap symbol near the door of the...

Mormon temple in LA closed as white substance found

The Westwood Mormon Temple in Los Angeles was closed this afternoon when an envelope containing white powder was delivered. It is not yet known what the white powder is."At about 3:30 p.m., a hazardous-materials team was sent to the temple at Santa Monica Boulevard and...

The latest on the 2008 presidential race exit polls

"The networks will follow strict rules Tuesday on projecting election results, examining not only the data from exit polls but actual vote tabulation and turnout data. NBC — which keeps its decision desk isolated from the calls made by competing networks — will call a...

Asia stock markets surge after Fed rate cut

"Asian stock markets surge after Fed rate cut; South Korean index up 12.7 percent HONG KONG (AP) -- Asian stock markets rallied Thursday, led by a 12 percent jump in South Korea, after the U.S. Federal Reserve slashed interest rates to help revive the world's largest economy...

Sources: Sarkozy views Obama stance on Iran as 'utterly immature'

I think that this may be the first semi-public statement of  concern of Obama's foreign policy toward Iran from European circles. It is possible that the urgency and test by foreign powers of Obama's metal...

Recession fears keep Asian stocks under pressure

Stocks market in Asia continues to slide. Markets opened mostly lower in early trade on Tuesday, a day after steep falls, as investors braced themselves for a severe worldwide economic downturn.  Due to Diwali holidays Indian market is closed. Fears of a deep...

Nikkei plunges to 26-year low

As the global recession continues, Nikkei Index expresses the mistrust in the volatile financial markets. It falls 20% to a 26 year low. "Elsewhere in Asia markets in Hong Kong, Australia and the...

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