Clorox Announces Plans to Phase Out Chlorine

The Clorox Company has announced plans to phase out chlorine in its bleach.  The company's bleach product synonymous with the element chlorine made the announcement on Monday. " OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 2, 2009 - The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) today announced that it plans...

How Social Media Sites Can Ruin Your Vacation

I'm not talking about Twittering your followers while your laying out on the beach, teasing about how fabulous the weather is, or how warm the water is, or even how the scent of suntanning lotion is filling the air. Your followers will probably feel a little jealousy, but...

Who is Responsible, GM, ACORN or Both?

By Albert N. Milliron, Editor, Politisite.com From 1959 through the seventies Consumer advocate Ralph Nader went after the automobile industry for safety issues in American vehicles.  He wrote, “The Safe...

Typhoon Ondoy Have left Severe Damage on the Lives of Filipinos

Close to 300 people have died, while more than three million others have been affected after tropical storm "Ondoy" (Ketsana) wrought havoc in metropolitan Manila and some provinces in Calabarzon and Central Luzon regions.Forty-two people were reported missing, while the...

Distracted Drivers Kill Thousands Each Year

Drivers who were distracted by electronic devices killed around 5,800 people in the United States during 2008, says U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. The numbers were presented at a two-day Transportation...

CBS Correspondent Cami McCormick Injured In Afghanistan

The CBS foreign correspondent Cami McCormick was injured in a roadside bomb incident today in Logar province of Afghanistan where she was traveling with the U.S. army, working on her assignment for CBS Radio News. It is not clear how seriously McCormick was injured, but she...

Boy Dies in Unilever's 'Clear Men' Reality Show Due To Negligence

[Aarpix News Exclusive] KARACHI - In their quest to produce a western kind of thrilling and adventurous reality show, Poor and substandard arrangements have become the reason of the killing of a boy Saad Khan. Victim’s cousin Mansoor Khan told Aarpix. Saad Khan lost his...

"IN YOUR DREAMS!"

Cindy was sitting next to a man while riding the city bus, he started to ask her questions. She responded politely but got up and moved to another seat when he tried to place his hand on her knee. When she sat down in another seat, he followed her but remained standing...

World Wide Web Creator Falls Victim to Online Fraud

Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, the man credited professor with the feat of creating the world wide web, fell for an online scam this past year when he was trying to buy a friend a Christmas gift. The site looked real, the payment process looked authentic, but it wasn't....

Internet Safety for Parents & Teachers

 Our children are our most valuable asset. They represent the future of our country and hold our hopes for a better World.  When you educate a woman, you end up educating an entire family. Educate a...

58% of Britain’s A roads market as neutral for safety or poor

More than half of Britain’s A roads and a quarter of motorways was rated poorly according to European road assessment programme (EuroRAP). Single lane carriageways were rated as the most dangerous due to bad...

Nursing Shortage: Safety Issues Raised in Nova Scotia

The medical system in Canada continues on a dire path. Safety issues in hospital are raised in Nova Scotia due to nursing shortage. In May, I reported that in Canada, nurses work 250,000 hours in one week. "...

Greco's murder triggers tough questions for NYS OCFS

The brutual murder of youth counselor Renee C. Greco has triggered tough questions by some New York State legislators who are pressing New York State Office of Family and Children Services (NYS OCFS) for an...

IATA Forecasts US$9 Billion Global Aviation Industry Losses

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has forecast the global aviation industry will face US$9 billion losses this year. Its director-general and ceo Giovanni Bisignani said airlines are flying into...

LaHood Overhauling Mexican Truck Program

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told a National Press Club gathering May 21 that his plan to overhaul the controversial Mexican truck demonstration program is now being vetted by the White House and has the support of “a number of members of Congress.”  If he...

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