12 hit by SUV at Illinois car auction

As an SUV was being driven up to be put on auction at the Tri-State Auto Auction in Crestwood, Illinois, it reportedly accelerated into a group of people, struck a minivan and crashed through a door outside, injuring more people. Three people suffered serious injuries and six...

New School a Recruiting Tool for Viking Range in Greenwood, MS

" Viking Range Corp. has found that in recruiting employees to work for the company in Greenwood, a number of potential employees declined to take the job because of the lack of accelerated learning opportunities for their children in K-12. "We have a public school system, of...

Better, Faster, Stronger: Human Evolution Is Accelerating

Just like seemingly everything else in our world, humans aren't just living, thinking, acting, and moving faster -- even our evolution is accelerating."In the beginning, there was creationism, which assumed we had never evolved. Then came the theory of evolution through...

Indonesian inflation likely accelerated in Aug on higher food prices

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesian consumer prices rose faster in August than in the previous month led by food amid tight supply and as demand picks up ahead of the Muslim fasting period, most economists polled by Thomson Financial said. Muslims normally prepare heavy meals...

Dow ends down 400 on China market slide

A real bloodbath today:"NEW YORK - Stocks plummeted Tuesday, briefly hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down nearly 550 points as Wall Street succumbed to a global market plunge sparked by growing concerns that the U.S. and Chinese economies are cooling and that equities...

Amputee Zanardi Test Drives F-1 Car

"VALENCIA, Spain (AP) -Alex Zanardi nestled himself into the car, fiddled with the buckles on his helmet until they were just right, then accelerated past a crowd of onlookers and onto the track. After driving four laps in a modified BMW-Sauber C24-B, the Italian pulled into...