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April 7 is No Housework Day: Keep the Mess Lose the Stress, Relax

April 7 is No Housework Day and people are encouraged to take a break from cleaning and relax.  Keep the mess lose the stress is the mantra of the day as people across North America will be ignoring their mops...

Mardi Gras transforms New Orleans into waste bin

As Mardi Gras continues in New Orleans today, aside from the scantily clad dancing girls, the parties, the drunk people falling all over themselves in the street, there is also the unmistakable smell of trash...

Scottish Hospitals to face random checks on cleanliness

Following an audit of NHS hospitals in Scotland, it has been announced that Scottish hospitals will face random health and safety checks over the coming year."INSPECTORS are to make random checks on hygiene levels and infection control in Scottish hospitals as part of a ...

Slicer tagged as listeria source

" TORONTO — Bacteria embedded deep inside slicing equipment at Maple Leaf Foods (TSX:MFI) may be to blame for the deadly listeriosis outbreak that caused 13 deaths, CEO Michael McCain said Friday night at a hastily-scheduled news conference. An investigation has...

Facing jail: Violent husband who beat Muslim 'slave' bride 'every day' after ...

In any society, whatever the cultural or religious beliefs, it is clear that this sort of treatment to any human being is brutal & cruel abuse."A husband who constantly beat up his young wife and treated her...

Women cleaned the largest square in the world: Tiananmen Square

Update: great work of the ladies. The whole square is clean. Time to start using it. So the first thing the Chinese did was making a few entrances so nobody can go on the square without notice. Good example of...

Somalia bombing 'kills 15 women'

Somalia is witnessing a severe fighting for last one year and it has caused more than 8,000 civilians life and one million forced from their homes after a fight erupted between government forces and...

Midwest’s postflood risk: toxic basements

A flood isn't over when it's over--some environmental hazards are still lurking, and, in many cases, growing. And, as other commentators have said, Midwesterners ravaged by historic floods most likely won't get as much federal aid as those affecte by Katrina."The oil,...

New York Cares today

New York got a spring clean today. Thousands of volunteers cleaned up more than 7,900 acres of parkland and 10 miles of shoreline. April 12th is Hands on New York day, where people give up their Saturday to...

A Top Interior Designer’s Cleaning Tips (for people who hate to clean)

Interior designer James Swan offers easy and effective tips for cleaning one's home, even when one doesn't feel motivated to do so.

Sutherland Gets Out of Jail, Does Not Collect $200

Kiefer Sutherland, the DUI-convicted actor and star of '24', was released from jail after serving the full-term of his assigned 48 day sentence."Kiefer Sutherland was released from jail early Monday after serving...

Couple find nearly $12K in 'cold cash'

"JANESVILLE, Wis. - A Janesville couple are hoping they will be allowed to keep the nearly $12,000 in cash they found in their refrigerator when they moved into an apartment. "It would be a very big help," said Colleen Mesler, 65. "We've been waiting and waiting, and...

London Joins Plastic Bag Ban

This latest move will have major repercussions for the packaging and retail industries. The plus points are the environment and less reliance on expensive petrochemicals."British shops hand out a staggering 13...

20,000 fish die as Thames Water poisons river with industrial cleaner

"Thames Water admitted killing an estimated 20,000 fish in a London river. The Environment Agency said it had removed thousands of dead fish from the Wandle, near Wandsworth, after large quantities of...

Covert Cars Target Sat Nav Thefts

"Gwent Police have started using covert "capture" cars, fitted with hidden cameras, to trap sat nav thieves. The cars, which will be parked at different locations, also have satellite technology to notify officers when they are being tampered with. Police are hoping the car...

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