Shimon Peres Israeli President Collapses During Tel Aviv Ceremony

Shimon Peres the Israeli President collapses today during a Tel Aviv ceremony, and lost consciousness for a brief moment. He collapsed when he was standing at the lectern and at first refused to go to hospital but was later taken just to be on the safe side." Mr Peres was...

Grandstand collapses at Columbus Speedway: 6 injured

Part of the second level of the grandstand at the Columbus Speedway has collapsed at about 5:15pm today: six people are reported as injured and at least one person is still trapped in the rubble. "Numerous medics and rescue squads were on the scene at 1845 Williams Rd. in...

Brazilian church roof collapses, 7 killed

At least seven people were killed and more than 50 were injured on Sunday after the ceiling of an evangelical church in Sao Paulo collapsed. The church in the Brazil's biggest city had around 60 people inside at...

Belgian government falls on bank bailout

The crisis in financial markets took down speculators, is tanking the real economy and now looks to have claimed its first national government as a victim. " Belgium's government collapsed on Friday after a top...

Boy collapses after playing World of Warcraft for 24 hours straight

With the recent release of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, gamers have spent all day and all night trying to level up and explore the new features of the game. A 15-year old schoolboy collapsed and...

Man's best friend saves owner's life

"SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- A dog specially trained to call 911 when his owner suffers seizures grabbed the phone Wednesday morning and whimpered for help when the dispatcher answered, police said.Chris Trott, a veteran...

MONEYTALK update CENTRICA: Nuclear deal $24bn failed, EDF/British energy

Update AUG/02/2008Centrica, Britain's biggest gas and electricity supplier, is to sound out institutional shareholders about reviving plans for a £22.5bn all-share merger with British Energy, The Sunday Telegraph...

Swedish Theme Park Ride Collapses, Injuring 18

UPDATE - 3:30pm ESTAn amusement park ride in Sweden collapsed today, injuring around 18 people. The ride, called 'The Rainbow', is a spinning metal arm with a seating platform on one end. It is unknown what happened to cause the accident, which has left at least 2 riders...

Building collapses on Rice campus in Houston - one person dead

UPDATE: 4:13PM EST"OSHA investigators are on the Rice University campus to investigate the dorm collapse that killed one worker and injured seven others Thursday. It happened at a new dormitory that was...

Crane collapses on Manhattan’s Upper East Side: 2 Dead

You know, there seems to be a lot of crane accidents going on in New York, one wonders if in their haste to build the Big Apple, a few are going to start falling out of the trees.I will try and get some photos...

Dozens injured as floor collapses at Christian rock concert in Abbotsford

No one was killed during a Christian Concert at a local Church in Abbotsford.Apparently a Mosh Pit had formed with a 100 people in front of the stage jumping up and down in unision, when the floor collapsed...

Liza Minnelli collapses during show

"Minnelli "became very ill shortly after the show began" in the city of Gothenburg, said a statement by spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg on the 61-year-old actress's official website.Minnelli dropped her microphone,...

Hotel Atrium Collapses In Maryland

A giant glass skylight fell from eight stories up at an Embassy Suites hotel in Cockeysville, Md.-- amazingly, nobody was hurt."WJZ) COCKEYSVILLE, Md. Investigators are back on the scene one day after the glass skylight breaks loose and falls eight stories into a hotel in...

The Ethanol Scam: One of America's Biggest Political Boondoggles

"The great danger of confronting peak oil and global warming isn't that we will sit on our collective asses and do nothing while civilization collapses, but that we will plunge after "solutions" that will make our...

Shifting Sands: Iraq Power Vacuum, Winner Iran

     NowPublic contributor phrolen is a veteran of Operation IraqiFreedom and Joint Taskforce Katrina. His commentary is based on actualexperience.    ...

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