Not really like a jet, however his name is Jet, Jet Nguyen. Although on Wednesday, this young boy probably felt like a bit like a plane after getting to experience what raw wind really feels like against the...
created by Jessica Tucker | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 235 views | 36 recommendations | 4 comments
"DETROIT — Detroit is on pace to have its lowest number of homicides in more than 40 years. As of Monday, the Detroit Police Department unofficially recorded 340 homicides, about 14% less then last year's total of 396. The number is the lowest homicide total since 1967,...
created by Jawa Lunk | 4 years ago 294 views | 14 recommendations | 4 comments
According to predictions from Merrill Lynch & Co. crude oil is expected to drop below $25 a barrel. Definetly news which oil/energy companies are not going to be very happy about. What do you think about...
created by mazevedo | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1114 views | 9 recommendations | 9 comments
"On Nov. 18, 2008, spacewalking astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper dropped her backpack-sized toolbag and it floated away from the International Space Station. The errant bag, about as big as a hiker's...
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"I’ve been reading with interest what’s been happening this week in Cataluña regarding the…ahem language spoken by the Catalan media. The Periódico de Cataluña gave us an insight this week into the right and wrong way of pronouncing certain Catalan expressions which...
created by catalonia | 4 years ago 217 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
European stock markets are panicing today as investors learn that Germany, Europe's largest economy, has officially fallen into recession. In morning trading Britain's FTSE 100 was down about 1.3 percent and the...
created by Dave Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 177 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Snow has come bizarely early in the UK this year, with the Southwest of the country getting snowfall yesterday. The Southwest of England usually doesn't see much snow at all for the entire winter."Luton Airport was forced to divert a number of its flights on Tuesday evening ...
created by Dave Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 258 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
A small plane carrying a British family has crashed on the east coast of Ireland, killing everyone on board. The plane is thought to have gone down on Saturday in a remote area, but rescuers were unable to fund it...
created by Dave Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 712 views | 11 recommendations | 2 comments
"CareToLive Sends Writ to Supreme Court of the United States October 24th, 2008 | Posted by CTL Share This While the FDA continues to tow the untenable line they have chosen and while they continue...
Another sad statistic of the Bush administration will be the rise in suicides due to unemployment and foreclosures. During the depression of 1929 the suicide rate spiked and many Wall Street investors and brokers jumped from high rise buildings after the stock market crash....
The 42-day detention law, which would have extended the amount of time a person suspected of terrorism could be held without charge, has reportedly been dropped from Prime Minister Gordon Brown's agenda. The issue has been enormously controversial in the UK across party...
created by Dave Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 122 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
" Former India batsman Kris Srikkanth, who was dropped as captain after seeking better payments for his peers in his playing days, was named chief selector by the Indian cricket board on Saturday. Srikkanth,...
created by Amitjha | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 2170 views | 3 recommendations | 8 comments
"CHARLESTON, West Virginia (AP) -- A West Virginia man accused of passing gas and fanning it toward a police officer no longer faces a battery charge. ...
"Democrats have decided to allow a quarter-century ban on drilling for oil off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to expire next week, conceding defeat in a months-long battle with the White House and Republicans set...
created by Albert Milliron | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 184 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
"CAMDEN, S.C. — While the political class was focused on the meaning of pigs wearing lipstick, a few fortunate South Carolinians were riveted by the meaning of valor. The occasion was a celebration of four of the state’s living recipients of the Medal of Honor—Charles...