YouTube Producers Milk Fatal Toronto Explosion For Fun And Profit

"The fiery mushroom cloud that rose over downtown Toronto last week must have been pretty scary to everyone who saw it. The explosion of a propane storage facility killed two people and forced 12,000 people to...

13,000 Residents Return Home After Massive Toronto Propane Fire

A 22-year veteran Toronto firefighter is dead of apparent natural causes after fighting a giant blaze at a propane facility. An employee of the Facility is still missing after the Sunrise Propane Industrial Gas...

JAPAN Yokosuka nuclear incident, plant worker radiated

Radiation exposures at nuke fuel plant rise to four The global Nuclear Fuel-Japan Co admits worker inhaled uranium. 8 grams "jumped" out of a pellet machine producing Uranium dioxide. The Japanese trade ministry's...

$27 million dollar project to save birds, bees, and bats

From my website:"This week, the Global Environment Facility, has launched a new $27 million dollar project with the goal of saving animals that are needed to pollinate the many crops of the world. The United...

Rare Elephant Born in South Ontario: Named "Chuck" after Keeper

" CAMBRIDGE, Ont. — A rare Asian elephant born at a southern Ontario safari park last month is the first third-generation calf born on the continent. The 107-kilogram male was born July 15 to an 11-year-old...

100 Year-old Tortoise acts as Mom to Baby Hippo

"100 Year-old Tortoise acts as Mom to Baby Hippo A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise in an animal facility in...

More Liquidity Leads to Falling Dollar and Rising Oil Prices

What's wrong with our economy? Well, in historical terms, not really all that much. But we do have some problems. The most pressing concern right now is that the dollar's value is falling in comparison to other countries' currencies. Why? All I know is that it doesn't help...

Aged care staff may face criminal charges

A VICTORIAN nursing home could face criminal charges after some elderly residents were found to weigh as little as 25kg or less. " The Federal Government has threatened to close Kirralee Residential Aged Care Facility in Ballarat after an investigation found the home...

Attack on Asylum Center in Norway

Over twenty people were left injured at the Nordbybraaten center for asylum seekers when a group of men with bats and iron bars attacked the facility. This is the second attack this week."The center's director, Ole Morten Lyng, says 40 to 50 men were involved in the "planned"...

Six-legged deer has second tail amputated

"Six-legged deer has second tail amputated This six-legged deer is recovering in an animal hospital after being attacked by two dogs. Last Updated: 5:02PM BST 22 Jul 2008 Vets expect the deer to recover...

Health Care insurance For Visitors travelling to US

"""""""""Visitor medical insurance has become an essential part of the global economy today. Now-a-days, the frequency of the people traveling abroad is on an increase. If anyone is traveling within his/her own country, they need not apply for a separate policy to cover them...

Condoleezza Rice to meet North Korean counterpart for nuclear talks

Ending their long held position US has extended olive branch to communist regime of  North Korea after latter abandoned their nuclear programme. Now US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice will meet her Korean counterpart next week to take the discussion further. ...

Pakistan seeks $810m ADB loan for power

To meet the power deficit in the country Pakistani government is negotiating for a credit facility to set up the power projects. Government is hoping to eradicated the power woes with new facilities.   ...

Fed may extend Wall Street lending

The Fed may have no choice but to prop up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but the same can't be said for the big investment banks, which seem to me to be little more than glorified gambling houses. The Fed continuing to extend credit to here is kind of like the house giving a...

Greater Vancouver Zoo, Lion Eats Eagle in front of visitors.

Certainly a sad day, and horrific experience for onlookers and especially children who  witnessed  a trained Golden eagle performing, only to be harrassed by crows and into the waiting mouth of a...

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