"(WIVB) - It was a busy night for volunteer firefighters across western New York. Firefighters are still trying to determine what sparked two house fires overnight. A tanker truck provided the water firefighters...
" Batmobile Facts: The Batmobile is around 10 feet at its widest point, 15 feet long and 5 feet high. It runs on unleaded fuel and weighs 2.5 tons. The vehicle has six wheels - two in the front, outfitted with sprint...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorSomething is seriously wrong in our Society, when a life is worth more than a Loaf of Bread, as thousands demonstrate against the Egyptian Government rationing of flour,...
May 15th marks the 68th anniversary of the first sale of women’s nylons. Du Pont Corporation were the first to introduce them back on May 15th, 1940 and sold over 5 million pair on that day. Celebrate today by...
"O.J. Simpson's girlfriend, who had been hospitalized in February after a fall, was back in the hospital, this time with two broken legs and other serious injuries, CBS4 in Miami reported."
Nascanner.com: Tony Stewart Complains about the Quality of the offical provider of Rubber for NASCAR. Tony took a pretty bad hit in Las Vegas last week. He realted to reporters that, "There isn't...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorDr. David Suzuki's small steps in helping the environment has many great options for the public to follow in helping the environment, small steps we can all do...
"It has been a long time, but there was a time (in the 1950's through to some of the 1970's) that when one pulled into a "gas station" to fill up, an attendant with a hat and a bowtie would ask the driver for the...
"We don’t need new technology to save us, just a little ingenuity.
After a few minor tweaks, Ernie Rogers can get up to 76 mpg in his 2003 VW diesel Beetle:
He drove 1375 miles…[on] just 18 gallons of fuel–...
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"By Christopher Doering
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Tuesday proposed tougher inspection rules meant to keep dangerous food and other products out of the United States and said he wants broader power to recall food that is unsafe for U.S. consumers.
The...
"BEIJING (Reuters) - A Beijing factory recycled used chopsticks and sold up to 100,000 pairs a day without any form of disinfection, a newspaper said on Wednesday, the latest in a string of Chinese food and product safety scares.
Counterfeit, shoddy and dangerous products are...
The Communist Party has
been trying to fight corruption since 1951, just two years after it
came to power, but it has proven utterly incapable of investigating
itself. There will be progress only when independent prosecutors can go
after senior officials and try them in...
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It's official: Illinois Senator Barack Obama announced his candidacy for the 2008 US Presidential race in Springfield on Saturday. There's been a ton of response out there, as would be expected. For one, there is...
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There's one renewable resource that's flown below the radar for quite some time: garbage."Although solar and wind energy are the best-known renewable energies, generating power from biomass is getting a closer look, as societies try to diversify their fuel...
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"Witnesses question dragster's tricks on road lined with people
By WILL YORK
Associated Press Writer
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SELMER, Tenn. (AP) -- One day after a drag-racing car careened into a crowd and killed six people,...
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