The Large Hadron Collider Relaunched, First Collisions Recorded

The Large Hadron Collider, or LHC, is back in news today, as the giant particle accelerator produced first particle collisions. The LHC was relaunched on the border between France and Switzerland last Friday. The 27-kilometer-long LHC is used to collide opposing particle...

U.S. Consumers Likely To Spend Less On Gifts This Holiday Season

A new survey done by the U.S. Conference Board reports U.S. households are expected to spend an average of $390 on Christmas gifts, down from last year's estimate of $418. The global economic crisis is a likely culprit in influencing people's decision to spend less this...

FIFA Calls For An "Extraordinary" Meeting In Light Of Controversy

Sepp Blatter, the President of the world soccer governing body FIFA has called for an "extraordinary" meeting of FIFA's Executive Committee "due to recent events in the world of football." In a statement released on its website today, FIFA said "incidents at the play-offs for...

Military Plane Crash In Pisa, Italy, Kills Five

The Italian Air Force's C-130 Hercules transport plane crashed shortly after take-off during a training flight near the historic city of Pisa in the northern region of Italy on Monday. The time of crash is estimated to be 2:10 p.m. local time (0310 GMT). Witnesses say the...

Tinley Park, Illinois, Named The Best Place To Raise Your Kids

Tinley Park, Illinois has topped the list of BusinessWeek's 2010 Best Places To Raise Kids. The criteria that guided BusinessWeek's choice were things like number of schools, household expenditures, crime rates, air quality, jobs, family income, museums, theatres and other...

Great American Smokeout 2009 Urges Smokers To Kick The Habit

Great American Smokeout 2009 is taking place today in the United States. It is an annual campaign against smoking that happens on third Thursday of every November. This year marks the 34th year of the campaign. The American Cancer Society campaign asks smokers to stop smoking...

Alexandra Kerry, Daughter Of Senator John Kerry, Arrested For DUI

Alexandra Forbes Kerry, the 36-year-old daughter of U.S. Senator and the 2004 Democratic Presidential nominee John Kerry, has been arrested for Driving Under Influence (DUI) in Los Angeles early Thursday morning. Kerry was busted when she was pulled over for a traffic...

Eric Steward Drove For 400 Miles Without Stopping By Mistake

Eric Steward, an 81-year-old man from Australia, decided to take a leisurely drive on Monday to grab his morning newspaper, when he took a wrong turn and ended up on a major highway. Steward kept on going for 400 miles from New South Wales to Geelong before finally stopping...

Murder Suspect Jason Bethell Mistakenly Released By U.K. Police

Jason Bethell, a 31-year-old suspected murderer, was mistakenly released by British police from Chelmsford prison on Monday. Bethell was charged with the murder of 58-year-old John Smith. The father of the two was allegedly stabbed by Bethell and died in hospital two months...

Archaic Laws: French Women Still Not Allowed To Wear Pants By Law

A law banning women from wearing pants is still in effect in Paris, France. The law dates back to the 19th century, but is hardly ever enforced anymore. The law states that women in Paris are not allowed to wear trousers in general, but a woman who does want to wear pants...