Archive for October 2010
Bombs found on two cargo jets in UK and Dubal
Bombs were found on two cargo jets in UK and Dubal , the parcel found in Dubal traveled on two separate passenger plans via the airlines’ hub in Doha ,a spokesman for Qatar Airways said. Printer Cartridges carried the bombs that were inserted and the two packages were addressed to synagogues in the Chicago area.…
Read MoreThe big question, Will Favre play with two fractures in his ankle
After 291 consecutive starts, Favre was listed as questionable Friday for the Vikings game Sunday against the New England with two fractures in his ankle. Favre’s left ankle was broken in last week’s loss to Green Bay. That means the odds are 50-50 he’ll play. Leave it to Favre and there’s no question he’ll be…
Read MoreMini Art in a vending machine
Lars Kaiser, a 35-year-old artist from Potsdam, Germany said he has installed about 100 art vending machines in public buildings, bars and on exterior walls throughout Germany. The refurbished vending machines once sold cigarettes, chewing gum or condoms. The vending machines are art in them self. The artist who wanted to make art more accessible…
Read MoreThe world’s largest cruise liner twin faces its first big test today
The world’s largest cruise liner has a twin,The Allure of the Seas, which cruised out of the shipyard in Turku, southwestern Finland where it was built, faces its first big test today, when it must squeeze under a Danish bridge, just one foot taller than the ship,even after its telescopic smokestacks are lowered. Spanning nearly…
Read MoreCeline Dion names Twins
A statement released by St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., said that the 42-year-old superstar singer, Celine Dion delivered premature but healthy fraternal boys Eddy and Nelson Saturday afternoon. One boy weighed 5 pounds, 10 ounces, while the other weighed 5 pounds, 4 ounces. The boys came a month early. Dion was…
Read MoreNorth and South Koreans’ reunited
Four South Korean soldiers,believed to be killed in action in North Korea, were alive and were able to meet their family members from the South.Relatives divided since 1953 were reunited for the first time Saturday at a South Korean-built tourism resort in North Korea amid tensions between the two sides.On Friday, the day before the…
Read MoreMom Kills Her Baby for Interrupting Facebook game
A Florida woman Alexandra Tobias age 22 was charged for shaking her baby to death and Wednesday She pleaded guilty to a charge of second-degree murder and faces 25 to 50 years in prison. She will be sentenced in December. Tobias admitted shaking her 3-month-old baby Dylan Lee Edmondson to death after the little boys…
Read MoreBad cementing job blamed for deadly blow out of BP’s oil well in the Gulf
Tests that were performed before the deadly blow out of BP’s oil well in the Gulf of Mexico should have raised questions about the cement used to seal the well,but the company and its cementing contractor used it anyway, Investigators with the president’s oil spill commission said on Thursday that the cement was unstable. The…
Read MoreFormal Education could make for better health
A new study suggests that meaningful relationships with others and a sense of purpose in life can help reduce the negative health impacts of having less schooling and education. It is well known that lack of education is a strong indicator of poor health and a relatively early death, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison…
Read MoreCrises of Housing Foreclosures
The housing foreclosure crisis had reached greater proportions and continue to spread wider across the country in the United States according to Realty Trac,the company the keeps track of the repossession activity. Foreclosure notices saw an increase in metropolitan areas like Chicago,Seattle and a majority of other large cities that in the past had a…
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