Archive for December 2010
Laura Dekker’s solo voyage
Fifteen-year-old Laura Dekker,aiming to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world, was in good spirits after completing the 2,200 nautical-mile (2,532 land-mile, 4,074-kilometer) trip from the Cape Verde Islands off West Africa.Dekker’s venture stirred an intense controversy about whether young people should be allowed to sail the world’s oceans alone. A Dutch…
Read MoreAirport delays in Britain
The extreme snowfall caused thousands of Britons to delay their Christmas plans due to the cancellation’ of plane’s flying out of Heathrow and Gatwick Airport’s. Only a few flights departed and the heavy snowfall forced the people to sleep at the airport or in a nearby hotel. Many planes were frozen into their parking places.…
Read MoreGeneral Motors Faces More Seat Belt Recalls
General Motors Company said on Friday it is recalling about 111,000 GMC Terrain,Chevy Equinox, and Cadillac SRX 2011 small SUV models because the anchor to the seat belt buckle may fail, which could lead to injury in a crash. Dealers will start notifying owners of the vehicles involved in January, GM said. GM will pay…
Read MoreBrett Favre sits out for the second game in a row
Brett Favre has a new streak, He’ll sit out for the second game in a row.The Minnesota Vikings declared Favre will be out for Monday night against Chicago, after another week without enough progress on the sprained joint between his neck and shoulder. Frazier said the numbness Favre has been feeling in his hand has…
Read MoreDon’t ask, Don’t Tell ban lifted
President Obama has lifted the don’t ask, don’t tell ban and supports the move and will sign it into law ,now openly gay people are going to be allowed to serve in the military since the US senate has approved this legislation. The don’t ask, don’t tell law that was made in 1993 that bans…
Read MoreAre The Bone Fragments Amelia Earhart’s Or A Sea Turtle?
The three bone fragments showed up on a deserted South Pacific island that lay along the course Amelia Earhart was following when she vanished. Nearby were several artifacts, some glass bottles, old makeup and shells that had been cut open. Now scientists at the University of Oklahoma hope to draw DNA from the tiny bone…
Read MoreSpider-Man Show postponed a month
Reeve Carney stars in the Spider Man Production playing Peter Parker. The lavish musical spectacle is the most expensive production ever staged on Broadway it features music written by Bono and The Edge of U2. There are 41 members in the cast with 18 orchestra members ,it has 27 daring aerial stunts plus several complicated…
Read MoreU.S. Attorney Preet Bharara called the settlement a “game changer” for Madoff’s victims
The widow of a Florida philanthropist who had been the single largest recipient of Bernard Madoff’s colossal Ponzi scheme has agreed to return $7.2 billion in bogus profits to the victims of the fraud, she and authorities announced today. The trustee recovering money for Madoff’s ripped off investors filed court papers formalizing the settlement with…
Read MoreBlues style rock and Roll artist Don Van Vliet dies aged 69
Best known for his stage name Captain Beefheart, musician and painter Don Vliet died in California from complications from multiple sclerosis. He fronted his band called Magic Band which rose to prominence in the 1960’s with a unique style of blues inspired rock and roll that would ultimately secure his place in music history as…
Read MoreUFC Sean Pierson loses half of his Dream
Sean Pierson has had two lifelong dreams come true recently. In his first public appearance in the cage at UFC ,Pierson defeated Matt Riddle and he was hired by the Toronto Police Department. Unfortunately, his character as a fighter has prevented him from being a Policeman.Pierson was relinquished of his duties by the Toronto Police.…
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