North 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…
Read MoreIgnition Problems in Nissan nine models recalled
Again more cars are being recalled worldwide because of problems from the factory. Nissan just announced they are recalling 2.1 million cars that possibly have ignition problems. If you have a Micra or Infiniti model that was built at Nissan’s Sunderland factory between January 2004 and March 2006 or some of the other nine models…
Read MoreIndonesia tsunami kills 113; many more still missing
The Indonesian islands were pounded by a 10-foot (three-meter) tsunami that swept away homes, killing at least 113 people. Casualties are expected to rise in this sparsely populated surfing destination as more information is coming in slows in the area. More than 4,000 people are expected to spend the night without shelter because tents and…
Read MoreStocks Fall with Worries Over Fed’s Strategy
Wall Street was jumping at the Wednesday open on worries that the Federal Reserve’s next round of quantitative easing could be smaller than expected. The central bank is widely expected to announce a restart to its program to purchase Treasury bonds when it gathers next week, but the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that the…
Read MoreNew home sales still at a slow recovery
New homes sales moves up higher is September according to government figures reported Wednesday, but the recovery from the all-time lows reached earlier this year are still at slow pace. Sales of new built single-family homes rose to an annual rate of 307,000 units in September from 288,000 units the month before, the Commerce Department…
Read MoreMulti-sports center to be built in Haiti
ACAPULCO, Mexico — The International Olympic Committee announced plans Monday to build a multi-sports development center in the nation of Haiti. IOC spokesman Mark Adams said the center will represent a “lasting legacy” as the island nation tries to recover from January’s quake that killed as many as 300,000 people. The Haiti multi-sports development center…
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