Politicians and protesters prepare for G20 summit

Tuesday, September 22, 2009
World leaders and protesters are heading to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the eastern United States for the G20 summit set to begin this Thursday in Pittsburgh. Politicians at the summit will be discussing ways to help solve the global financial crisis while protesters will advocate everything from universal health care to an end to capitalism.
Activists met in PittsburRead More…

US airlines Delta and Northwest agree to merge

Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Rival United States airlines Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines announced today that they have agreed to merge. The new airline, which will use the Delta name, will be the largest commercial airline in the world.
Technically, Delta will be buying Northwest in a roughly US$3 billion deal. Northwest shareholders will receive 1.25 shares of Delta for each share of NorthwRead More…

Gunman shoots doctor, then kills mother and self at Maryland hospital

Thursday, September 16, 2010
A man shot a faculty physician as well as his own mother before killing himself at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. The shooting occurred on the eighth floor of the Nelson Building, the hospital’s main building. Baltimore police found the suspected shooter, who had been barricaded inside his mother’s hospital room for several hours before killing himselRead More…

Fukushima reactor suffers multiple fires, radiation leak confirmed

Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Fires broke out at the Fukushima Daiichi plant’s No. 4 reactor in Japan on Tuesday, according to the Tokyo Electric Power Company. The first fire caused a leak of concentrated radioactive material, according to the Japanese prime minister, Naoto Kan.
The first fire broke out at 9:40 a.m. local time on Tuesday, and was thought to have been put out, but another fire was disRead More…

What Are The Uses For Ready Mix Concrete In St. Joseph?

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While concrete can be purchased in bags from home improvement stores by the bag, there is still a need for equipment to mix it to the proper consistency. A homeowner may not be experienced in working with concrete and can mess this process up. Concrete that has been mixed incorrectly, with the wrong amount of water, will be inferior. Its useRead More…

Thought-controlled cybernetic arms demonstrated

Friday, September 15, 2006
Jesse Sullivan has two cybernetic arms, after electrical burns suffered while working as an electrical utility lineman resulted in amputation of both his arms at the shoulder. Claudia Mitchell has a similar cybernetic left arm, after a motorcycle accident resulted in amputation. Sullivan and Mitchell shook hands with these thought-controlled prosthetic arms at an evenRead More…

Woman returns home with Christmas turkey, a month after setting out

Tuesday, January 19, 2010
A Scottish woman who set out before Christmas to purchase a turkey finally made it home on Monday, after being cut off by snow for a month. Kay Ure left the Lighthouse Keeper’s cottage on Cape Wrath, at the very northwest tip of Great Britain, in December. She was heading to Inverness on a shopping trip.
However on her return journey heavy snow and ice prevented her husRead More…

IMF Offers Special Loan for Tsunami-Hit Countries

Wednesday, January 5, 2005
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Rodrigo Rato offered special relief funds for the countries victim of the tsunami disaster. The money is, however, in the form of a loan. The IMF has been present in the area on various occasions. The IMF offered a one billion U.S. dollar loan. The money would be given as Emergency Natural Disaster Assistance facRead More…

Vitamin Supplements Helps You Stay Healthy

Read An Opinion On: Best Supplements For Frenchies Vitamins are known as micro-nutrients, this means they are required in small quantities. Their requirement in smaller quantities doesn’t mean that they are less important. Their requirement is important in keeping the body healthy, than in the building up of the body.Deficiency of vitamins can bring about various diseases. Many a time what Read More…