Note — August 24, 2015 This article is insufficiently clear on one detail, namely that one victim (the gunman’s mother) was shot and killed in a […]
Read MoreExplosion, steam eruption near Grand Central Terminal in New York City
Wednesday, July 18, 2007 A pipe has burst in New York City, the largest city in the United States, causing a generator to explode. The […]
Read MoreFDA says Coca-Cola’s Diet Coke Plus is misbranded
Thursday, December 25, 2008 The US Food and Drug Administration has written a warning letter to The Coca-Cola Company that Diet Coke Plus violates the […]
Read More“Dr Dino” gets 10 years in prison after failure to pay taxes
Friday, January 19, 2007 In November 2006 Pensacola, Florida evangelist Kent Hovind and his wife, Jo, were found guilty on 58 federal counts of “willful […]
Read MoreFederally-funded abstinence programs fraught with problems: Report
Thursday, December 2, 2004 WASHINGTON, DC — According to a report issued by U.S. House of Representatives Congressman Henry A. Waxman (D–CA), the majority of […]
Read MoreAustralian researchers confirm stress makes you sick
Wednesday, December 7, 2005 Australian researchers say they have scientifically proven that stress causes sickness. The Garvan Institute in Sydney has discovered that a hormone, […]
Read MoreBush addresses nation on economic crisis; Congress debates bailout
Thursday, September 25, 2008 United States President George W. Bush addressed the nation on the economic financial crisis from inside the White House saying the […]
Read More2007 Taipei International Travel Fair: Taiwanese government promote premiums on tourism industry
Saturday, December 15, 2007 2007 Taipei International Travel Fair (Taipei ITF), supported by governments with new premiums promoted by Executive Yuan in the future, started […]
Read MoreNew study claims Stonehenge was a place of healing
Thursday, September 25, 2008 Archaeologists Timothy Darvill of Bournemouth University and Geoff Wainwright, President of the Society of Antiquaries, claimed to have found evidence that […]
Read MoreLatest trial of the One Laptop Per Child running in India; Uruguay orders 100,000 machines
Thursday, November 8, 2007 India is the latest of the countries where the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) experiment has started. Children from the village […]
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