As if the Anthony Weiner lewd photo scandal was not enough, here comes another revelation that the New York representative tweeted a 17-year old girl from Delaware. “According to Congressman Weiner, his communications with this person were neither explicit nor indecent,” said Anthony Weiner’s spokeswoman Risa Heller. The girl’s family confirmed that there were messages […]
Moammar Gadhafi will soon have to face the inevitable fate that lies ahead for him in the face of the relentless rebel and NATO attacks against his regime. Each day that passes is one day closer to an exile for the long-time dictator. Through his son Saif al-Islam, Moammar Gadhafi is said to be exploring […]
The periodic table of elements just got a bit tougher to memorize, thanks to the addition of two new elements whose existence is fleeting and can only be created in laboratories. Pending formal names and symbols, elements 114 and 116 have been recognized by a panel of chemists and physicists from around the world. “Our […]
Developing countries are in danger of having overheating economies if they do not put up measures to tweak their fiscal strategies, the World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects report warned today. Lead author of the report Andrew Burn said that emerging markets need to move beyond crisis-level steps “towards a more neutral stance in terms of […]
Sony Corp. unveiled its next generation portable gaming machine, PlayStation Vita, a touch-interface and motion-sensitive handheld that outdoes its workhorse PlayStation Portable and will go on sale before the winter holidays. Company executives called the device Sony’s biggest product launch since the PlayStation 3 five years ago. The device will allow gamers to be connected […]
A Chile volcano located along the Argentinean-Chilean border erupted violently on Monday, sending massive amounts of ash that forced airports, Andean ski resorts and most other facilities to shut down. Not only suffocating ash but dangerous toxic fumes and flash floods threatened villages near the Chile volcano. Authorities have reported that 4,000 people from 22 […]
Yemen protests turned to celebrations on Sunday in Sanaa as reports surfaced that long-time ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh was taken to a Saudi Arabian hospital for treatment of injuries he suffered during a rocket attack. Many of those who have been involved with the Yemen protests see the departure as the victorious culmination of a […]
Authorities said a 16-year-old U.S. high school student was shot and killed at a Costa Rican hotel by a security guard who mistook him for a thief. High school senior Justin Johnston of McLouth, Kansas was shot in the chest before dawn Thursday at the La Cangreja Lodge hotel in the city of La Fortuna […]
Alabama lawmakers approved a comprehensive law cracking down on illegal immigrants in the state, getting even tougher than what the controversial anti-immigration measure passed by the state of Arizona required. After the Republican-dominated Alabama legislature passed the bill on Thursday, Gov. Robert Bentley, also a Republican, will sign the bill into law shortly. A provision […]
Nuclear power plants in Germany once produced a full quarter of the electricity in Europe’s largest economy. But the Fukushima reactor incident have accelerated the planned phase-out of nuclear energy in favor of less-risky renewable types of power. Today, the German government announced that all 17 of the country’s nuclear power plants will be shut […]
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