Seat belts, safety features in newer vehicles, and measures against drunken driving are some of the factors being attributed for the drop in road fatalities in the United States. A report from the Department of Transportation showed Friday that 32,788 people died in road mishaps in 2010, dropping 3 percent from a year earlier, and […]
The Cricket World Cup final to be held at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai tomorrow has pushed ticket prices to exorbitant levels as high as $10,000 each. India won over Pakistan in the semifinal to earn the right to battle Sri Lanka for the first all-Asian final in Cricket World Cup history. Sri Lanka and India […]
Unemployment benefit claims declined for the second time in three weeks, dropping by 6,000 to 388,000 last week according to the latest Labor Department report. That may signal that U.S. businesses are retaining more workers and looking to hire additional ones as the economy recovers. The current number of applications for unemployment benefits is near […]
Lung cancer is projected to kill 159,000 people in the U.S. this year and remains the number one cause of cancer deaths in the country and in the whole world. Some 70,500 of those Americans are women, and a new report from the American Cancer Society shows that as a group, there was a less […]
The G-20 meeting of finance chiefs in Nanjing, China today will likely focus less on U.S. monetary policy and more on multiple disasters in Japan and the debt situation in European countries. U.S. fiscal policy, specifically its alleged push of the dollar in the market, has been criticized heavily by Chinese authorities, with one Chinese […]
Vitamin D levels in the United States seem to meet current recommended guidelines according to a report released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Just eight percent of Americans suffer from Vitamin D deficiency which is linked to numerous conditions like cancer and diabetes. The vitamin is also a nutrient crucial in […]
Radiation in milk samples in California and Washington has raised fears that the Japan radiation is spreading beyond the water supply into food products in the United States. A Spokane, Washington milk sample showed traces of radioactive iodine-131 in March 25, but health officials said the amount found was 5,000 times lower than what is […]
Britney Spears and the pop star’s father are facing a $10 million lawsuit filed against them by a marketing firm. Brand Sense Partners LLC said it got ripped off valuable money when Spears renegotiated a deal with cosmetics empire Elizabeth Arden in 2010. In its court filing, the marketing company said it brokered the fragrance […]
Qantas Airlines are following other carriers in scaling back services largely due to rising fuel prices and also because of natural disasters hitting some of its key destinations. The carrier said it plans to cut costs by scaling back flights and letting go of some personnel. Domestic seats will go down from 14 percent to […]
The foreclosure assistance program with a $1 billion budget launched last year by the Obama administration was supposed to help unemployed Americans stay afloat while finding new jobs. “It will give millions of families resigned to financial ruin a chance to rebuild,” Obama said at the time of the program’s launch. “By bringing down the […]
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