Tiger Woods and his ex-wife Elin Nordegren will soon become neighbors as the latter is set to buy a beachfront mansion near the golf star’s home. The Palm Beach Post reported yesterday that the 30-year old Nordegren bought a 17,000-square foot home with eight bedrooms located in North Palm Beach. Tiger Woods said last week […]
The bus driver of a passenger bus which crashed March 12 in the Bronx had his license suspended by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Ophadel Williams, 40, was behind the wheel of the bus which swerved, flipped over, and smashed into street poles, killing 15 passengers. Williams said he avoided a tractor-trailer and lost control of […]
Public health authorities are still fighting the difficult scourge of smoking and health officials said in a report that banning menthol cigarettes may discourage more people to pick up the habit. A panel of advisers commissioned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration concluded after a year of study that the menthol flavor in cigarette […]
The New York Knicks have often been criticized for not playing good enough defense to be championship contenders this season. But for one night at least, defense hardly mattered. Knicks guard Toney Douglas drained 9 of a team record 20 three point shots to beat the visiting Memphis Grizzlies 120-99 at Madison Square Garden. Douglas […]
Parkinson’s disease patients can benefit from gene therapy according to a new study published Thursday in The Lancet. Researchers applied the experimental gene therapy on 37 individuals diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Sixteen of them received gene therapy while 21 others had bogus treatments. Motor skills of the participants who had gene therapy improved by 23 […]
Japanese food including noodles, seafood, snacks and other processed products will be monitored for abnormal radiation levels, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a statement. The agency said it is considering measures that “may include increased and targeted product sampling” of imported Japanese food because of the nuclear crisis in Japan. “FDA will […]
Japan flights are being re-routed and re-scheduled by foreign carriers away from Tokyo because of the radiation scare from the damaged Fukushima nuclear reactors. Alitalia and Lufthansa Airlines have shifted flights from Tokyo’s Narita airport to Nagoya and Osaka. The German carrier said in a news release that it implemented the change “in an effort […]
The housing market will unlikely recover until many years from now according to analysts, and the latest data supports the bleak outlook. A report from the Department of Commerce on Wednesday showed that building permits plunged 8.1 percent in February to its lowest mark since 1960. Meanwhile, home construction dropped 22.5 percent to 479,000 homes […]
High food prices are about to get even higher in the coming months and American consumers are bracing to skimp with their grocery spending. About 14 percent of the household budget in the U.S. is allocated for food. Wholesale prices grew to their fastest pace in 36 years in February with adverse weather conditions largely […]
Radiation levels in Japan have been unstable and have hit levels dangerous to human health several times as nuclear power plant technicians scramble to prevent a meltdown of the Fukushima Da-Ichi plant. Authorities have dispatched additional workers to help the 50 technicians cool down the exposed fuel rods. They are attempting to restart the failed […]
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