A compilation of brief news reports for Thursday, December 4, 2008. File:Imsdal 33cl.JPG On December 2, the Toronto city council voted in favor of banning the sales and distribution of bottled water on city property. The council also agreed to provide public drinking fountains on their properties, as well as on a measure that would make […]
BP: Plug for underwater oil leak in Gulf of Mexico fails
Sunday, May 30, 2010 The top kill procedure implemented by BP on the leaking Deepwater Horizon oil well on Wednesday has failed. According to David Suttles, BP’s chief operating officer, “We have been unable to overcome the flow.” Suttles stated that after studying three days of results, BP determined that the procedure was a failure. […]
Select The Best Driving School And Start A Promising Driving Career
Read More About: Labour Hire Companies Australia Submitted by: Emilyy Smith Driving Schools in Alberta and Calgary provide comprehensive driver training in all vehicles. The vehicles include motorcycles, cars and trucks in addition to defensive driving tactics. In a reputed driving school theoretical as well practical training helps the learner to understand all road rules […]
Heavy snow fall disrupts UK transportation and communications
Monday, February 2, 2009 The heaviest snow to fall for 6 years has caused transport problems in some parts of the United Kingdom, especially in London, where it was the heaviest snow for 18 years. It was caused by cold air travelling westwards towards the British Isles from Poland and Russia. As showers moved across […]
Several groups seek to purchase Saturn auto brand
Thursday, May 7, 2009 Penske Automotive Group, Inc., an Ohio-based investment group and Telesto Ventures have indicated separately that they are interested in purchasing the Saturn auto brand from General Motors (GM). According to The Wall Street Journal, Nissan-Renault is interested in purchasing Saturn. Bloomberg, however, indicated that Nissan-Renault may be a partner of Penske’s […]
News briefs:July 15, 2010
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Biography Of Baseball Player Roger Clemens
Read More About: Retirement Villages In Nsw Biography of Baseball Player Roger Clemens by John Stone William \”Roger\” Clemens is a former professional baseball player, and pitcher for various teams, such as the Boston Red Sox, and the New York Yankees. Roger was born on August 4th, 1962. Throughout his career, Roger Clemens won seven […]
Ohio man charged with second-degree murder of Charlottesville, Virginia counter-protester
Wednesday, August 16, 2017 James Alex Fields Jr. of Maumee, Ohio was arrested Saturday and charged with second-degree murder in the death of Heather Heyer of Charlottesville, Virginia when a car drove into a crowd of people counter-protesting a group of white supremacists who were in Charlottesville to protest the removal of the town statue […]
Al Jazeera English news channel to go live today
Tuesday, November 14, 2006 Al Jazeera marks its tenth birthday by launching Al Jazeera English on cable, satellite, on broadband, IPTV, ADSL, terrestrial and mobile phone platforms in Western Europe, the Middle East, Australia, Malaysia and there will be a live stream to the one billion users of the Internet worldwide. Cable providers will take […]
US unemployment rate reaches 9.8%
Friday, October 2, 2009 Companies in the United States are shedding more jobs, pushing the country’s unemployment rate to a 26-year high of 9.8%. The US Labor Department said on Friday that employers cut 263,000 jobs in September, with companies in the service industries — including banks, restaurants and retailers — hit especially hard. This […]