Saturday, October 4, 2008 The U.S. Senate passed a revised bailout bill designed to help the struggling U.S. financial economy, which has measures nearly identical to the bill rejected by the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday. “Senate Democrats and Republicans believe it is essential that we work quickly on this important legislation to restore […]
The Onion: An interview with ‘America’s Finest News Source’
Sunday, November 25, 2007 Despite the hopes of many University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) students, The Onion was not named after their student center. “People always ask questions about where the name The Onion came from,” said President Sean Mills in an interview with David Shankbone, “and when I recently asked Tim Keck, who was one […]
Michael Vick placed under tighter restrictions after failing drug test
Wednesday, September 26, 2007 After testing positive for marijuana amid the latest drug test, former NFL star Michael Vick was placed under tighter restrictions by U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson. Vick must be home between between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. and he must submit to random drug tests that will be conducted in the […]
Turmeric Extract May Help Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease
Read More About: Mens Health Supps By Darrell Miller In India, Alzheimer’s disease is fairly uncommon, with a less than 1 percent chance of people over the age of sixty-five living in certain rural areas developing the disease. The risk is just 2.4 percent for those who live in the larger cities and rural areas. […]
Mongolia’s ex-communists ahead going into Sunday’s election
Sunday, May 22, 2005 “Communism was much better,” said Tsahiriin Daariimaa Saturday on the eve of Mongolia‘s presidential elections. Polls predict that many Mongolians plan to vote for their former communist rulers — the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party (MPRP). Under communism, “everyone worked for the collective farm,” Daariimaa said. None of her children has a […]
Michael Jackson film “This Is It” to be premiered in at least 15 world cities simultaneously
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Michael Jackson’s This Is It, a documentary film based on world-famous singer Michael Jackson rehearsing for his last tour before his untimely death, will be premiered in at least 15 cinemas in cities all over the world simultaneously. The film is due to premiere on October 27 and October 28. The […]
Massive 7.5 earthquake strikes Indonesia
Sunday, November 16, 2008 According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) a major magnitude 7.5 earthquake has struck Sulawesi, Indonesia, causing a tsunami warning to be issued. The USGS originally reported the quake as a 7.8. Local seismologists in Indonesia put the magnitude at 7.7. The NOAA had issued a tsunami warning for all […]
How Important Are Managed Services In Melbourne?
Read More About: Richard Light How important are managed services in Melbourne? by djc The managed services Melbourne in the field of IT include a lot of jobs like Home Office support, Home Computer support, IT infrastructure installation, setting up IT for a new office, server support, moving IT to another new office, computer support […]
Solar car travels around the world
Friday, December 5, 2008 On December 4, 2008, a solar car, developed by scientists at Swiss universities, ended its journey of traveling around the world at the United Nations climate talks in Pozna?, Poland. Yvo de Boer, the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, rode into Pozna? in the vehicle, along […]
China hit by biggest cyberattack to date
Monday, August 26, 2013 Early last night, massive attacks targeted China’s Internet, slowing access to a crawl. The Chinese .cn domain was targeted in the latest of many denial of service attacks against China. According to the China Internet Network Information Center, which manages the .cn domain, this attack was the largest of its kind. […]