The effects that Hurricane Ike had on Galveston can still be felt now. The University of Texas Medical Branch from Galveston was badly damaged by the strong winds and rain that Ike brought during this fall. Because the teaching hospital is running out of money, nearly 3,800 workers will be laid off. The next three months will be crucial for the hospital,...
After praising to he world about a bridge project of 400
million dollars worth, connecting Ketchikan, population 7,500, and nearby Gravina Island, where the
town’s airstrip is located, the State of Alaska has officially renounced the
plan altogether.
The bridge had been nicknamed as the “bridge to nowhere”
because of its...
Star Simpson, MIT student was arrested inside a terminal at Boston's Logan
Airport where she was
waiting for her boyfriend, after police noticed she was carrying a bomb-like
device.
The 19-year-old sophomore from Hawaii first aroused suspicions when she
approached an airport worker inside the terminal.
Her “home-made” device...
According to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, among the
invitations President Bush has prepared for the November conference, members of
the Arab League follow-up committee are also invited, including Syria.
Although the invitations have not gone out yet, the rumors
have started to steer-up other invitees but Condoleezza told...
A NASA probe circling Mars is back at full strength as
researchers ponder its past views of possible cave entrances on the red
planet's surface.
The holes may be openings, called skylights, in the ceilings
of underground caves. The discovery is announced in a scientific paper
published recently in Geophysical Research...
NASA is preparing for the next moon landing by developing
plans for new and larger habitats for the astronauts. Transportation will also
get un update to sporty new rovers capable of two-week treks.
NASA officials said it would be easier to build a moon base
by transporting up to three large habitats on fewer flights rather...
A judge in Tennessee
has just passed a new law that deemed the state's method of executing prisoners
by lethal injection as illegal because it is a cruel and unusual punishment.
According to aleta trauger,f ederal judge the inmates were not properly anesthetised before
the injection was administered leading to a painthul...
According to a recent study conducted released on Thursday
by Families USA, an advocacy insurance group more than one-third of the people
in the United States
under the age of 65 had no health insurance for some or all of 2006 and 2007
The numbers show 89.6 million individuals that have
admitted not having insurance for at least a...
A man is in the emergency room at the Medical University of
South Carolina after an alligator severed his arm off while he was diving.
Bill Hedden, 59, of Summerville, was diving at Lake Moultrie
near Short Stay Naval Recreational Park
when all of a sudden an alligator attacked him.
As the wounded diver, still wearing his diving...
A student at the University
of Florida was escorted out of an
auditorium hall during a speech given by US senator John Kerry.
State law enforcement
officials are investigating the case of Andrew Meyer, 21, who was tasered by
campus police as he tried to question Sen. John Kerry during a forum.
The incident was caught on video...
Francisco Javier Arellano Felix, notorious Mexican drug lord
and alleged family-run drug cartel boss will be facing imprisonment for life
without the possibility of parole.
The mob boss has testified to have been behind a number of
murders both across the Mexican and The United States border.
Javier pleaded guilty to running a...
Childhood Infections Need to be Better Tracked
The federal officials have asked doctors and state health agencies to be more careful when they diagnose children because many of the kids aged under 5 can now be...
Teen Kills Himself in Front of Webcam
An official told Fox News on Friday that a teenager from Florida committed suicide in front of his webcam after he had posted online messages announcing everyone about...
Today is Thursday, June 5
the 157th day of 2008 with 209 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and...
General Petraeus Set for Central Command
It appears that U. S. President George W. Bush’s favorite
general has been handed the task of winning the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
as well as confronting the...
A culinary journey through Crete
Almost as soon as you set foot on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete the poignant smell of oregano, wild flowers and wild teas tickles your senses while the...