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,...
An infant that died after falling down the eight-floor
stairwell in Arlington, Texas
had traces of cocaine in his system, according to an autopsy report.
The boy, Joshua Thorne, died just before his second
birthday, and although the baby had been exposed to the illegal narcotic, this
was not the cause of death, according to the...
A pickup truck was hit head on by a train on Thursday at
about 8:46 am as the driver was trying to cross the railroad. Apparently, the
man behind the wheel did not calculate his speed quite right and popped in
front of the train just as it was passing.
Passengers aboard the Whistler Mountaineer tourist train in West
...
Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District's Hammond
station has just made public a shocking video on Saturday caught by its
surveillance cameras.
The video shows a minivan speeding through the train stations’
parking lot trying to outrun a train.
After tacking a closer look at the footage, behind the wheel
of the...
After a spreading wildfire in Plumas County,
vast smoke clouds are flooding the valleys surrounding the area.
The fire has been burning for three days now and has yet to
be contained.
Plumas County's three-day-old “Moonlight fire” is burning in
rugged terrain on a ridgeline bordering the Plumas and Lassen National...
Jenifer Kukla is a 30-year-old mother that lived in Detroit with her two
daughters, 8-year-old Alexandra and 5-year-old Ashley.
She was just recently sentenced to jail after she murdered
her two girls by slashing their throats claiming that she had heard the devil
and that she did this because that was what the voice told her to...
34-year-old Polish novelist Krystian Bala was sentenced to
25 years of jail for a murder that took place 5 years ago. Police found no
evidence in 2000 that would lead to Janis-Zewski’s killer. The corpse was found
4 weeks after its disappearance, stripped to a shirt and underwear. It was
fished out from the Oder River in Poland on...
More than two thirds (3500) of clerical, technical, and
health workers went on strike Wednesday because of the bellow-standard wages
they were receiving.
Workers responsible for fixing computers, distributing
paychecks, assisting dentists and veterinarians and many other employees are
disappointed of the way they are being treated...
According to government officials, the US Air force
accidentally mounted hot nuclear warheads on the wings of a B-52 bomber that
was getting ready for a 3-hour long flight on Wednesday.
The Army Times backs up the story saying that the plane was
traveling from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota
to Barksdale Air Force Base in...
After a weeklong rampage that was thought to end in Mexico, it
appears that Hurricane Henriette is about to blow over.
Henriette weakened slightly Tuesday when it reached the
southern tip of Baja, a popular resort area for the likes of Hollywood
stars and sport fishing enthusiasts.
Henriette was on a direct crash curse with...
Broncheolitis obliterans, also known as “popcorn lung
disease” is apparently a new kind of medical illness.
The first consumer case of “popcorn lung” was discovered in Denver, Colorado,
where a 53-year-old man who has been eating three bags of microwave popcorn a
day for the past 10 years was rushed to the hospital after...
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...