An earthquake that rocked Southern Michigan Saturday afternoon shows that it isn’t just developing countries or geologically active areas that need to worry about earthquakes – it could happen to us. The area was shaken […]
Day: May 2, 2015
Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Soros Dodged $7 billion In Taxes
It’s well known that the rich tend play play by a different set of rules than the rest of us. Case in point: George Soros, who may soon decide to pay a monumental tax bill […]
Floyd Mayweather Doesn’t Want The World To Know He’s A Serial Wife Beater
While the American public and the boxing world watch the hotly anticipated fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, there are a few people who won’t be there: The sports reporters who’ve spoken openly about […]
Is Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Too Big To Fail?
At his annual meeting on Saturday, Warren Buffett predictably rejected the idea that Berkshire Hathaway Inc, a sprawling conglomerate he has built over 50 years, has grown so big that it is now too big […]
Judge Dismisses Case Over Cheap ‘Hidden City’ Airline Tickets
Despite not losing for the right reasons, United Airlines lost the latest round in its effort to stop a website that helps people find “hidden city” ticket pairs. The airline, as well as online travel […]
Human Pros Dominating Poker Robot – For Now
At the halfway point of the “Brains Vs. Artificial Intelligence” poker tournament between software developed at Carnegie Mellon University and four of the world’s top players, the humans are handily winning. The CMU computer program, […]
Iowa Declares State Of Emergency Over Bird Flu Outbreak
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad declared a state of emergency on Friday to confront a spiraling bird flu outbreak. The farming of chicken, ducks and geese as a key part of that state’s economy and has […]
Nobody In Jail After Yet Another Record Bank Scandal
It wouldn’t be a week in America without a criminal banking scandal and this week did not disappoint. BNP Paribas SA was sentenced to just five years probation by a U.S. judge on Friday in […]
U.S. Government Liable For New Orleans Flooding
A judge ruled Friday that the federal government must pay for a portion of the flooding damage from Hurricane Katrina, which she found to be caused by failures of the hurricane protection system in the […]
New Test Shows If You Will Get Cancer Within 13 Years
A new test can predict with 100 per cent accuracy whether someone will develop cancer up to 13 years in the future. Harvard and Northwestern University discovered that tiny but important changes took place in […]
Milan Expo’s Glitzy Opening Marred By Violence
Milan’s flashy international expo was beset by violence on opening day as demonstrators clashed with Italian police on Friday. Police responded with tear gas on Friday as protests against the event overshadowed the start of […]
Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Puts On Rare Lava Show
The lake of lava at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been rising over the past week and, sometimes, overflowing in a spectacular show. Janet Babb, a lead geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, […]
Russian Bombers Violated U.S. Airspace Last Week
Russian heavy bombers capable of delivering nuclear warheads, flew into a U.S. air defense zone near Alaska last week, it was reported Friday. Two Tu-95 Bear H bombers reportedly flew into the airspace on April […]
AT&T Fined For Price Gouging Poor Via Government Program
Cellphone monopolist AT&T has been fined $10.9 milling by the FCC for overcharging the government on phone plans for the poor. The regulator said the telco over-billed the U.S. government between 2012 and 2013 while […]
Astronauts Travelling To Mars Could Suffer Brain Damage
A new NASA-funded study into the effects of long-term space travel on humans has reached a troubling conclusion: astronauts flying to Mars could arrive with severe brain damage. The research was conducted by the University […]
It’s A Girl!
The countdown to the second royal baby is over. And it’s a princess! The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a girl Saturday at a London hospital, Kensington Palace tweeted. The baby princess weighed 8 […]
China Isn’t The Only One: Airbus Sues Over NSA Blueprint Theft
Fresh evidence emerged Friday that China isn’t the only country engaged in rampant industrial espionage. European aerospace giant Airbus is promising legal action over claims its top secret blueprints were stolen by German spies and […]
SpaceX Has Competition: Blue Origin Successful In First Test
The golden age of rocketry may be upon us. Billionaires who made quick dot-com cash successfully launching commercial rockets is officially a trend, now that Jeff Bezos, of Amazon fame, has followed in the footsteps […]
Oil By Rail Faces Tough New Regulations, Eventually
U.S. and Canadian regulators unveiled tough new regulations on Friday that will require railways to transition to tougher tank cars and use new braking systems for trains carrying flammable liquids. The long-awaited steps are aimed […]