President Obama will be arriving in India on November 6th, where he will be delivering a memorial speech at the Taj Mahal in honor of the people who lost their lives in the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says that the trip will highlight the importance of the US-India relationship [...]
The Department of Education has issued a letter to thousands of schools, colleges, and universities nationwide urging educators to ensure that they are complying with their responsibilities to prevent harassment and combat bullying in schools. The 10-page letter, sent to educators with the opening “Dear Colleague,” is a product of a year-long review of the [...]
According to two reports in the Nature journal published on October 28, pancreatic cancers are not aggressive cancers. They grow slowly, taking an average of 21 years to develop and become fatal. According to Dr. Bert Vogelstein of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, “This provides a large window of opportunity to try and detect the [...]
Mobile phone vendors shipped 340.5 million units worldwide in the third quarter of 2010, up 14.6 compared to the same quarter last year. Apple grabbed fourth place in the cell-phone market for the first time, the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker showed. Apple’s growth was boosted by strong demand for its [...]
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced plans to expropriate a local subsidiary of glass container manufacturer Owens-Illinois Inc., local media reported. In a televised speech, he accused the Perrysburg, Ohio-based company of exploiting local workers, and criticized the company’s practices in Venezuela. The company operates two plants in the Latin American country, which are located in [...]
Warren Buffett is depending on youth to guide his respected conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) once he leaves the scene. The Oracle of Omaha has asked 39-year-old Todd Combs to manage a significant portion of Berkshire’s investment portfolio. Combs, who’s CEO and portfolio manager at Greenwich, Conn.-based Castle Point Capital Management, will “handle a large portion [...]
If you have not seen an Apple Macbook Air yet, you will want to. This is a stylish, focused machine that many people are lusting after. Get a closer look at the Apple Macbook Air here in this snappy article. The first thing you notice about this netbook is that the Apple Macbook Air has [...]
NPR has terminated its long-standing contract with news analyst Juan Williams after he commented on Fox News that he gets nervous when he is on a plane with Muslims. David Folkenflik, NPR’s media representative, announced Mr. Williams’ termination on Twitter. In the Monday episode of “O’Reilly Factor,” Bill O’Reilly asked for Mr. Williams’ opinion about [...]
Bad weather and relentless snow are hindering the search for three hikers who went missing Monday in Mount Whitney, California. The missing hikers are 34-year-old Phillip Michael Abraham, 45-year-old Dale Clymens and 45-year-old Stevan James Filips. They were part of a group of ten hitchhikers who started their climb up Mount Whitney early Monday morning. [...]
The founder of Penthouse magazine, Bob Guccione, succumbed to cancer Wednesday at a hospital in Plano, Texas. The family of the late Mr. Guccione issued a statement Wednesday night saying that Mr. Guccione died of cancer at Plano Specialty Hospital. His wife, April Dawn Warren Guccione, was by his side when he passed away, as [...]
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