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FedEx tractor trailer takes out utility poles

01/27/2012 09:50 PM

Farmington CT- A FedEx tractor trailer brought down a utility pole on Wyndwood Rd just after 4pm on Wednesday afternoon leaving a few hundred residents without power. According to police, the truck...

 

Facebook and Washington State take on clickjammers

01/27/2012 09:26 PM

Facebook is a great legal marketing tool; by getting users to like a page a business can increase their visibility on the internet as a whole. While many companies provide ethical and honest social...

 

Costa Cruises To Give Costa Concordia Passengers 14K In Compensation

01/27/2012 08:49 PM

The Italian Association of Tour Operators announced Friday Costa Cruises has agreed to give each of the more than 3,000 passengers on board the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship $14,400 in compen...

 

Iraqi Colonel Survives Suicide Attack On Funeral Procession For Relatives

01/27/2012 08:14 PM

Iraqi authorities believe Colonel Norman Dakhil may have been the target of a deadly suicide attack near a funeral procession for his brother and two other relatives in Baghdad on Friday. Officials...

 

NYU professor faces sexual harassment allegations

01/27/2012 03:37 PM

A NYU administrator alleges that she was denied a promotion after she filed a sexual harassment complaint against James Stuckey who was the dean of the New York University Schack Institute.

 

Tainted Medicine Kills 100 In Pakistan

01/26/2012 07:08 PM

Pakistani officials say contaminated heart medication provided by a state-run institute is responsible for at least 100 deaths in Lahore, a city in Punjab province. According to the doctor investig...

 

Five Confirmed Dead After Three Buildings Collapse In Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

01/26/2012 05:07 PM

Three multi-story buildings collapsed in historic Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Wednesday night, leaving about 19 people missing Thursday. Rescue workers immediately began looking for survivors, and as of...

 

FBI rolls out plans to monitor social networks

01/25/2012 11:00 PM

Social media is huge with billions of users worldwide. It is also one of the many tools utilized in legal internet marketing because of its far reach. Now, not only will your friends be using socia...

 

California Woman Arrested for DUI with Infant in Car

01/25/2012 10:55 PM

San Leandro, CA – Police arrested a 30 year-old woman, who had her infant in her car, for DUI early Thursday morning. Police observed Lynisha Jefferson attempting to park her car outside the Quick...

 

Newt Gingrich calls Romney’s self-deportation immigration plan a fantasy

01/25/2012 10:51 PM

Immigration reform is a hot political debate. Both conservatives and liberals agree that there needs to be comprehensive immigration reform, but cannot agree on how to achieve this goal.

 

Kentucky Deputy Killed in Three Car Accident

01/25/2012 10:47 PM

Pikeville, KY – A Pike County sheriff’s deputy was killed in a car accident on Monday evening on his way home. Kentucky State Police said the deputy James Thacker 53 was still on duty when his pat...

 

Hostages Rescued In US Military Raid In Somalia

01/25/2012 09:02 PM

A team of U.S. special forces successfully carried out an overnight operation to rescue two foreign aid workers being held hostage in Somalia. American officials confirm Jessica Buchanan, 32, and P...

 

Sixteenth Body Recovered From Costa Concordia

01/24/2012 11:21 PM

Italian officials confirmed Tuesday the discovery of another body on board the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship. The body was found on the third deck. Authorities have not confirmed reports the ...

 

5 Explosions In Baghdad Leave 10 Dead

01/24/2012 09:53 PM

At least 10 people were killed Tuesday in the latest series of explosions in Baghdad. Iraqi officials say at least 5 bombs exploded in three areas of the city. No group has claimed responsibility f...

 

Italian Officials: 2 More Bodies Recovered From Costa Concordia Wreckage

01/23/2012 10:58 PM

The death toll in the Costa Concordia cruise ship accident rose to 15 over the weekend as searchers found the bodies of two women. Italian officials say both women were found on the fourth deck nea...

 

NATO Helicopter Crash Kills 6 US Marines

01/20/2012 08:14 PM

Six United States Marines died Friday in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan, an unidentified U.S. official has confirmed. NATO also confirmed the crash, but has not released the names and n...

 

Asbestos workers unknowingly put their families at risk

01/20/2012 04:50 PM

The lung conditions contracted by the Leah children include mesothelioma and emphysema. Some of the children have scarring on their lungs which can lead to mesothelioma.

 

20th Anniversary of World Scientists Warning to Humanity

01/20/2012 01:09 AM

In 1992, 1,700 Nobel laureates and world leading scientists issued an appeal to the world to stop destroying the environment. Failing to do so, they said, would jeopardize all life on the planet. H...

 

Rescuers Resume Search For Survivors In Wrecked Costa Concordia Cruise Ship

01/19/2012 07:10 PM

Rescuers resumed searching the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship Thursday, a day after the search was temporarily suspended because the ship shifted. Although the chances of finding anyone alive ...

 

Taliban Claims Responsibility For Airport Suicide Bombing

01/19/2012 06:20 PM

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at the Kandahar International Airport in southern Afghanistan on Thursday. Local authorities say at least 7 people were killed and 8 oth...

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