Monday, July 4, 2011 Officials announced that a treasure containing sacks of diamonds and gold coins as well as golden idols, jewelry and other riches has been discovered in the secret subterranean vaults of Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple, in the southwestern state of Kerala, India. Estimates of its worth have been rising and it is now […]
NCAA Basketball: UCLA defeats Kansas, Ohio State holds off Memphis
Saturday, March 24, 2007 National Semi-Final Round of the 2007 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament
Che Guevara’s ”Motorcycle Diaries” companion dies
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 Alberto Granado Jiménez, the Argentinian biochemist who was Che Guevara’s companion on his transformative motorcycle trip through South America, died in Havana on Saturday, reported Cuban state television. He was 88 and died of natural causes. The politically active Jiménez met Ernesto “Che” Guevara, then a medical student, in Hernando, Argentina […]
Credit Unions: An Affordable Alternative For Auto Loans In Sparks, Nevada
byAlma Abell Over 90 million American’s currently prefer working with, and keeping their hard-earned money at, federal credit union’s over a traditional bank. Credit Unions are owned and run by their members, or customers, which can lead many people to believe that they do not provide many of the services that traditional banks do. However, […]
Overclocking experts gather in the Intel Overclocking Live Test in Taiwan
Monday, December 10, 2007 This past Saturday at 2007 Taipei IT Month, Intel of Taiwan invited hardware engineers, overclocking experts, and gamers to participate in the “Intel Taiwan Overclocking Live Test” at the Taipei World Trade Center to share techniques and technology for overclocking and other hardware tweaking. According to Intel Taiwan, this “Live Test” […]
The Benefits Of Security Double Doors For Your Business
Read More About: Lang Ford Metal Langfordmetal Website byAlma Abell Keeping your business safe with security doors is more than just a preventative measure for most businesses. Having security double doors can also help you to decrease the risk of a break-ins, while immediately giving the message to would be robbers that your business is […]
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Ethics debate surrounds surgery to stunt disabled girl’s growth
Friday, January 5, 2007 An ethical controversy has surged in the United States and elsewhere around nine-year-old Ashley X (her family name has not been released). The disabled girl was operated upon at the request of her parents, to prevent her from growing, menstruating and developing breasts. The parents, who wish to remain anonymous, explain […]
Emergency spacewalks planned to fix International Space Station
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 NASA is scrambling to solidify plans to fix the broken down cooling systems on the International Space Station during two spacewalks, currently planned for Friday and Monday. The systems broke down late Saturday July 31, triggering alarms that woke the six astronauts (three Russian and three American) currently onboard the station. […]
Report into 2003/2004 New South Wales (Australia) hospital safety released
Monday, January 31, 2005 New South Wales – 452 serious incidents that occurred during 2003 and 2004 have been brought to light, by a report released today about the safety of patients in the hospital system in New South Wales, Australia. Many of the incidents highlighted by the report resulted in injury, or even death. […]