Saturday, December 9, 2006 Taco Bell restaurants decided Wednesday to remove green onions from all 5,800 of its continental U.S. stores after a November 29 outbreak of E.coli food poisonings caused the voluntary closing of 9 mid-Atlantic states stores and led health officials to investigate the chain’s regional supplier. As many as 66 people reportedly […]
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Wikileaks crashes under cyber attack
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Wikileaks today announced via twitter that its website has crashed under an apparent cyber-attack; this following the recent release of tens of thousands of US State Department cables. Sources in the US say the mass-disclosure of cables is causing diplomatic setbacks, and embarrassment, for the administration of Barack Obama. These previously […]
New Zealand Reserve Bank phone hacker not convicted
Thursday, September 28, 2006 Gerasimos Macridis, 39-years-old, left the court room discharged without conviction after hacking into the New Zealand Reserve Bank’s phone system and then asking for money for his services after pointing out these security flaws to both the Reserve Bank and Telecom New Zealand in May, 2006, and offering to fix them. […]
Surgeons reattach boy’s three severed limbs
Tuesday, March 29, 2005A team of Australian surgeons yesterday reattached both hands and one foot to 10-year-old Perth boy, Terry Vo, after a brick wall which collapsed during a game of basketball fell on him, severing the limbs. The wall gave way while Terry performed a slam-dunk, during a game at a friend’s birthday party. […]
Merck & Co. found liable for $253.4 million in Texas man’s Vioxx-related death
Friday, August 19, 2005 Drug maker Merck & Co. was found liable for a person’s death concerning the use of the pain medication Vioxx, according to a jury verdict in a Texas court. The plaintiff’s case, headed by the widow of Robert Ernst, who died in 2001 of an irregular heartbeat and of clogged arteries […]
On the campaign trail, November 2011
Friday, December 2, 2011 The following is the first in a monthly series chronicling the U.S. 2012 presidential election. It will feature original material compiled throughout the previous month after a brief mention of some of the month’s biggest stories. In this month’s edition on the campaign trail: the Party for Socialism and Liberation nominates […]
Medical Clinics In Wailea Treat Both Residents And Tourists
Read More About: Australian Minor Surgery Clinics byAlma Abell It’s not uncommon for tourists to lose their medication while they travel. Sometimes they make a mistake and put their prescription medicine in their suitcase. If the airlines lose their luggage, they have a problem. Clinic doctors can examine them and write a refill prescription. The […]
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Al Sharpton speaks out on race, rights and what bothers him about his critics
Monday, December 3, 2007 At Thanksgiving dinner David Shankbone told his white middle class family that he was to interview Reverend Al Sharpton that Saturday. The announcement caused an impassioned discussion about the civil rights leader’s work, the problems facing the black community and whether Sharpton helps or hurts his cause. Opinion was divided. “He’s […]
Leasing Office Equipment Provides Opportunity
Read More About: Buy Pneumatic Hammer Leasing Office Equipment Provides Opportunity by Ray La Foy There has been a drastic change in modern business world. Difference in working cultures is a part of it. Homes are now getting converted in to office. There are so many Work-at-Home-Mothers. Apart from the regular office, the new home […]