Sunday, April 19, 2009 At least twelve children have been injured after a swing ride at the Puyallup, Washington Spring Fair toppled over. The ride is called a ‘LollySwing’, which is located in Kiddyland, where the riders sit in swings while the machine spins them around. It is owned by…
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Click Here For More Specific Information On: Sydney Drama Theatre School Acting Classes Sydney Submitted by: Gabriel Hoag Casting calls for Disney channel can be very intimidating. The fear of everybody staring at you as they wait for you to do what it is you are going is what challenges…
Captain killed as DC-9 cargo jet crashes onto Mexican highway
Monday, July 7, 2008 The captain of a USA Jet Airlines McDonnell-Douglas DC-9-15 freighter has been killed and the co-pilot seriously injured after the aircraft crashed onto a highway in Mexico. The crash occurred near Jose Lopez Portillo and split the aircraft into four main pieces. The accident at 0:14…
Israeli barrage of Gaza continues with strike on PM’s office
Sunday, July 2, 2006 Israel has continued its barrage of the Gaza Strip with an attack by a helicopter gunship on the office of the Palestinian prime minister. The attack, which left the building ablaze, injured three Palestinian security guards and was described by the prime minister, Ismail Haniya, as…
CPSC, ATF warn of dangers of fireworks over US Independence Day celebrations
Sunday, July 4, 2010 Last week, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) held a press conference on the National Mall in Washington, DC, warning consumers of the dangers of fireworks, and advising them of safe handling. They were joined by representatives from the the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms…
Italian cruise ship thwarts attack by Somali pirates
Sunday, April 26, 2009 An attempted hijacking of an Italian cruise ship carrying 1,500 passengers by Somali pirates was thwarted on Sunday by the vessel’s security guards. Nobody was injured. The incident occurred about 290 kilometres north of Victoria, the Seychelles. According to the captain of the ship, Ciro Pinto,…
Latest ‘CableGate’ disclosures hint at US diplomatic tactics in Spain and beyond
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 Yesterday’s release of more US diplomatic cables by Wikileaks covered pressure on governments, Spain’s judiciary, and buying foreign assistance with detentions at Guantanamo Bay. El Pais, one of five mainstream papers partnering with Wikileaks’ release of documents, examined key output from Madrid’s US embassy. The latest…
Nigerian troops allegedly burned down slums after soldier’s killing
Friday, August 25, 2006 Residents in the city of Port Harcourt said that Nigerian troops burnt down hundreds of slum dwellings, allegedly as reprisal after an Army sergeant was killed in Thursday’s abduction of oil workers in the area. Residents told news agencies that troops poured petrol over slum houses…
Media reports exaggerate cell phone risks again
Monday, September 22, 2008 Several mainstream news outlets have misstated and overstated a possible link between cellular phone use and decreased fertility in men. A single experiment, which has not yet been published in any peer reviewed journal or replicated by other scientists, observed an average decrease in sperm motility…
U.S. Senate debates ten year sunset for federal agencies
Wednesday, September 28, 2005 The U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has begun debating a bill [1] [2] requiring that all Governmental agencies be given a 10 year shelf life, at which time they may be reinstated by a committee appointed by the President or cease to…