Hundreds of people became sick from eggs contaminated with salmonella last month. Recent FDA reports describing squalid conditions on one major Iowa egg farm linked to the outbreak explain why.
A new study that was recently published in the medical journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research indicates that heavy drinkers tend to live longer than those who completely abstain from alcohol consumption.
The study which was commissioned by a team at the University of Texas at Austin tracked the mortality rate of 1,824 people between the [...]
Eruptions continued for a second straight day at Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung.
The volcano has been inactive for over 400 years, and the sudden eruptions of the past two days have shot enough ash into the that local plane traffic has been diverted and some 30,000 people have had to be evacuated from their homes on the [...]
Craigslist is known as the web site that offers everything from used wrenches to “adult massages” in the same sized font on its clean, simple interface. But recently, attorneys general from 17 states have united in asking CEO of the site to do away with its adult services section.
In a letter drafted collectively, the attorneys [...]
A series of terrorist attacks stretched across 13 cities and towns in Iraq, killing at least 55 and wounding more than 250.
The city of Kut, 100 miles southeast of Baghdad, experienced the worst casualties. A suicide bomber in a car killed 19 people and wounded 90 more by blowing up his vehicle between a police [...]
A Nevada doctor has admitted to investigators that he hid a suicide note and a bottle of pills that he found next to the deceased body of former pro golfer Erica Blasberg. In an affidavit given to the Henderson Police Department the man, Dr. Thomas Hess said that although he knew his actions were wrong, [...]
Ahmed Sharif, a cab driver in New York who was stabbed by a passenger, speculated that his religion was the reason he was attacked.
“Of course it was my religion,” said the 43 year old Bangladeshi immigrant. He explained that the passenger who attacked him asked if he was Muslim and celebrating Ramadan, before slashing him [...]
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September 11th Families for a Peaceful Tomorrow, a group of concerned family members of September 11th victims, has banded together to with another group composed of over 40 organizations, to form a coalition in support of the Ground-Zero mosque. On Wednesday, the groups held a joint rally expressing their support.
Apple Inc. is reportedly in negotiations with representatives from the major television networks for the right to begin offering a TV show rental service on iTunes. Although officials are refusing to comment publicly about the possible deal because talks remain ongoing, it is believed that Apple is seeking an agreement that will allow them to [...]
Central Intelligence Agency officials said the Al-Qaeda’s Yemeni off shoot is now viewed as a bigger threat than the central Al-Qaeda group being pursued in the mountains of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
This is the first time since September 11th, 2001, that any group besides Osama bin Laden’s was considered the largest threat to American security.
The warning [...]