U2′s guitarist The Edge told Irish radio station 2FM the band “wrote a song, finished and recorded” last week after being contacted about the idea. The Edge, Bono and Jay-Z, along with Rihanna, are due to appear in London for “a group performance” as part of Friday’s Hope For Haiti telethon. George Clooney’s two-hour benefit [...]
A giant iceberg double the size of Sydney Harbour is on a slow but steady collision course with Australia, scientists have said. The mammoth chunk of ice, which measures 12 miles long and five miles wide, was spotted floating surprisingly close to the mainland by scientists at the Australian Antarctic Division (ADD). Known as B17B, [...]
Earthquake survivors have brought food and some medicine to dying residents in the rubble of a Haiti nursing home, but large-scale foreign aid had yet to reach dozens there Monday. Several elderly residents were nearing death, staff said. They gasped for air, motionless amid the mayhem of a makeshift tent city erected by survivors on [...]
GUATEMALA CITY – A 6.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Guatemala and parts of El Salvador, according to the U.S. Geological Survey Monday morning. However, there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage in either country. The rattler hit offshore Monday morning about 60 miles (97 kilometers) southwest of Guatemala City, according to the U.S. Geological [...]
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., leader of the African-American ciivil rights movement, and the memorable “I Have A Dream” speech are symbolic of classic American history re-lived, and today, at Boise State University, citizens of Boise honor the great Martin Luther King, Jr., with a symbolic march from Boise State University (home of the 2007 [...]
There are as many as 50,000 people may die in an accident 12th January, in Haiti. Therefore, many people from around the world who have credit card donations to help Haiti, but most of us do not know that it could make banks and credit card companies happy of it. From the recent report, Visa, [...]
nygirl book tour! The event will be held at the Nashville Davis-Kidd bookstore on January 13, 2010 at 7 PM. Bethenny will pose with Little Black Dress Club members for photos 15 minutes prior to the signing! Members who register for the event will be given line tickets. To register for the event – become [...]
In 2006, Abraham Shakespeare — a truck driver’s assistant who lived with his mother — won $30 million in the Florida lottery. His good fortune may have cost him his life. Shakespeare vanished months ago. His mother hopes he is somewhere in the Caribbean, lying on a beach and enjoying the good life away from [...]
Fourteen suspected terrorists died Tuesday night when the bus they rigged with explosives blew up prematurely, police said. The explosion occurred as the suspects were riding the bus in the province of Kunduz, said police chief Abdul Raziq Yaqobi. Yaqobi said the suspects wanted to attack Afghan police or foreign soldiers.
A conservation group’s boat had its bow sheared off and was taking on water Wednesday after it was struck by a Japanese whaling ship in the frigid waters of Antarctica, the group said. The boat’s six crew members were safely transferred to another of theSea Shepherd Conservation Society’s vessels, the newly commissioned Bob Barker. The [...]