By Jim Bassett If you are a resident of the lone star state you may be interested to learn about how to get cheap liability insurance in Texas. With the cost of gasoline rising month on month, and other living expenses also increasing, saving money on vehicle coverage has never been so important. Thankfully, there […]
Read MoreHIV-positive man receives 35 years for spitting on Dallas police officer
Sunday, May 18, 2008 An HIV-positive man was sentenced to 35 years in prison Wednesday, one day after being convicted of harassment of a public servant for spitting into the eye and open mouth of a Dallas, Texas police officer in May 2006. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that no […]
Read MoreState Farm Insurance allegedly destroying papers
Tuesday, April 11, 2006 Zach Scruggs, a lawyer for United States Senator Trent Lott, says that State Farm Insurance Company is destroying records related to claims for damage from Hurricane Katrina. The records allegedly contain information saying that State Farm fraudulently denied insurance claims made by its policy holders, including Lott, that had homes there […]
Read MoreU.S. president attends White House tee ball game
Sunday, June 25, 2006 United State president George W. Bush kicked off the 2006 Tee Ball on South Lawn season Friday, June 23, 2006. This is the sixth year of the White House Tee Ball Initiative.In attendance at the game were General Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who served as the […]
Read MoreUS swimmer Phelps suspended over ‘pot pipe’
Friday, February 6, 2009 United States swimmer Michael Phelps has been banned from competition and his training stipend revoked for three months by USA Swimming after Phelps was photographed smoking from a glass pipe, often used for smoking cannabis. The picture was published last Sunday by British tabloid News of the World. USA Swimming, which […]
Read MoreSamoa looking ahead to Rio Paralympics with eye on powerlifting
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 London, England — In an interview with Samoa’s Chef de Mission at the London Paralympics, Julie Tuala said she hopes to get a powerlifting program under way in Samoa following the London Games. The Samoa Paralympic Committee, she explained, with assistance from the Oceania Paralympic Committee is submitting a grant request […]
Read MoreSpaceX scrubs Falcon I rocket launch
Monday, November 28, 2005 SpaceX called off the much-delayed inaugural launch of their new Falcon 1 rocket on Saturday from Kwajalein’s Omelek Island launch site. The intent was to launch the U.S. Air Force Academy’s FalconSat 2 satellite, which will monitor plasma interactions with the Earth’s upper atmosphere and magnetosphere. The launch was delayed, then […]
Read MoreOver 60 illegal miners die in South African mine fire
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 Over 60 miners were killed in an abandoned gold mine shaft near Welkom, in the Free State province of South Africa, after a fire broke out inside the mine. 36 bodies from the Harmony Gold mining company Eland mine shaft were brought up earlier on the weekend from depths up to […]
Read MoreFive hundred migrants alleged killed in deliberate sinking in Mediterranean
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday about 500 migrants may have been killed in a deliberate sinking in the Mediterranean Sea last week. The unverified claim comes after IOM debriefed two Palestinian survivors. In a statement, IOM said, “If this story, which police are investigating, is true, it […]
Read MoreRepeal of ministerial control of RU486 bill passes Australian Senate
Thursday, February 9, 2006 The bill on whether the Australian Federal Health Minster Tony Abbott should not exercise ministerial control of the abortifacient RU486 has passed the Australian Senate February 9, 2006. If the bill passes the Australian House of Representatives, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) will exercise control and evaluation of the suitability of […]
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