Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans students/LA-ND
See the discussion page for instructions on adding schools to this list and for an alphabetically arranged listing of schools. Due to the damage by Hurricane Katrina and subsequent flooding, a number of colleges and universities in the New Orleans metropolitan area will not be able to hold classes forContinue Reading
Alabama father throws children in river
Thursday, January 10, 2008 Lam Luong, a 37 year old shrimp fisherman from Irvington, Bayou La Batre, Alabama, United States, has confessed to throwing his four children off an 80 feet high bridge after a fight with his wife the day before. Police have charged Luong with 4 counts ofContinue Reading
High school seniors take last-chance exit test while judge prepares to strike it down
Tuesday, May 9, 2006 Fifty James Logan High School seniors are scheduled to take the California High School Exit Exam today and tomorrow, while an Oakland judge is preparing to strike down the law requiring would-be high school graduates to pass the high-stakes test. Alameda County Superior Court Judge RobertContinue Reading
Mars rover engineers build test sandbox
Sunday, May 8, 2005 Mars rover engineers have built a test bed simulating the condition of the Mars Rover Opportunity, which became stuck in a Martian sand dune on April 26. The test bed uses a combination of materials including play sand for children’s sandboxes, diatomaceous earth for swimming poolContinue Reading
Two arrests made over Croxteth shooting
Thursday, August 23, 2007 Two teenagers, aged 14 and 18, have been arrested on suspicion of the murder of an 11-year-old boy. The boy, identified by detectives as Rhys Jones, was shot last night in the Croxteth area of Liverpool, on his way home from playing football, by a hoodedContinue Reading
Woodworking Plans Building Outdoor Projects}
Submitted by: Dan Lazaj Having good plans with step by step instructions, diagram measurements and illustrations is a great help when building your outdoor project. Woodworking plans can be found on the web, you can find lots of them for free, there are also plenty of sites that sell theseContinue Reading
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Keep your eyes peeled for cosmic debris: Andrew Westphal about Stardust@home
Sunday, May 28, 2006 Stardust is a NASA space capsule that collected samples from comet 81P/Wild (also known as “Wild 2) in deep space and landed back on Earth on January 15, 2006. It was decided that a collaborative online review process would be used to “discover” the microscopically smallContinue Reading
Producing Electricity By Getothermal Energy}
Click Here To Know More About: Shipping Container Rentals Sunshine Coast Container Brisbane Submitted by: Agung Pambudi Fulfilling of the world energy needs which are focused on fossil fuel such as oil, coal and natural gas will face a serious problem in energy security because its consumption and existence. HighContinue Reading
Captain and four shipping companies face legal action over 2009 Australian oil spill
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 In light of an oil spill that occurred off the coast of southeast Queensland in 2009, a captain of a cargo ship and four companies are set to appear in court. In March of last year, the cargo ship Pacific Adventurer, with Filipino national Bernardino GonzalesContinue Reading