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Manchester United Disappoints On Wall Street Opening
The initial public offering for Manchester United started slow on Friday at the New York Stock Exchange, despite opening with a reduced price. Originally, the English football (soccer) club had hoped to offer its shares for $16 to... More of this article »
Pilot from JetBlue Experiences Psychotic Episode
The former pilot of JetBlue Airways who ran through the plane he was captaining screaming about terrorism and religion, experienced a psychotic episode while in custody. According to just released court documents, the pilot will now... More of this article »
Prices of Corn Soar To New Highs
Corn futures soared to new highs following an announcement by the U.S. government that the devastating drought in the nation’s farm belt had destroyed over 1/6 of the corn crop in only one month. The Department of Agriculture dramatically... More of this article »
Trade Deficit Shrank In June
The trade deficit in June shrank more that what was expected during June. The largest drop in the price of crude oil, in over three years, helped to lower the import bill for the U.S. The deficit narrowed by 11% to nearly $42.9 billion,... More of this article »
Chinese Politician’s Wife Lured Businessman to Hotel
The wife of Bo Xilai, the disgraced politician in China, lured a businessman from Great Britain to a Chongqing hotel in the southwestern part of China. After getting the businessman drunk, she poisoned him, testimony revealed on Thursday... More of this article »
Obese Outlive Others among Diabetics
People who have type 2 diabetes and are trim, might not live the same length of time as people with the same condition who are overweight, says a new study. The recent study showed that people who carried a normal weight when diagnosed... More of this article »
Samsung Investigating Child Labor Allegations
Samsung has decided to investigate recent allegations of child labor at one of its factories. Accusations surfaced recently against HEG Electronics, one of Samsung’s suppliers that said the company was using underage children to... More of this article »
Analyst Predicts 170 Million iPhone 5 Units to be sold
A computer analyst says he feels that based on prior models’ sales the new iPhone 5 will sell about 170 million units through the middle of next year. He said that out of the more than 200 million iPhones that should be sold in the... More of this article »
Police Credit Hostage with Helping End Standoff
A standoff between a gunman and police involving a hostage ended peacefully Sunday. A man had walked into a Yuba City, California sporting goods store and held an employee hostage at gunpoint for hours, said officials. Police identified... More of this article »
Autopsy Scheduled For Women Shot By Husband
On Monday, the office of the coroner will perform an autopsy on a woman who was shot while in her intensive care unit bed. The woman, who was from northeast Ohio was allegedly shot by husband, in what police say could be a mercy killing. John... More of this article »
Honey Might Ease Coughing At Night
Just a spoonful of bee’s honey before bedtime might help young children who have a cough, sleep during the night, a recent study suggests. Parents reported that giving kids honey made their coughing less severe and less frequent. Coughs... More of this article »
Andy Reid’s Son Found Dead
The oldest son of Andy Reid, the head coach of the NFL Philadelphia Eagles, was found dead early Sunday morning. Garret Reid was 29 and was found in his dormitory room at Lehigh University, where the Eagles are holding training camp.... More of this article »
Jobs Was Willing to Make Mini-iPad
One of Apple’s senior executives has said that Steve Jobs the founder of Apple was willing to have the company design a smaller tablet, says an email that was revealed this Friday. Rumors are that a mini-version of the 10-inch iPad... More of this article »
Man Could Have Fakes His Death
A woman from New York told police her husband faked his drowning so he could collect on the life insurance and abandon her. Evana Roth said it was all a nightmare that she wished she could wake up from. Raymond Roth told his wife on... More of this article »
Terror Suspects Arrested In Spain
Spanish authorities have arrested members of al-Qaeda, who were planning some sort of terrorist attack. The three men arrested had a huge stockpile of varying explosives. Law enforcement in Spain believes the suspects were planning... More of this article »
Economy in July added 163,000 Jobs
Employers in the U.S. increased their hiring in July. The economy continued its up and down recovery heading towards the fall presidential election. The payrolls in the U.S. were increased by 163,000 during July, said a Labor Department... More of this article »
Judge Upset over Disclosure of Documents
The judge presiding over the legal battle between Samsung and Apple is said to be livid. One of Apple’s attorneys said that a Samsung attorney had issued a press release that aired evidence that was not allowed to be admitted by... More of this article »
Three Planes Barely Avoid Colliding
Three US Airways jets narrowly avoided a midair collision with one another. On Tuesday afternoon, the planes were near Ronald Reagan Airport when they were within seconds of colliding. Airport air traffic controllers apparently mistakenly... More of this article »
New York Says Mothers Should Breastfeed
Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City and officials from the state are pushing new initiatives aimed at urging new mothers to give their babies’ breast milk. Many parents and others are criticizing officials for interfering with... More of this article »
Gore Vidal, author and playwright dies
Playwright, author, commentator and politician Gore Vidal whose published works were vast and whose public remarks were characterized by his unconventional wisdom and immodest wit, died on Tuesday in Los Angeles at the age of 86. He... More of this article »
Central Florida Banned By NCAA
The Infractions Committee of the NCAA has banned from postseason play the University of Central Florida. The ban is for one season in men’s basketball and football because of major violations that took place in both sports. In April,... More of this article »
UBS Hit With Huge Facebook Loss
Shares of UBS plummeted on Tuesday after the giant Swiss bank posted earnings that were worst than expected. Profits for the second quarter fell by 58% because of the huge losses the bank suffered from the initial public offering of... More of this article »
Apple versus Samsung Opens Today
A new court battle between Apple, Inc. and Samsung Electronics, two of the largest technology companies in the world begins on Monday. The latest of many court battles between the two will be one that is closely watched, as it might... More of this article »
Chicken Salads at Trader Joe’s Being Recalled
Chicken salads under the name Huxtable’s Kitchen salads include contaminated red onions. The onions are contaminated with listeria, which could cause a disease that has a mortality rate of 20%. Over two tons of chicken salad that... More of this article »
Authorities Could Hold Man for Full Week
A man taken into custody last week, who has been accused of threatening a former co-worker, might be held an entire week in a hospital. Police also found a cache of arms in his home. He might remain under custody in the hospital until... More of this article »
Greinke Traded To Angels
The Milwaukee Brewers have sent their pitching ace, Zack Greinke to the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for Jean Segura, a shortstop and two minor league prospects. Greinke was considered the best pitcher available prior to Tuesday’s... More of this article »
Growth Slows In U.S. Due to Consumers Spending Less
The largest economy in the world, cooled off during the second quarter due to very little growth in jobs that in turn prompted Americans to cut back spending. Local and state governments also made cutbacks adding to the problem. The... More of this article »
Vaccine Works in Thailand Trial against Dengue
The first vaccine in the world against dengue virus has shown it protects against three of four strains of the virus. Those results were from a trial that took place in Thailand, said the maker of the vaccine this week. The vaccine... More of this article »
Economy Slows to Tepid Rate of 1.5%
The economy in the U.S. grew by just a tepid 1.5% rate during the second quarter of 2012. It lost the momentum that had appeared during the early part of the year. Holding back the growth of the economy was the lack of purchasing by... More of this article »
Study says Ecstasy Causes Loss of Memory
A recent study has said there is link between Ecstasy use and memory loss. The research was done by German scientists who said over 100 users of Ecstasy were tracked over a one year period. The research found that the users did not... More of this article »
Samsung Doubles Smartphone Shipments of Apple
Samsung, the South Korea based electronics giant said its shipments for smartphones number more than 52 million for the recently ended second quarter. That number was more than double the number of iPhones Apple shipped during the... More of this article »
Huge Protests over Police Shooting in Anaheim
Officials in the city of Anaheim voted on Tuesday to request an official investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s office over recent police shootings. That includes one that took place last weekend where an unarmed man was shot by police.... More of this article »
European Commission Looks into Possible Optic Drive Cartel
The European Commission of the European Union announced yesterday that it has started an investigation into possible price fixing by 13 makers of optic disk drives. The allegations are that the makers of the drives participated in... More of this article »
Lopez Turns 43
Jennifer Lopez the superstar entertainer and former judge on American Idol celebrated her 43rd birthday today. Lopez has two beautiful twins Emme and Max who are four years old. She is currently touring with Enrique Iglesias and has... More of this article »
Pickup Crashes and Kills Fourteen Aboard
A pickup crashed into a group of trees on a remote stretch of Texas highway early Monday morning killing 14 of the 23 people onboard. Authorities said at least 23 people were in the pickup when it crashed, with the number possibly... More of this article »
Els Wins British Open after Scott Collapse
South African Ernie Els knew he would have to play almost flawless golf in the final round of the British Open if he hoped to have any chance of winning. He went out and played a brilliant round, recording a birdie on the last hole... More of this article »
Rupert Murdoch Stepping Down From Boards
Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch announced he was stepping down from the two News Corp businesses in the United Kingdom. By doing so, he has symbolically put a distance between himself and the vast empire he started 43 years ago... More of this article »
Holmes in Solitary Confinement
James Holmes, the accused gunman in the movie theater massacre, remains completely unapologetic for his alleged action. He is accused of killing 12 people and injuring as many as 58 more. Holmes is a former honors student and was studying... More of this article »
Amazon Hacker Finally Arrested
A hacker from Russian was taken into custody last week in Cyprus for two cyber attacks he is alleged to have performed against Internet giant Amazon.com. Dmitry Olegovich Zubakha was taken into custody by local and international law... More of this article »
Viacom Agrees With DirecTV
On Friday, Viacom and DirecTV came to a new seven-year agreement. The agreement makes over 20 million DirecTV subscribers very happy as they will now receive their favorite shows once again. The satellite TV provider reached the agreement... More of this article »
Kayak Goes Public
Kayak is now public. The Connecticut company had its initial public offering on Friday. Behind its successful Kayak.com site the company went public and will trade on Nasdaq. The company saw its initial stock prices jump by 16% as... More of this article »
Passenger Gets Strip Searched Due To Feeding Tube
John Deaton from North Texas announced that his wife was strip searched and had her feeding tube touched by Transportation Safety Administration screeners prior to one of her flights. His wife, Melinda Deaton, has a feeding tube that... More of this article »
First Loss As Public Company Posted By Microsoft
Microsoft announced on Thursday it had made an accounting adjustment to reflect that an online advertising company it purchased in 2007 had not lived up to expectations that top executives had hope for. The result led to Microsoft’s... More of this article »
No-Fly Listed People Can Attend Flight School
American citizens, thanks to a government regulation, can enroll and attend flight school even though they appear on a no-fly list because of being suspected of involvement with terrorist activities. They are not even required to have... More of this article »
Leaders in Syria Killed In Bomb Blast
The National Security building in the capital of Syria was struck Wednesday by a massive bomb. Killed in the blast was the brother-in-law of President al Assad and the country’s defense minister. The bombing was the worst to hit... More of this article »
Lack of Exercise Could Be As Deadly As Cigarettes
A recent study shows that a lack of exercise is causing as many people to die as smoking, around the world. The report claims that close to 33% of all adults do not have enough physical activity in their lifestyle and that causes close... More of this article »
Toronto Shootout Kills 2 with 22 Injured
On Monday night, a shootout in Toronto took the lives of two people, wounded another 19 and saw three more trampled at a block party in the city’s east end. The two who died at the shooting scene were a teenage female and a 20-year... More of this article »
Fast Food Restaurants Lower Trans Fat Levels in New York City
Patrons of fast food in New York City now eat much less unhealthy fat because of restrictions on the use of trans fat placed by the city over four years ago, says a new report. Trans fats are very common in hydrogenated vegetable oil... More of this article »