Archive for the News Category

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Avril Lavigne attacked on Sunday morning

Usually Saturday nights are spent having fun, seeing movies or going to clubs. For Avril Lavigne and Brody Jenner, this Saturday night was also worth remembering, but for the wrong reasons. The 27 year old pop singer was apparently attacked while outside the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in the early hours of Sunday morning. Jenner, her [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Thoughts on the Osama Bin Laden raid

Thoughts on the Osama Bin Laden raid

With news that Osama Bin Laden has been killed the Republican chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee is applauding President Barack Obama for a move that could have brought chaos in his presidency had it gone wrong. “It really was a tremendously skilled operation,” Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) told The Huffington Post. “I give [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Chrysler posts first profit since bankruptcy

Chrysler posts first profit since bankruptcy

The U.S.automaker Chrysler has registered a net profit of $ 116 million(78 million euros)in the first quarter,representing the first positive result of the company since bankruptcy and in contrast with the loss of $ 197 million for the same period of 2010,the company said. The turnover of the auto giant stood at 13.124 million dollars,representing [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Help beat cancer! Relay for Life!

Help beat cancer! Relay for Life!

Cancer is incurable right? Wrong! There is much you can do for your health and the health of others, you can actually help beat cancer. Keep a look out for Ashbrook High School, 2222 S. New Hope Road, Gastonia! Why? Because there, from 6 am Friday to 7pm Saturday you can find the help beat [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Bin Laden’s body,identified by sister’s brain

Bin Laden's body,identified by sister's brain

The body of Osama Bin Laden was identified by U.S.authorities by matching a  DNA sample to one taken from his sister’s brain,reports the online edition of ‘The Telegraph’.The FBI took the body of the sister of the Al Qaeda leader,who has not been named,when she died of brain cancer several years ago in Boston,so that [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Endeavour’s launch will be delayed

Endeavour’s launch will be delayed

NASA announced this morning that the space shuttle Endeavour will not blast off Monday. A failed heater in a hydraulic system forced NASA to cancel Friday’s launch, which had been set for 12:47 p.m. Tucson time. “No launch date will be announced today, but Endeavour will not launch sooner than May 8.” Added NASA. “Based [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Figure Skating World Championship draws to an end

Figure Skating World Championship draws to an end

On 11 March 2011 a 8.9 earthquake, followed by a tsunami devastated Japan, including its capital city Tokyo. These natural disasters claimed the lives of many and posed many problems to the Japanese Nation. One of them was their ability to hold the Figure Skating World Championships that were supposed to be held at Tokyo. [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Libya’s Gaddafi survives air strikes,son killed

Libya's Gaddafi survives air strikes,son killed

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi survived a NATO air strike in Tripoli that killed his youngest son and three grandchildren,said on Sunday a government spokesman.Libyan officials took journalists to the house that had been hit by at least three missiles.The roof had fallen completely in some places,leaving twisted steel rods dangling between broken concrete. “What we [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

The Amazon Server Disaster

The Amazon Server Disaster

On Friday a 6,000 statement was issued by Amazon as an apology for the outage that occurred a week prior when its web hosting service, Elastic Compute Cloud or EC2, experienced a massive crash and caused several companies such as Foursquare, Reddit and Quoro to go offline, some for several days. Amazon offered a 10-day [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Charlie Sheen sends a letter to Two and a Half Men Boss,Chuck Lorre

Charlie Sheen sends a letter to Two and a Half Men Boss,Chuck Lorre

Charlie Sheen has restarted his war of words against his former”Two And A Half Men”boss,Chuck Lorre,writing a scathing letter attacking the rumored plans of restarting the program without him.The troubled actor was fired from his role in the TV series early this year after months of bizarre behavior and rehabilitation periods and a public dispute [...]