The federal government has accused Standard & Poor, the debt rating agency, of fraud. It states that the agency placed high ratings on risky mortgage bonds that led to the economic crisis…
UPDATE 1-Kidnapper/Murderer Dead, Boy Alive and Doing OK
Jimmy Lee Dykes, the 65-year-old man who killed a school bus driver and abducted a five-year-old autistic boy in Midland City, Al. and held him in a bunker for seven days, is…
USDA Policy Targets Vending Machine Snacks In Schools
School vending machines are getting a facelift – say goodbye to the candy bars and hello to dried fruit and granola. Under the United States’ plan to impose nutritional guidelines for sodas,…
CDC Study Reveals Biggest Culprits Of Food-Borne Illnesses
The United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention has released the list of foods that are commonly linked to outbreaks, and leafy, green vegetables cause nearly half of them. According to…
Salmonella Food Poisnong Outbreak Tied To 1,000-Pounds Of Recalled Ground Beef
According to United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials, ground beef developed in Michigan has been linked to a salmonella food poisoning outbreak in five states. Nobody has yet died…
Bus Driver Dead, Six-Year-Old Boy Held Hostage In Underground Alabama Bunker
A 67-year-old school bus driver is dead and a six-year-old boy is being held hostage after a gunman stormed a school bus and shot the driver in Midland City and grabbed the…
Toyota Issues Recall On 1M Corolla, Corolla Matrix and Lexus Vehicles
Although Toyota has reclaimed the top spot as the world’s largest automaker, it is, once again, announcing a major recall of one million of its Corolla, Corolla Matrix and Lexus IS vehicles…
Anonymous Hijacks U.S. Sentencing Commission Website Over Internet Activist’s Death
Anonymous, the hacker-activist group, said it hijacked the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s website in order to avenge Aaron Swartz’s death. Swartz, who was an Internet activist, recently committed suicide. The commission’s website, which…
Facebook Announces New Search Tool “Graph Search”
Facebook recently announced its big secret to its popular social network: graph search, which is a smart search engine. With graph search, users can conduct “natural” searches of content their friends share….
Gigantism Sufferer and Activist Tanya Angus Dies
When Tanya Angus was a teenager, she stood at 5 feet, 8 inches tall. When she died on Monday at the age of 34 in Las Vegas, she was 7 feet, 2…