Archive for December, 2009

Sure Santa is a great guy, but his business model demonstrates he’s sure not in it for the money.

The tugboat was working to prevent another oil spill in Alaska’s Prince William Sound. The Coast Guard said two of tug’s tanks — containing an estimated 33,500 gallons of diesel fuel — were damaged and there was a fuel sheen on the water about 3 miles long and 30 yards wide.

Sean Goldman and his father, David Goldman of New Jersey landed Thursday evening in Orlando on a jet chartered by NBC.

Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas stored unloaded firearms in
a container in his locker, according to the team, and the NBA is
looking into the situation.


Though the former is about private life and the later, of public and global importance, we need to discuss both in parallel because private and public lives are no more isolated in this globalised and blogalised world.

Loretta Ramundo just can’t seem to jam enough baubles into her jewelry case. The Chestnut Ridge, N.Y., resident figures she and her husband spend…

Despite 25 years and billions of dollars spent on cleanup efforts, the Chesapeake Bay remains one of the country’s most polluted waterways. With waste of all kinds, each of the almost 17 million people living in the watershed contributes to the pollution.

Shoppers will have spent £951,000 per minute on Christmas Eve on last-minute shopping, research suggests.

Authorities say three tigers escaped from a circus caravan in southwestern Mexico.

Wellington Smith scored 17 of his career-high 19 points in the
second half and No. 6 West Virginia used a huge rebounding edge and
a big helping of second-half 3-pointers to beat No. 15 Mississippi
76-66 on Wednesday night.