President Obama’s Administration are moving toward fuel standards that would mandate cars to get 47 to 62 miles per gallon by the year 2025. This is a move that supports states with aggressive timetables for reducing emissions from automobiles. The Environmental Protection Agency described the announcement as “scenarios,” not guidelines. It’s objective is to limit [...]
London, UK – On the Popes recent visit to the United Kingdom, he publicly addressed the sexual abuse scandal by members of the clergy and met with five of the victims of reported abuse. Demonstrators had gathered near Hyde Park in London to protest the Popes visit and protests came shortly after the Pontiff had [...]
New York, US – A famous masterpiece that went missing after a courier had taken it to a potential buyer and got drunk on his return has been handed in to police after it was retrieved from a bush. A doorman found the work of art nearby to where he works. He is an employee [...]
Glasgow, Scotland – Pope Benedict XVl has held an open-air mass in Bellahouston Park in Glasgow to a crowd of thousands of followers and worshippers totalling 65,000 people. He circled the area in his famous ‘Popemobile’ and stopped at one point to roll down his window and kiss a small baby who was lifted to [...]
France – The second most popular French fast food outlet ‘Quick’ has controversially started selling Halal-only food from 22 out of 346 of their restaurants. It trails in second place behind the more popular McDonalds. Their aim is to target more of the Muslim community. They claim that they are exploiting an area of the [...]
Nepal – a plane, which crashed due to bad weather killing all six tourists and leaving no survivors, was seen in a premonition by one of the victim’s fathers. Trevor Taylor, the father of Jeremy Taylor, had begged his son not to go on the flight due to his forewarning vision. “He was living his [...]
Australian driver Will Power (you gotta love that name for a race car drive) continued his spectacular driving this year, setting the Izod IndyCar Series record for poles in a season with his eighth, which he earned on Saturday. In attaining the pole, Power blew past Team Penske teammate Helio Castroneves’ record on poles in [...]
Geneva, that Swiss city by the lake is renowned for its luxury and opulence, which sometimes translates to a splurge for would-be visitors. The city is teeming with Investment Bankers, diplomats of all sorts and finely engineered timepieces that fetch quite a few Euros. Given that, bargains are not abundant, but you do get what [...]
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