Category Archives: General
Baskin Robbins Helps Out Firefighters
Ice cream giant Baskin Robbins held a special promotion tonight where patrons could get a scoop of delicious ice cream for only $.31. According to the official Baskin Robins website, proceeds from this 31 Cent Scoop Night event went towards helping firefighters. A foundation that is associated with the company will be donating $100,000 to [...]
South Park Creators Go Too Far
South Park has been known to cross some boundaries when it comes to providing some comedic value to its audience members. When South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone put together a concept for the 200th episode of the series, they didn’t envision death threats in their future. This is what they got after [...]
Oil Rig Explosion – Environmental Damage Feared
An oil rig that exploded off the shore of Louisiana Tuesday night causing several fatalities sunk Thursday, raising concern that the environmental fallout could be much worse than initially predicted. Experts now fear that more than 300,000 gallons of crude oil may flow into the oceans surrounding the Mississippi and Louisiana coastlines for days to [...]
Discovery Space Shuttle Landing
The space shuttle Discovery is set to touch down in Florida later this morning after a fifteen day voyage to the international space station. At the time of this writing, officials from NASA didn’t expect any delays due to weather. Back here on earth, there are millions of passengers stranded due to the plume of [...]
Air Travel at Standstill Due to Volcanic Plume
Air travel continues to remain at a standstill as airlines explore ways to bypass the volcanic plume which was created by a volcano residing under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier earlier this week. Airlines traveling in and out of Europe as well as other regions affected by the eruption have cited visibility concerns as well as potential [...]
Toyota to Pay $16M Fine
Japanese automaker Toyota has announced that it will pay the $16.4 million dollar fine imposed on the company by the Obama administration earlier this month. Officials assessed the penalty on the automaker after they found it engaged in deceptive and evasive tactics in handling reports of unintended acceleration among American consumers. The company was accused [...]
Volcanic Eruption Stalls Air Travel
A volcanic eruption that occurred in Iceland on Wednesday continues to interfere with international air travel as it continues to send smoke into the atmosphere, drastically reducing flying visibility. As of yesterday, nearly 200 flights in and out of Europe were canceled due to the plume of smoke. Officials can offer fliers very little in [...]
8.4 Earthquake in California
Word has been going about on the social networking site Twitter that a powerful earthquake is set to strike California in the coming days. Talk of the “8.4 Earthquake in California” continues to be active on Twitter, although seismologists are denying that there is any validity to these rumors. While we have been having an [...]
Ashley Dupre Playboy Pictures
Most of you can probably recall the controversy surrounding former New York governor Eliot Spitzer, who after being exposed of hiring prostitutes for extra curricular entertainment resigned from his position. People are waiting in anticipation as the latest edition of Playboy hits store shelves, which features none other than the call girl which Eliot Spitzer [...]
Arizona Rebates for Appliances Program
The state of Arizona is taking a nice approach to curbing energy use by offering consumers a fixed dollar amount for any older appliances they are looking to replace. The Arizona Rebates for Appliances program launched early this morning and was greeted with a substantial amount of interest from Arizona residents. According to the official [...]
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