SOPA/PIPA Bills Cause Internet Protest, Petitions

Posted in: Featured, U.S. News, World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 21st 2012 | no comments

Google Inc. on Friday released the information that it had collected seven million signatures in the United States for its petition related to its internet protest against the SOPA/PIPA anti-piracy legislation the American Congress is preparing with the endorsement of the Hollywood and the music [...]

Employees At Metro Airport Charged In Drug Smuggling Operation

By Roxana Ostafe | April 29th 2011 | no comments

12 Metro Airport employees were sent behind bars after they tried to get a good quantity of drugs in and off a plane directed towards Detroit. The drugs filled suitcases which were complete [...]

Expert Former Surf Instructor Dies Off Ocean Beach

By Roxana Ostafe | April 29th 2011 | no comments

A San Francisco man died in the waters off Ocean Beach and on Thursday, he was described as being a professional who went surfing every day. Jonathan Lunn was 44 years old and he was recently engaged. [...]

Mom Accused Of Stealing $16,000 Worth Of Education

By Roxana Ostafe | April 28th 2011 | no comments

A homeless single mother enrolled her son in a kindergarten in her baby sitter’s school district and she pleaded not guilty on Wednesday on charges of stealing about $16,000 worth of education. As every mother would do, Tanya McDowell, 33, enrolled her son to a better [...]

Loughner’s Records Sent To Psychiatrist To Check If Competent To Stand Trial

By Roxana Ostafe | April 28th 2011 | no comments

Last month, officials were not decided whether to send Loughner’s records to a psychiatrist or not, but now a judge has ordered the release of his medical records to a court-appointed psychiatrists in order to determine if Loughner is able to face trial or not. District Judge [...]

Storms And Tornadoes Knocked Out Everything In Their Way

By Roxana Ostafe | April 28th 2011 | no comments

The severe storms and tornadoes that hit the United States of America have left great damage behind them. Besides the terrible debris left behind, the storms have also caused the shutting down of three nuclear reactors in Alabama and the knocking down of 11 high-voltage [...]

The White House Publishes the President’s Full Birth Certificate to Prove His Eligibility for the Office

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 27th 2011 | no comments

The talks about the fact that Barack Obama was born outside the national territory of the United States can lay to rest now that the White House published the full birth certificate of the incumbent president of the United States, who already announced his desire to run for [...]

Mid South Expecting More Tornadoes And Flooding

By Roxana Ostafe | April 27th 2011 | one comment

Tornadoes and flooding killed more than 10 people in Arkansas this week. They continue threatening the mid-South and the Ohio Valley region Tuesday night into Wednesday. 24 tornadoes have been reported as of 9 p.m. on Tuesday. They were expected to hit hard regions of Arkansas, [...]

Woman Dies After Pit Bull Attack

By Roxana Ostafe | April 27th 2011 | no comments

A woman died in the hospital after 4 pit bulls attacked her on Easter Sunday. According to the New Mexico authorities, the woman was talking a walk on Sunday, when one pit bull [...]

Two Bodies Found In A Huge Pile Of Horse Manure

By Roxana Ostafe | April 27th 2011 | no comments

The bodies of two white or Hispanic men were found in a huge pile of horse manure at a stable in Gary, Indiana. According to Police Cpl. Mike Barnes, a man came to the police reporting that he had [...]

Woman Abused In Torture Room

By Roxana Ostafe | April 27th 2011 | no comments

A picture of a man who supposedly picked up a prostitute in Seattle and took her to a “torture room” back at his mobile home in rural Tacoma was released by the police. The man who is suspected to have [...]

Man Suspected Of Planting Bomb In Mall, Arrested

By Roxana Ostafe | April 27th 2011 | no comments

The man who is thought to have planted a bomb in a mall in Colorado was arrested on Tuesday. 12 years have passed since the attack at Columbine High School, when Eric Harris [...]

Millions of Gallons of Dangerous Chemicals Poured Into Wells

By Roxana Ostafe | April 18th 2011 | no comments

According to an article from nytimes.com, an investigation conducted by the Congressional Democrats revealed the fact that hundreds of millions of gallons of chemicals were spilled into the wells of more than 13 states between the years 2005 and 2009, by various oil and gas companies. It seems that these chemicals which have the power of causing cancer have been used by the companies [...]

Wildfires In Oklahoma Force People To Evacuate Their Homes

By Roxana Ostafe | April 17th 2011 | one comment

Two wildfires that started because of the strong winds in Oklahoma on Friday, forced more than 1,000 people to leave their homes. This time of the year is very well known to cause real damage because of the wildfires that simply start and grow very fast, due to the strong winds [...]

Mothers Outraged At Kids Being Served Alcohol

By Roxana Ostafe | April 17th 2011 | no comments

Two mothers are outraged at the fact that their kids received alcoholic beverages instead of what they really ordered at a very famous franchise of national chain restaurants. The thing is that the two women went to different restaurants of the same chain, at about 1,000 [...]

Cell Phone Calls May Provide Leads To Serial Killer

By Roxana Ostafe | April 17th 2011 | no comments

New information on the Long Island serial killer involves some phone calls that the man is thought to have made to some of the victims’ families. According to a new police report, back in 2009, when a 24-year-old prostitute disappeared, a man started calling her teenage sister, continually taunting her and in one conversation they had, he even confessed that he had killed they [...]

Hazardous Substance Injected Into Wells

By Roxana Ostafe | April 17th 2011 | no comments

According to what three House Democrats said on Saturday, some hazardous chemical substances have been injected in wells by several companies from 2005 until 2009. The report issued by Reps. Henry Waxman of California, Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Diana DeGette of Colorado, [...]

5 Found Dead In Oak Harbor

By Roxana Ostafe | April 17th 2011 | no comments

2 adults and their three kids were found dead in their home in Oak Harbor yesterday. Yesterday morning, at about 12:11 a.m., the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office received a phone call from a man called Alan Atwater. He told the police officer that something bad had happened in [...]

The Case Of The Missing Girl In Tennessee

By Roxana Ostafe | April 16th 2011 | 15 comments

The search in the case of the Tennessee girl who was abducted in front of her family a couple of days ago continues. The police have stated that they have found some items belonging to Holly Bobo, the [...]