At least 55 killed by Hurricane Katrina; serious flooding across affected region


Tuesday, August 30, 2005File:Katrina damage.jpg Thirty people died in the Gulf of Mexico resort of Biloxi when Hurricane Katrina demolished a water-side apartment block, Harrison County emergency operations center spokesman Jim Pollard told AP. However, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency has yet to confirm the news. At least another twenty have died across the rest […]

Dungog, Australia residents celebrate continued protection of local forest


Thursday, September 5, 2013 Local residents of Dungog, a small country town in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, held a celebratory nature walk on Sunday after they received assurance that their local forest was deemed worthy of “enduring protection.” Previously, a proposal before the NSW government to log over one million hectares of protected national […]

Information To Think About When Remodeling Your Home


Read An Opinion On: Home Builders Toowoomba QLD Design Master Homes Site Information to Think About When Remodeling Your Home by Dave Nabrotzy The housing market is still in a state of chaos and many people are choosing to remodel their homes instead of moving to a new house or building a new house. Remodeling […]

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American disc jockey “DJ AM” dies at 36 of suspected drug overdose


Saturday, August 29, 2009 The American celebrity disc jockey Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein has been found dead in his apartment in Manhattan, New York. The cause of death is suspected to be a drug overdose. Goldstein was found dead by paramedics at 5:20 pm. Drug paraphernalia was found at his apartment, but the star had […]

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Submitted by: Body Fat Diminisher The way to Burn calories speedy The fastest manner to burn calories is to combine a Reduce Belly Fat Plan with a mild workout plan. Here are a few extra hints that could assist. Defining One Pound The primary rule in terms of attaining a thinner body is to concentrate […]

OpenSync Interview – syncing on the free desktop


Friday, May 19, 2006 This interview intends to provide some insight into OpenSync, an upcoming free unified data synchronization solution for free software desktops such as KDE, commonly used as part of the GNU/Linux operating system. Hi Cornelius, Armin and Tobias. As you are now getting close to version 1.0 of OpenSync, which is expected […]

Galloway and Pasqua deny any wrongdoing on their part in the oil-for-food program


Tuesday, May 17, 2005 Following accusations issued by the United States Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), British Member of Parliament George Galloway and Senator Charles Pasqua of France have vehemently denied any wrongdoing. George Galloway declared: I’ve now had a chance to read the report which was compiled without this Senate committee asking me […]

Building Massive Leg Muscles Without The Squat


By Darren O’Connell The squat is considered the king of all exercises when it comes to building muscle. When done correctly with heavy weights and for the right amount of reps usually 8 to 12, it is the most effective growth producing exercise you can do, along with the dead lift and very heavy presses. […]