Ft. Wayne, Indiana burn center treats Afghan child

Tuesday, July 12, 2005 Doctors at the regional burn center at St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana are treating a patient flown in from war-torn Afghanistan. U.S. Army’s 113th Battalion, which is made up of Indiana National Guardsman, discovered five-year-old Zia after a propane explosion in suburban Kabul] earlier this year destroyed homes and…

Manitoba volunteers go to war against Red River flooding

Monday, April 6, 2009 Over 1,600 volunteers registered to help build approximately 65,000 of the 500,000 sandbags to create dikes 20.5 feet (6 metres) high to protect the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba in the war against the Red River of the North flood. 700 volunteers answered at the rural municipality of St. Andrews alone. Once sandbags are…

Straight From The Horse S Mouth

Here’s An Opinion On: Buy Online Ariat Boots Australia Straight From the Horse s Mouth by Bruno Blackstone I was walking in the beautiful countryside around Middleham in North Yorkshire recently and was quite surprised at the number of race horses that were trotting through the town centre. I later found out that because of…

Flight recorder for fatal China Eastern flight 5735 crash found

Wednesday, March 23, 2022 One of the flight data recorders from the downed China Eastern Airlines flight 5735 has been found, aviation officials announced Wednesday. MU5735 crashed Monday in Guangxi, China, while carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members. Mao Yanfeng of the Civil Aviation Authority of China said it yet to be determined if…

Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch to be auctioned off

Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Neverland Valley Ranch, owned by Michael Jackson, is to be sold at auction on March 19, 2008, unless Jackson pays over US$24 million. Financial Title Company, the trustee of his Santa Barbara County, California, home and amusement park, has foreclosed on the property. They notified Jackson of the foreclosure and sale…

Elephants recognize mirror image of themselves

Wednesday, November 1, 2006 If you put an elephant in front of a mirror, it will be able to recognize itself, according to a study performed by scientists on three female elephants at the Bronx Zoo located in New York City, New York. During a test on the elephants named Happy, Maxine and Patty, a…

Aerosmith sued over late cancellation of gig in Maui, Hawaii

Sunday, October 21, 2007 Fans of the American hard rock band Aerosmith have launched legal action against the band in response to a late cancellation of a scheduled concert on the Hawaiian Island of Maui. Attorney Brandee Faria filed a class action suit in Hawaii Circuit Court on October 19. The suit alleges that the…

Cypriot plane with 121 on board crashes in Greece

Sunday, August 14, 2005 A Helios airliner (Boeing 737, flight HCY 522) with 115 passengers and 6 crew onboard has crashed into a mountain at 09:04 UTC (12:04 p.m. EEST) near Grammatiko, 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of Athens, while approaching the capital’s airport. All on board perished. The plane was travelling from Larnaca, in…