Playground slide recalled after kids’ fingers amputated
By Ashlee Kieler From Consumerist Park slides can provide immeasurable joy for children (and some adults). And aside from scorching your bare legs on a slide that has been sitting out in the sun, they aren’t supposed to result in…
A tiny version of Hell on Earth exists in Cleveland, Ohio
By Dave Mosher From Business Insider Inside a windowless concrete room in Cleveland, Ohio, scientists have built a tiny version of Hell on Earth. Called the Glenn Extreme Environments Rig (GEER), the 14-ton steel chamber can faithfully recreate the toxic,…
Valuable Caribbean spiny lobsters get their food from an unexpected source
From PHYS.Org In the typical food web that most of us learned in school, the sun is the ultimate source of energy. Plants use energy from the sun to produce their own food via photosynthesis. Animals eat those plants or…
Former coup leader wanted by US, wins Haiti senate seat
From Caribbean News Service PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Dec 06 2016 – A former coup leader wanted by the US Drug Enforcement Administration for alleged cocaine trafficking and money laundering has won election to Haiti’s senate, according to preliminary results released by…
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Scientists find bacteria resistant to last-ditch drug treatments
By Jon Fingas From engadget It’s a warning that medicine needs to find an alternative to current antibiotics. If there wasn’t already a reason to develop a solution to drug-resistant “superbugs,” there is now. Scientists have found bacteria on an…
Wells Fargo already playing its ‘Get Out Of Jail Free’ card to avoid lawsuits over fake accounts
By Chris Morran From Consumerist Wells Fargo is facing multiple lawsuits from customers and employees over the long-running fake account fiasco that saw more than two million bogus, unauthorized accounts being opened in customers’ names. Even though lawmakers and consumer…
Here’s what President Roosevelt said to his Cabinet after the attack on Pearl Harbor
By Jeremy Berke From Business Insider Seventy-five years ago, to the day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ushered his Cabinet into his study for what he deemed the “most important” Cabinet meeting since the onset of the Civil War in 1861. Pearl…
Jamaica: Portia signals change
By Bert Wilkinson From Caribbean Life The Jamaican political landscape is bracing for yet another major changing of the guard because the island’s first woman prime minister and opposition leader is about to step down, opening the way for a…
MPs back government’s Brexit timetable
From BBC MPs have voted to back the government’s plan to start formal talks on Brexit by the end of March next year. They also supported a Labour motion calling for Parliament to “properly scrutinise” the government in its proposals…
Kali Inc. announces $10 million Caribbean marina development project
BY Kali Inc. SARASOTA, Florida, December 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Kali, Inc. (KALY) today announced a contract with Harbormaster Development to manage the development of a new Caribbean marina. The project is currently slated for a specific property in Puerto…
