Horsemeat is Everywhere, Including IKEA
By Eric Steinman Care2 At the beginning of the year, the European Union was hit in the proverbial gut with a scandal that called into question, what, exactly, was everyone eating? After all of the concern and safeguards put into…
Three dead in Swiss factory shooting
Three people have been killed and seven injured during a shooting at a factory near the Swiss city of Lucerne, police have said. The killer, a 42-year-old man who had worked at the factory for 10 years, is among the…
Jimmy Savile’s penthouse to be demolished by new owner
The new owners of Jimmy Savile’s former penthouse in Leeds say they are planning to demolish it and build a new apartment in its place. The Roundhay Park property, which went on the market in September for £325,000, was bought…
Houston TV station (Local 2) investigates Carnival Cruise fires
By Joel Eisenbaum, Investigative Reporter, Anchor, [email protected] HOUSTON – Since November, 2010, three Carnival cruise ships have caught fire, lost power and drifted without propulsion, Local 2 has learned. “I thought I was watching a documentary about the Carnival Splendor…
IWC Schaffhausen Races at Full Throttle into the Year of the Ingenieur Watches
Geneva, 23 January 2013 – At the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) in Geneva, IWC Schaffhausen hosted around 800 international guests and media representatives from around the globe for the launch of its new Ingenieur watches. The latest…
Man killed in New Zealand shark attack
A shark has killed a man off a beach near the New Zealand city of Auckland. The attack took place around 13:30 (00:30 GMT) on Wednesday at Muriwai Beach, to the west of the country’s largest city. The 47-year-old man…
CRFM Ministerial Sub-Committee on Flyingfish calls stakeholders to action
BELIZE CITY, BELIZE – Fisheries ministers who met on Friday, 22 February 2013, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, to review urgent governance and management issues challenging the seven Caribbean countries that currently harvest the Eastern Caribbean flyingfish (scientific…
Flying SUV crashes through two houses, lodges in roof
by Doug Miller / KHOU 11 News / Posted on February 24, 2013 at 6:18 PM Updated Sunday, Feb 24 at 6:20 PM HOUSTON – A wild traffic accident on a dark and dangerous road sent an SUV flying into…
EU ministers back fish dumping ban
By Roger Harrabin BBC environment analyst Mackerel The decision comes after a long campaign that won big public backing European Union fisheries ministers have agreed to phase out the controversial practice of dumping unwanted fish. After a tense all-night meeting,…
Pope Benedict XVI recalls joy and ‘choppy waters’
Pope Benedict XVI has admitted he faced “choppy waters” during his eight years at the helm of the Roman Catholic Church, but says he was guided by God and felt his presence every day. The Pope, 85, will retire on…
