You must have been seeing a lot of news reports lately saying that the US Government might just Shutdown this month. So, why does a Government have to shutdown ? Well, a Government shutdown occurs when a legislative body (including the legislative power of veto by the executive) cannot agree on a budget financing its government programs for a pending ... Read More »
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Glenn Beck Leaves Fox
Fox News had made an official announcement saying that Glenn Beck will leave Fox News at the end of the year. Michael Keegan, President of People For the American Way, issued the following statement: “It’s encouraging to know that it is no longer economically viable for a major television network to support the demagogic rantings of its most unhinged conspiracy ... Read More »
Obama kicks off 2012 re-election campaign
Looks like President Obama is all set to give his 2nd term a shot. He started his re-election campaign way ahead of the Republicans who are still struggling to find a good candidate. Looks like Obama wants to milk on all the good news regarding the improving economic conditions and the unemployment rate continuously dipping. Obama, a Democrat who won ... Read More »
Low levels of radiation found in US milk
The radiation leak from the damaged Nuclear Power Plants in Japan is really having a global effect now. Very low levels of nuclear radiation have been detected in a sample milk from Washington state. The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) and the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) have confirmed this. But they assured the consumers not to worry as the radiation ... Read More »
SriLanka Gets into World Cup 2011 Finals!
SriLanka is the first team to get qualified for the finals of the World Cup Cricket 2011. They have achieved this after defeating New Zealand in the Semi-finals. New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat first. They scored 217 runs in 48.5 overs losing all their batsman. Sri Lanka replied to New Zealand with 220 runs in 47.5 ... Read More »
Docs Warn Facebook Can Cause Depression!
Looks like Facebook has got its own mental disorder! Its called ‘Facebook Depression’! I am not kidding here a group of doctors have actually done enough research to link Facebook to a new kind of depression and named it “Facebook Depression”, caused by excessive obsession with social networking sites. Don’t think you can’t catch “Facebook Depression” because you only use ... Read More »
Actress Elizabeth Taylor dies of congestive heart failure at 79
The Legendary Oscar Award winning actress and one of Michael Jackson’s closest friend Elizabeth Taylor is no more. She has died at the age of 79 caused by congestive heart failure. Her publicist confirmed her death in a statement released saying that the Hollywood icon died in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure. Her son, Michael Wilding, confirmed the sad ... Read More »