The pilots of Spirit Airlines walked off their jobs on Saturday morning. They are on strike protesting demanding better pay. The strike was called on after negotiations that went on into the wee hours failed to produce a new contract. “Spirit pilots are willing to withdraw their services to get the contract they deserve,” said Captain John Prater, president of ... Read More »
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Oil spill threatens to roil US-British relations
WASHINGTON — The leaking oil that has tainted the Gulf of Mexico is also threatening the political shores on both sides of the Atlantic, with a British company the villain. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron planned to discuss the environmental catastrophe over the telephone on Saturday, hoping to ease what has become a growing rift over ... Read More »
Missing Teenage Sailor Abby Sunderland found safe in Indian Ocean
SYDNEY — An American teenage girl was found safe with her damaged yacht on Friday after going missing in stormy Indian Ocean seas during a controversial attempt to sail solo round the world. An Australian search plane spotted Abby Sunderland, 16, after 0600 GMT on Friday, after she lost the mast on her vessel “Wild Eyes” thousands of miles (kilometres) ... Read More »
Marvin Isley Dies at 56
Marvin Isley died on the morning of Sunday at Weiss Memorial Hospital located in Chicago. He was 56 years old. He was one of the members of Isley Brothers R&B Band and was the youngest of all. He performed the duties of bassist in the band. The reason of the death is told to be diabetes. He battled with diabetes ... Read More »
G.M. Recalls 1.5 Million Cars and Trucks!
G.M. Recalls 1.5 Million Vehicles, yes thats right GM just jumped into the bandwagon of companies recalling their product due to production defects. This is getting too common these days and oddly the numbers are always huge. Do they even test if their products are working these days ?? Well, this time General Motors said it is recalling 1.5 million ... Read More »
Chris Brown NOT Welcome in UK?
Chris Brown had planned a tour in the UK but has now cancelled it as he has been denied entry into the country. Yep, his visa was just rejected. The singer was refused a visa on the grounds of being found guilty of a serious criminal offence after assaulting his ex-girlfriend singer Rihanna in February 2009. He is currently serving ... Read More »
Sandra Bullock Smooches Scarlett Johansson!
Ya! The girl-on-girl action went down just moments ago — after Sandy got a huge standing ovation while receiving something called the Generation Award. After the smooch, Bullock addressed the attention now placed on her personal life, saying “Can we please go back to normal because therapy is really expensive. Go back to making fun of me, I don’t care, ... Read More »