English court jails policeman over insurance fraud

Thursday, July 1, 2010
A court in England, UK has jailed a policeman for ten months after he was convicted of defrauding his car insurance company. Police Constable Simon Hood, 43, arranged for a friend who dealt in scrap metal to dispose of his Audi TT, then claimed it had been stolen.
Hood had been disappointed with the car’s value when he tried to sell it two years after its purchase in 2008Read More…

Chula Vista, California becomes model for blight control laws in the US

Tuesday, October 14, 2008
A recently developed residential neighborhood in Chula Vista, California. Image: Catalan.The San Diego, California suburb of Chula Vista has responded to the recent housing crisis with an aggressive blight control ordinance that compels lenders to maintain the appearance of vacant homes. As foreclosures increase both locally and throughout the United States, the one yeRead More…

In depth: XM and Sirius merger

Wikipedia Wikipedia has more about this subject:XM/Sirius merger On 19 February 2007, XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio announced a move that will change the face of satellite radio in the United States and Canada: XM and Sirius will be merging, creating a single satellite radio provider.
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Apple introduces iPhone and Apple TV

Wednesday, January 10, 2007
The iPhone features touch-screen operationThe rear view of the new iPhoneApple Inc. today has introduced the much-anticipated iPhone at the Macworld Conference in San Francisco.
The iPhone is claimed to be “a revolutionary mobile phone” as stated on the Apple website. The device appears to be running a mobile version of the Apple operating system Mac OSX. It is approxRead More…

Saturn moon Enceladus may have salty ocean

Thursday, June 23, 2011
This mosaic was created from two high-resolution images that were captured by the narrow-angle camera when NASA’s Cassini spacecraft flew past Enceladus and through the jets on Nov. 21, 2009. Image: NASA/JPL/SSI.NASA’s Cassini–Huygens spacecraft has discovered evidence for a large-scale saltwater reservoir beneath the icy crust of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The data came Read More…

Creekstone Farms sues USDA for refusing to allow mad cow testing

Monday, March 27, 2006
Creekstone Farms Premium Beef, an organic meatpacking company based in Arkansas City, Kansas, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for what the company claims is threats by the USDA that it would face prosecution if it proceeds with plans to test nearly 100% of its beef for Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as mad cow disease or BSE.Read More…

US bank Goldman Sachs accused of fraud

Saturday, April 17, 2010
US bank Goldman Sachs has been accused of fraud by the American regulator Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Goldman Sachs arranged a transaction at Paulson’s request in which Paulson heavily influenced the selection of the portfolio to suit its economic interests According to the SEC, Goldman Sachs failed to inform investors of a conflict of interest in thRead More…

Senator Ted Kennedy dies at age 77

Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Senator Ted Kennedy (1932-2009) Image: United States Senate.United States Senator Ted Kennedy, a Democrat from Massachusetts died just before midnight on August 25, 2009, at his home in Hyannis Port at age 77. He was the brother of American President John F. Kennedy and U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
On May 20, 2008, Kennedy was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and was Read More…

Philadelphia to become largest city in U.S. without Boy Scout building

Thursday, June 7, 2007
The Philadelphia Scout Building, also known as the Cradle of Liberty Council.When the Philadelphia City Council broke its 80 year old building lease with the Cradle of Liberty Council, it set itself on a course to be the largest city in the nation without its own Boy Scout building. The scouts must abandon their building before the end of July. Local scouts now have to go Read More…

Brookfield, Wisconsin man charged with stealing toilet and urinal parts

Saturday, March 30, 2013 A urinal flush valve similar to what Feerick stands charged with stealing Image: Terry Johnston .Yesterday, the Milwaukee County district attorney charged Cory J. Feerick, a 33-year-old from Brookfield, Wisconsin, with five misdemeanor counts of stealing US$35,000 worth of flush valves from fast food restaurants and university toilets and urinals. If convicted, Feerick Read More…