Category: Science
Delta Plane Dumps Fuel Over Lake Michigan
Detroit A Delta Air Lines spokesman says a flight on its way to Seoul, South Korea, had to dump fuel and return to Detroit Metropolitan Airport after a cockpit light showed there was possibly an open maintenance panel on the outside of the aircraft. Spokesman Trebor Banstetter said Flight 159 took off from Detroit at…
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The Doomsday Vault Floods, But Humanity Is Still Safe
Scientists are concerned about the World Seed Bank on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen. Due to the extremely high temperatures and rain late last year, water flowed in the entrance of the vault. That water then quickly froze. Scientists now are questioning the vulnerability of the bank. The seeds are stored in a safe deep…
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Giant squid Caught Near Ireland
IRELAND – A Giant squid was caught off the southwest coast of Ireland According to Irish times, a giant squid was caught off the southwest coast this week and is only the sixth documented Irish sighting of the elusive marine creature on record. The giant squid, measuring 5.8 metres, is the first seen in Irish…
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Sea Cucumber Smugglers Made Millions On Delicacy
San Diego – A father-son team for allegedly smuggling more than $17 million worth of sea cucumbers to the United States and exported them to Asia. According to media reports Saturday, David Mayorquín and his father, Ramón Torres Mayorquín, are accused of buying illegally caught sea cucumbers by stealthy fishermen from the Yucatan peninsula in…
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Fox Fires Bob Beckel For Being An Old Racist
Fox News confirmed Friday that The Five co-host Bob Beckel was fired (again) for making a racist remark. As reported the Washington Post, Beckel “was terminated today for making an insensitive remark to an African-American employee,” the network said in a brief statement. A lawyer handling a racial discrimination lawsuit against Fox says Beckel became…
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Three Mississippi Teens Charged With Murder Of 6-Year-Old
Mississippi – On Thursday three teens were arrested hours after a 6-year-old boy was found shot dead in his mother’s stolen car. According to FOX News, the Mississippi teens will be charged with capital murder. Madison County District Attorney Michael Guest announced at a news conference that authorities plan to charge Byron McBride, D’Allen Washington…
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Governor Pardons Boy Who Stole Pen
SALEM – A boy in fourth grade whostole a hazelnut and pen during a tour of Oregon’s Capitol Building was pardoned by the governor after sending her a handwritten apology letter. “Dear Governor Brown,” Samuel Revenko wrote in the letter to Gov. Kate Brown. “While we were there I took a hazelnut and a…
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Chilliwack dairy farm pleads guilty to animal abuse
CHILLIWACK, B.C. – British Columbia’s provincial court says three dairy farm workers from the Fraser Valley have been sentenced to jail for causing distress to an animal after an undercover video showed several employees abusing milk cows. The Chilliwack provincial court registry confirmed Jamie Visser and Chris Vandyke were given 60 days each in jail,…
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Bangladesh Police Arrests 27 Gay Men
According to media reports, in Bangladesh 27 men have been arrested for being gay, a crime punishable by life imprisonment. The men, mostly students aged 20 to 30, had traveled across the country to hold a party at a community centre in Keraniganj, outside the country’s capital of Dhaka. The arrests were made by the…
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Maltese puppy used to clean supercar in London
A man on Instagram has been accused of animal cruelty after he was filmed using a Maltese puppy to polish a Maserati. As reports by the Independent, The video uploaded to the Rich Kids of London Instagram account shows an unidentified man holding a tiny, white Maltese puppy and using its back to polish a…
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Starbucks Tests Coffee Ice Cubes
Starbucks coffee ice cubes NEW YORK (EON)- = Like ice? Like coffee? Well do we have an idea for you! Monday, Starbucks introduced coffee ice cubes (yes, ice cubes made of coffee) in 100 stores in St. Louis and Baltimore, Starbucks spokesperson Holly Shafer told USA TODAY. The release is part of a limited-time test,…
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Alex Jones Issues Apology To Yogurt Company
Infowars host Alex Jones was forced to publicly apologize to yogurt company Chobani on Wednesday after the right-wing radio host was sued for defamation. According the Huff Post, last month, the company filed a suit against Jones and his website, Infowars, for posting a fake news story that linked the company and its CEO,…
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