Atlanta tops mosquito cities list
ATLANTA, May 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Atlanta tops pest control leader Orkin’s list of Top Mosquito Cities for the second year in a row. The list ranks cities by the number of mosquito customers serviced in 2014. Nine cities in…
Judge disciplined for ‘New York Jew’ comment
By John Council, From Texas Lawyer The State Commission on Judicial Conduct disciplined a Texas district court judge for religious/cultural bias after she referred to a district attorney as a “New York Jew” and criticized another prosecutor’s beard because it…
Airbnb is floating a liveable house
Airbnb is floating a liveable house down the River Thames By Nick Summers From engadget If you happen to be in London this week, we recommend keeping one eye locked on the Thames. Airbnb is sailing a bright blue house…
EU approves naval operation targeting human smugglers in Mediterranean
By Megan Specia EU officials approved plans for a naval operation targeting human smuggling networks that bring thousands of migrants from northern Africa into Europe across the Mediterranean during a meeting of foreign and defense ministers on Monday. The operation…
China has outfitted missiles capable of reaching the US with multiple nuclear warheads
By Jeremy Bender From Business Insider In a break from decades of cautious nuclear policy, China has started a process of upgrading its ballistic missile capabilities into a more potentially dangerous form. Foregoing a longstanding policy of maintaining a small…
Cars that talk to each other could be here sooner than you think
By Luc Olinga, AFP From Business Insider New York (AFP) – Engineers have known for some time that if cars could only “talk” to each other, they could avoid a lot of accidents. Vehicles could be driven more safely with…
Olwomen story of the week
By Jane Sills From Olwomen Are you suffering from hair problem? Do you want to make your hair grow faster? Or are you facing the problem of dry and dull hair? Here is the best solution with a considerable list…
Life Sentence for conspirator in 1998 Embassy bombings
By Mark Hamblett, From New York Law Journal Convicted al Qaida conspirator Khalid al-Fawwaz asked Southern District Judge Lewis Kaplan if he could turn and address victims of the murderous attack on the U.S. Embassy in Kenya in 1998. Kaplan,…
Australian doctor denies he was brainwashed into joining ISIS
By Ariel Bogle From Mashable An Australian doctor who recently appeared in a propaganda video for the Islamic State (ISIS) denies he was brainwashed and vows never to return home in a letter sent to a nationwide health agency that…
Twitter just made it harder to figure out how many inactive users it has
By Jim Edwards From Business Insider Twitter has stopped disclosing the percentage of its users who take “no discernable user action” on the app, making it harder for observers to figure out whether Twitter’s core user base is growing or…
