Charles Clifford to run in BT as an independent
“I WILL RUN” Attorney at Law Charles “Chuckie” Clifford who is the former Minister of Tourism, Environment, Investment and Commerce and former 2nd Elected Member for the Electoral District of Bodden Town has announced that he will again be contesting…
Man seriously hurt as crash leaves car embedded in home
BBC A man is seriously ill in hospital after a car crashed and ended up embedded in a house in Suffolk. The red Audi TT left the road and crashed into the home in Long Meadow Walk, Lowestoft, at about…
House damaged by gunfire – West Bay
West Bay detectives are appealing for witnesses after a house was damaged by gunfire on Thursday night. About 9.45 pm on Thursday (21 March) police received a report that gunshots had been fired at a house in Miss Daisy Lane….
Double helicopter crash in Berlin
BBC Two helicopters have crashed near Berlin’s Olympic Stadium, leaving several people dead or injured. The helicopters hit each other in mid-air during a police exercise. The Bild newspaper said one of the pilots was killed and four people were…
The silliness of demographic panic
A Commentary By Froma Harrop If you drove to work today, did you worry about too few cars on the road? Do you wish more people were waiting in line at the public tennis courts? Are you eager to see…
Ethanol Surplus May Lift Gas Prices
From The New York Time/CNBC WASHINGTON — A glut of ethanol in the gasoline supply is threatening to push up prices at the pump and may have exacerbated the growing cost gap between regular gasoline and premium, some oil experts…
Satellite maps oldest light in the universe
From Australian Network News A new, detailed map of the most ancient light in the cosmos has revealed our universe to be about 80 million years older than thought. The 50-million pixel, all-sky snapshot of radiation left over from the…
ECB: Cyprus Bank Funding to Be Cut Unless Bailout Reached
From Moneynews The European Union gave Cyprus until Monday to raise the billions of euros it needs to clinch an international bailout or face the collapse of its financial system and likely exit from the euro currency zone. In stark…
Budget 2013: Osborne vows to drive UK growth
By Hannah Kuchler, Financial Times George Osborne, the British chancellor, has vowed his “absolute determination” to ensure his Budget drives economic growth, despite the Office for Budget Responsibility forecasting it will have little impact on UK gross domestic product. Speaking…
Congress passes budget bill to avert government shutdown
BBC Congress has comfortably passed a large spending bill to keep the US government running until the end of September and avert a temporary shutdown. President Barack Obama must now sign the bill, which was passed by a bipartisan vote…
