The USA will begin talks with NATO about next year’s transition process from Afghanistan. This process will include some US troops being withdrawn from Afghanistan, as general David Petraeus, the most important NATO commander in Afghanistan. Discussion will start between Petraeus and commanders in the country in the middle of this month and will last [...]
After the Mariner Energy platform exploded earlier on Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico, the company’s shares tumbled. The Vermilion Oil platform 380 exploded throwing 13 people into the water and injuring one, according to initial Cost Guard reports. The explosion happened at at least 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay. According to Mariner Energy [...]
A blast on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico threw 13 people in the water, injuring one. The explosion torn through the offshore oil rig, west of the Deepwater Horizon tragic oil spill. A commercial helicopter company reported the explosion at about 09.30 local time (that’s 13.30 GMT), according to Petty Officer Casey [...]
James Jay Lee is allegedly the name of the man responsible for the hostage situation in Maryland, at Discovery Communications today. James Lee has a website called savetheplanetprotest.com, where he has voiced his demands against the Discovery networks. The site is currently down, probably due to the enormous traffic caused by the hostage situation, but [...]
A hostage situation is taking place in Silver Spring, at Discovery Communications, the headquarters of Discovery Channel. At least one man has been taken hostage at the building in Silver Springs, Maryland by a man that is said to have had explosives on him. The situation happens in the lobby area and the man has [...]
Hurricane Earl continues its brewing in the Western Atlantic while the authorities from Outer Banks have started to evacuate Ocracoke Island with the ferry. During vacations time, Ocracoke Island has about 5000 tourists and it is accessible only by ferry. If a hurricane was to hit the island, the damages would be devastating. Hurricane Earl [...]
What do you call a place where you can find breaking news, engaging videos, insightful opinions and original reporting about the stories that matter most? Well, Fox News channel host Glenn Beck calls it “The Blaze“, a new web site he has launched on Monday. The purpose of the new website is to bring forward [...]
Tropical storm Fiona is coming just after hurricane Earl, basically following its path. Just as people in hurricane Earl’s way are starting to clean up the mess, it would seem that they will have even more work to do. Tropical storm Fiona will probably be visiting almost the same areas as early as tomorrow. Tropical [...]
The Glenn Beck Rally attendance has become something of a dispute between various parties. The attendance figures that various parties give are so different it’s amazing. It is always tough to figure out the number of people at an event, and it is usually done by estimations, using high resolution imagery. Still, accurate data, if [...]
Hurricane Earl is getting stronger and, if it follows its projected path, it could reach coastal New England by this weekend. The National Hurricane Center says that Earl could become a Category 3 hurricane today. Hurricane Earl had winds close to 175 kilometers an hour on Monday, which is close to major hurricane status. The [...]