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St. Louis Wins Game 6

Texas was leading 7-4 after the 7th inning, but the Cardinals fought back in the 9th and 10th innings to win the game 10-9. The Cardinal’s managed one run in the 8th, then in the bottom of ninth Cardinals third baseman Dave Freese stepped up to the plate and with two out and with only [...]

Madoff Regrets Deceiving Family, Not Clients

Bernie Madoff told Barbara Walters of ABC television that while he suffers from “horrible nightmares” in his North Carolina prison cell and feels despair over his estrangement from family members, he “can live with” the anger of people he defrauded. “Not seeing my family and knowing they hate me” is the worst thing about being [...]

Boeing 787′s Maiden flight lands in Hong Kong

After more than three years of delays, Boeing`s  787 Dreamliner arrived on schedule Wednesday, touching down in Hong Kong at the end of its maiden commercial flight which left Tokyo four hours eight minutes earlier. Many believe the debut of the 787 will usher in an era of fuel-efficient aircraft and unprecedented passenger comfort. The [...]

U.S. Dismantles Last Nuclear Monster Bomb

The last B53 nuclear bomb was dismantled on Tuesday, at the Pantex nuclear weapons facility, near Amarillo in Texas. The 9 megaton bomb called the “bunker buster” was designed to hit targets deep underground, when detonated estimates are it would have caused lethal burns to life within 18 miles, destroyed all buildings within nine miles and [...]

NYPD officers Arrested for Weapons Trafficking

Twelve people have been arrested today in raids carried out by a joint task force of  FBI agents and NYPD internal affairs officers. Five serving and three retired NYPD police officers, along with a former New Jersey jail ward, and three civilians were taken into custody. They are accused of involvement in a ring that [...]

2000 Year Old Supernova Mystery Solved

In 185 A.D., Chinese astronomers noted a “guest star” that mysteriously appeared in the sky and stayed for about 8 months. By the 1960s, scientists had determined that the mysterious object was the first documented supernova. Later, they pinpointed RCW 86 as a supernova remnant located about 8,000 light years away. But a puzzle persisted. [...]