2008-08-04

A SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket has failed during its third attempt to reach orbit. Over four years behind schedule, the rocket lifted off from Omelek Island, part of Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, at 03:34 GMT this morning, carrying three technology development satellites, and the ashes of 208 people, including astronaut Gordon Cooper, and [...]

2008-08-02

A gas explosion at a Turkish school killed at least 18 school girls Friday.  Turkey’s Anatolia News Agency has reported that police have detained three people in connection with the event. At least 27 people were injured.
The report said the police had arrested and questioned the school’s chairman and two administrators. The collapse of the [...]

2008-07-01

A truck on the Trans-Canada Highway in New Brunswick, Canada, carrying 12 million bees has overturned. The truck was carrying 330 crates of bees when it tipped on a ramp in St. Leonard. The bees were used to help pollinate blueberries, and were heading back to Ontario.
The accident happened in the morning hours. Bee experts [...]

2008-06-22

Perez Hilton has one of the popular glam websites that tracks all the insanity that goes on in Hollywood. Anyone who follows the lifestyles of the rich and insane knows that starlets abuse stars just about as frequently as otherwise. Amy Winehouse and Heather McCartney are two of the most infamous abusers of [...]

2008-06-21

Mexico City, Mexico – At least 12 people have died and 32 have been injured because of a human stampede in the night club News Divine in Mexico City. About 1,000 people tried to leave the club at the same time through the only accessible door during a police raid. The establishment’s owner, Alfredo Maya [...]

2008-06-15

Sealed Air Corporation, a packaging company based in Elmwood Park, New Jersey has agreed to settle legal action over the Station nightclub fire on Rhode Island in February 2003. The disaster killed 100 people with more than twice as many injured and this settlement is one of a series over the blaze.
The fire was triggered [...]

2008-06-13

Buffalo, New York – Reports say that a large three-story stable which partially collapsed in Buffalo, New York on June 11, and caused as many as five home to be evacuated, is likely to be demolished.
During the early afternoon hours on June 11, the Buffalo Fire Department was called to 428 Jersey Avenue after residents [...]

2008-06-07

The final report into the crash of a B-2 Spirit bomber belonging to the United States Air Force (USAF) in Guam has determined that the crash was caused by moisture on sensors causing the jet to receive inaccurate data. It was the first loss of a B-2, which costs US$1.4 billion.
The aircraft, belonging to USAF’s [...]

2008-06-03

Buffalo, New York – 12 firefighters in Buffalo, New York, United States have been taken to the hospital where they are being treated for smoke and chemical inhalation after a massive fire broke out at a warehouse on Buffalo’s west side, early Monday morning. At least three fire companies started battling the blaze, which engulfed [...]

2008-05-31

A helicopter named SAN-100 crashed Thursday at 14:00 local time (09:00 UTC) on a roof in Banana Price, Calidonia, Panama City, Panama. The crash was a block from by Q street and Central Avenue. The crash also started a small fire. Of the 12 people aboard, half of whom were Chilean federal police officers and [...]

-By Warner Todd Huston
The horrible accident that befell Kaitlyn Lasitter, well it rips your heart out. A bubbly, well-liked Kentucky teen girl just at the beginning her life suffers a grievous, life-changing injury in an accident at an amusement park, Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom. In January of 2008, some cables fell loose from the Superman [...]

2008-05-28

According to a NASA status report, the lone toilet on the International Space Station (ISS) has broken, leaving the astronauts on board having to use a rigged-up system of bags to collect any liquid waste.
According to NASA, the collection fan motor broke sometime last week after one of the crew used the Russian-made toilet in [...]