EWA BEACH, Hawaii – A tsunami triggered by the Chilean earthquake raced across the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, threatening Hawaii as it rushed toward the U.S. West Coast and hundreds of islands from the bottom of the planet to the top. Sirens blared in Hawaii to alert residents to the potential waves. Nine small planes [...]
One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Chile on Saturday, toppling homes, collapsing bridges and plunging trucks into the fractured earth. A tsunami set off by the magnitude-8.8 quake threatened every nation around the Pacific Ocean — roughly a quarter of the globe. Chileans near the epicenter were tossed about as if shaken by [...]
A tsunami advisory announced shortly after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s Ryukyu Islands early Saturday has been canceled, Japan’s Meteorological Agency reported. There was no tsunami damage “though there may be slight sea level changes from now on,” it said, referring to the areas affected by the advisory — the Okinawa Islands, the Amami Islands [...]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia —Apolo Anton Ohno threw up his arms in a what-can-I-do gesture and smiled. The American short track speedskater had just been disqualified in the 500 meters, but he wasn’t leaving the Vancouver Olympics empty-handed Friday night. Ohno returned later and anchored the United States to a bronze-medal finish in the chaotic 5,000 [...]
A massive solar storm could leave millions of people around the world without electricity, running water, or phone service, government officials say. That was their conclusion after participating in a tabletop exercise that looked at what might happen today if the Earth were struck by a solar storm as intense as the huge storms that [...]
Follow These Tips to Spend Less and Pocket the Money You Save If cheap is chic, then saving is suddenly sexy. America Saves Week (February 21-28) takes on new meaning when the U.S. savings rate, which had dipped into negative territory, headed up to 4.6% last year. The savings rate could climb as high as [...]
FRIDAY, Feb. 26 — It’s not a particular brain region that makes someone smart or not smart. Nor is it the strength and speed of the connections throughout the brain or such features as total brain volume. Instead, new research shows, it’s the connections between very specific areas of the brain that determine intelligence and [...]
Anyone who suffered through the decade or so while U.S. cellular networks figured out how to upgrade their infrastructure from 2G to 3G — which they’re all finally running now — is probably pretty darn excited that people are already talking about rolling out 4G, the next generation of networks that, in theory at least, [...]
Another Olympics, another short track speedskating controversy involving South Korea. Eight years after Kim Dong-Sung had his gold medal stripped when judges determined he cut off Apolo Anton Ohno, the country was served another crushing disqualification when its women’s 3,000 meter relay team had gold taken away when it was ruled that a skater had [...]
A lesson to all Olympic alternates out there: Leave your cell phone on when it’s time for your race. German speedskater Patrick Beckert missed out on a chance to compete in the Olympics because his cell phone was turned off prior to the start of Wednesday’s 1,000m competition. Officials were trying to contact the 19-year [...]
South Korea’s Yu-Na Kim skated into Olympic history with a record-breaking gold medal win in Vancouver on Thursday night, while Canadian skater Joannie Rochette skated into a special place in the story of Olympic spirit, winning the bronze. Kim skated early, and left no doubt that she deserved the nickname of “Queen.” Her jumps were [...]
Hacienda Heights , February 20, 2010 ./Indonesia Media – Tiga hari berturut-turut panitia dan para vendors dicekam ketegangan , pasalnya laporan TV selalu menahyangkan ramalan cuaca bakal terjadi hujan badai pada hari Sabtu tanggal 20 February , justru itu hari disaat mereka adakan Bazaar Imlek yang hanya setahun sekali. Banyak orang berdoa dengan khusuk untuk [...]
In its continuing effort to strengthen cultural relationships amongst many of the various Asian communities in America , the Miss Asia USA organization participates in an exciting variety of cultural celebrations. Recent collaborative efforts include the following highly attended events. The National Costume Fashion Show for Saigon TV, produced and aired in celebration of the [...]
Proses akuisisi dan merger dalam kasus Bank Century dipersalahkan semua fraksi dalam Pansus hak angket, sedangkan proses FPJP dan bailout dipersalahkan oleh 7 fraksi dari 9 fraksi yang ada. Sebagaimana diketahui, dalam proses penyelidikan oleh Pansus hak angket, Bank Indonesia dinilai memberikan berbagai kemudahan, bahkan lebih vulgar lagi “memelihara bank bobrok sejak lahir”. Sulit dipercaya, [...]
You already know if newspapers, tin cans, or plastic bottles get picked up on your curb for recycling, but what about similar items? Chances are phone books, aluminum foil, and other hard-to-know-what-to-do-with items can be mixed in with your curbside recycling. Every town has different rules so you’ll need to check with your local waste [...]
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON – The only time the U.S. dollar ever took a serious shellacking in the marketplace, the wounds were almost entirely self-inflicted. Facing mounting inflation and the escalating cost of the Vietnam War, President Richard Nixon, on August 15, 1971, took the United States off the gold standard, which had been in place since [...]
