Researchers in New Zealand are seeing a possible link between being firstborn and having more weight and less sensitivity to insulin thus leading to increased health risks of diabetes and heart disease. The study was conducted at the University of Auckland and the findings released last Thursday in the Scientific Reports journal. The study was […]
On Monday, February 3, Facebook released its new app named Paper and sees it as the reader for future. They also foresee that it could possibly replace the current Facebook app available for iPhones with plans to release it later for iPads. Facebook released Paper as a news reader with a new look that takes […]
A firefighter from Southern California found himself in handcuffs after he did not agree with a request presented to him from a highway patrol officer on where to park the fire engine. Engineer Jacob Gregoire from the Chula Vista Fire Department, was detained by the California Highway Patrol for approximately 30 minutes upon refusal to […]
A six-day old boy kidnapped from his home early Thursday morning in Wisconsin was located at an Iowa gas station, swaddled in blankets around 10:15 a.m. Friday morning. Authorities with the Beloit Police Department worked feverishly with federal, state and county officials – around 100 officers – to find Kayden Powell. According to Steven Kopp, […]
Police are still searching for a missing 5-day-old infant who went missing from his bassinette in Beloit, Wisconsin. The last time anyone saw Kayden Powell before his 18-year-old mother woke up at 4:30 a.m. to discover him missing was 1:30 a.m. 40 officers including federal investigators have joined on the search and are working the […]
A nationwide recall of the Healthy Choice Chicken with Rice soup from ConAgra has been issued by the Food and Safety Inspection Service of the U.S Department of Agriculture. According to officials, the recall of nearly 55,000 pounds of chicken noodle soup products is due to undeclared allergens and mislabelling. The product consists of eggs […]
A Sochi pest control company has been contracted to kill stray dogs in the city while the Olympics is going on. According to Basya Servces Director General Alexei Sorokin, the firm has been killing them for years but will ramp up their efforts during this time. Authorities have not stipulated how the dogs are going […]
Farmers in the south of Thailand are planning to enter Bangkok in an effort to intensify the pressure for the current government to pay them their subsidies due. The subsidies stem from the government’s rice pledging program where they agreed to buy rice from the farmers and pay them for their product. Rice farmers have […]
Staples’ pilot program to include dozens of post office in the store has left many California leaders from the national postal workers’ union upset. The national postal workers’ union sent a letter to the Bay Area store managers protesting their decision to use Staples’ employees and not actual postal workers, claiming it was a disservice […]
A 26-year old Upper West Side Manhattan woman was killed after she was hit by two cars while crossing 96th Street between West End Avenue and Broadway. According to the New York Police Department, Samantha Lee was near her home when she was clipped by an ambulance’s driver’s side window, which was headed west. After […]