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Defunct German satellite to crash-land this weekend

Sat, 10/22/2011 - 20:08 by Neka Sehgal

A defunct German satellite racing towards the Earth is expected to crash into the planet’s surface this weekend, according to the latest update from the German Aerospace Center.

10 Thought-Provoking Quotes From 2010

Thu, 12/23/2010 - 09:37 by Morgan Housel

Every once in a while, you read something stunning. Something that's brilliant, changes the way you think about something, or simply shocks you. Here are 10 such quotes I came across over the year, in no particular order of importance.

Is This Highflier Due for a Crash?

Tue, 11/30/2010 - 11:13 by Tim Beyers

 

I'm a believer in growth stocks. As an analyst for our Motley Fool Rule Breakers service, I think you should be a believer, too. But even I have to admit some growth stories are bogus, hence this regular series.




Groupon online after jolt by Winfrey plug

Sat, 11/20/2010 - 22:57 by Prince damin

Chicago -- Internet site Groupon.com said it was back online after a crash triggered by U.S. consumers flooding the site after it was touted by Oprah Winfrey.

The television host's mention of Groupon was somewhat indirect. Winfrey listed microloan company Kiva on a segment of her program called "2010 Favorite Things," the Chicago Tribune reported Saturday.

Kiva allows participants to make loans to entrepreneurs, who generally come from Third World countries. On Friday, Winfrey said Kiva had organized a deal for a $10 Groupon to buy a $25 Kiva loan.

The Chicago Sun-Times said Kiva is still offering to "add $10 to every $15 purchase, up to $500,000."

Governor unintentionally crashes reception

Mon, 10/25/2010 - 23:33 by Prince damin

Jerome, Idaho -- Staffers at an Idaho library said Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter and other Republican candidates were ejected from a room reserved for a wedding reception.

Patty Metcalf, librarian at the Jerome Public Library, said a campaign bus carrying Otter and other candidates, including state Rep. Maxine Bell and Roger Morley, a County Commission candidate, stopped at the library at about 5 p.m. Wednesday. That was the same time as the scheduled wedding reception for a member of Jerome's Friends of the Library organization, The (Twin Falls, Idaho) Times-News reported Monday.

"A bus load of people showed up and just invaded the library," Metcalf said. "It was chaotic because the library staff was not forewarned."

Moon's surface has water and other resources--NASA

Fri, 10/22/2010 - 10:07 by Priyanka

NASA scientists on Thursday announced in a press conference that they have discovered water in the form of ice on the surface of moon when they slammed two spacecraft into moon crater last year.

TJ Lavin suffers brain bleeding in BMX crash; currently in coma

Sat, 10/16/2010 - 14:53 by Natalie James

A bike stunt has proved potentially life-threatening for pro BMX dirt bike rider and television personality TJ Lavin. He is currently in critical condition at UMC hospital, following a crash during a BMX event.

Bus driver does a Sully after goose crash

Sun, 10/10/2010 - 22:49 by Prince damin

New York -- A passenger on a New York-bound bus says the driver reminded her of hero pilot "Sully" Sullenberg after the vehicle took a direct hit from a low-flying goose.

Laetitia-Laure Brock of Washington told The Baltimore Sun she knew nothing good was going to come from the flock of geese she saw heading toward the windshield of the double-decker bus as it traveled along the New Jersey turnpike Saturday.

"I heard the sound, and if I hadn't seen the windshield, I would have thought we were OK," Brock said.

The windshield was broken out by the hapless bird, but driver Andre Sweeney kept his hands on the wheel despite having glass in his eyes and brought the Megabus vehicle to a safe stop.

Bans on texting while driving ineffective--study

Wed, 09/29/2010 - 10:12 by Priyanka

According to a new study report released by the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) on Tuesday, bans by most state governments on texting while driving have failed to effectively curb the risky behavior.

U. of Wyo. footballer dies in car crash

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 07:29 by Prince damin

Laramie, Wyo. -- University of Wyoming linebacker Ruben Narcisse was killed and three other players were injured in an early Monday car crash, school officials said.

Wyoming President Tom Buchanan said Narcisse, a 19-year-old freshman from North Miami, Fla., died in Colorado shortly after 5:30 a.m., as the teammates were returning to Laramie, Wyo., from a trip to Fort Collins, Colo., The Miami Herald reported.

"The loss of any student saddens us immeasurably," Buchanan said in statement. "My condolences go out to Ruben's family and friends. The entire university community grieves his loss."

Four die in California car crash

Wed, 08/25/2010 - 10:07 by Prince damin

Patterson, Calif. -- Four people, including a child, were killed Tuesday in a two-vehicle collision in Stanislaus County, police said.

The crash occurred in Patterson when a van broadsided a sport utility vehicle at an intersection. The California Highway Patrol told KCRA-TV, Sacramento, the preliminary investigation indicated the van may have run a stop sign.

The driver of the van was killed, as were a man, a woman and the child in the SUV. Another person in the SUV was seriously injured.

KCRA said the impact of the crash pushed the SUV into a tree.

Copyright 2010 United Press International, Inc. (UPI).

Medical plane crash: farewell note found floating

Mon, 07/26/2010 - 16:16 by Natalie James

In an unexpected finding, the wife of a doctor, who is missing and presumed dead after the fatal crash of medical plane Friday, says her husband wrote a goodbye note to loved ones seven minutes before their plane plummeted into Lake Michigan.