Daily Archives: August 14, 2003
Reuters Reports Lightning the Cause
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A lightning strike caused massive power outages in New York and other cities across the northeastern United States and Canada on Thursday, trapping thousands in crowded subways and forcing millions of evacuated office workers onto the … Continue reading
Power Grid, Air Travel Shut Down
NYC Braces for Looting A massive power blackout hit the east coasts of the United States and Canada, plunging over 40 million people into gathering darkness. Air travel has been paralyzed, first on the East Coast then cascading throughout the … Continue reading
French Fry: Heat deaths up to 3,000
The French health ministry has said the deaths of up to 3,000 people in recent weeks could be attributed to the European heat wave. The announcement came as the government extended throughout the country an emergency hospital plan originally introduced … Continue reading
Bilingual Teachers Seek Injunction
17 bilingual teachers from the embattled Lawrence MA public schools, due to lose their jobs at the end of the year due to state mandates eliminating bilingual education and forcing the teachers to pass English fluency tests before moving to … Continue reading
NE Aquarium Decertified
The financially struggling New England Aquarium has lost its accreditation from the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, making it apparently the only major aquarium in the country that does not have the blessing of the organization. Aquarium officials are attempting … Continue reading
Mummy Makeover Reconstructs Queen
Cosmetic Surgeons Searching for her Secret Damian Schofield of Nottingham University and Martin Evison of Sheffield University, both in the United Kingdom, reconstructed the face of this bronze-skinned beauty from a 3,400-year-old unidentified skull discovered in 1898 and forgotten for … Continue reading