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US Gov. Robert Bentley impeachment effort remains stalled in the House

Robert Bentley impeachment effort remains stalled in the House

House Judiciary Committee treads lightly on Robert Bentley impeachment probe. An impeachment probe into Gov. Robert Bentley’s relationship with his former top staffer remains stalled in the Alabama House of Representatives, even as some legislators push for its revival. The House Judiciary Committee, charged with investigating Bentley for possible impeachment, voted Tuesday to continue a pause that began in the ... Read More »

Female former teacher pleads guilty to sexual assaulting students

Female former teacher pleads guilty to sexual assaulting students

A former grade-school teacher pleaded guilty Tuesday to numerous sex-related charges involving eight minors in a Belleville court. Jaclyn McLaren appeared in Belleville court Tuesday and entered the pleas with the Crown saying those seven counts were a representation of the crimes attached to all 42 of the charges. In addition, the court heard, each of the counts McLaren pled ... Read More »

Microsoft outage hits Hotmail, Outlook, Skype users and more down

Microsoft outage hits Hotmail, Outlook, Skype users and more down

Microsoft users are able to access their accounts again after an outage prevented access to email, Xbox and Skype Tuesday morning. According to independent website Down Detector, Outlook.com, Xbox Live, Skype, OneDrive and Office 365 are all experiencing problems of some kind, with users taking to Twitter to vent their frustrations at yet another high-profile outage. Outlook.com appears to have ... Read More »

Yellow Taxis Are Safer Than Blue Ones, Says NUS Study

Yellow Taxis Are Safer Than Blue Ones, Says NUS Study

A new NUS research finds that taxi cabs painted yellow are 9 percent less likely to be involved in accidents than ones painted blue. The study was led by Professor Ho Teck Hua, NUS Deputy President (Research & Technology) and Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor, in collaboration with Associate Professor Chong Juin Kuan from NUS Business and Assistant Professor Xia ... Read More »

Emma Watson defends topless shoot

Emma Watson defends topless shoot

Actress Emma Watson has hit back at critics accusing her of being anti-feminist while posing topless for her latest Vanity Fair shoot. The 26-year-old Beauty and the Beast star featured on the April cover of the culture magazine, but a photograph inside caught the Internet’s attention; the shot featured Watson looking right at the camera while posing in a crocheted ... Read More »

Nasa To Create The Coolest Spot In The Universe On Board The ISS

Nasa To Create The Coolest Spot In The Universe On Board The ISS

NASA will send an ice chest sized box to ISS to make a cool place in the universe. The box will have lasers, electromagnetic knife and vacuum chamber to eliminate the energy of gas particles, making them motionless. The instrument is named CAL, Cold Atom Laboratory, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California created this instrument. “Studying these hyper-cold ... Read More »

Health Canada releases “previously quarantined” meds to ease chemo drug shortage

Health Canada releases "previously quarantined" meds to ease chemo drug shortage

Health Canada has responded to an acute shortage of the cancer drug Fluorouracil by allowing the release 3,608 vials that had been quarantined last fall after reports of leaking vials. These vials were quarantined as a precaution by the manufacturer last fall, over concerns about broken or compromised containers. Doctors have now been instructed to check each vial before the ... Read More »