An oil rig explosion from the Mariner Energy facility south of Vermillion Bay has been reported Thursday. The incident is located west of the site of the BP Deepwater Horizon accident. The facility is owned by Mariner Energy Inc., an…
Local officials of Dare County NC issued a mandatory evacuation for all visitors throughout the entire county at 6 AM this Thursday morning as Hurricane Earl showed some signs of strengthening out in the Atlantic. The Dare County Control Group…
Onslow County Schools released an announcement regarding school closings and delays due to Hurricane Earl about to hit the mainland U.S. on Thursday night. **** On Thursday, September 2, 2010, the Onslow County School System will operate on a regular…
It is a sad day for the former tennis champion Andy Roddick. The 9th-seed American was defeated by 44th-ranked Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia on Wednesday night with a 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (4) in 2nd round of the US Tennis…
NASA’s 2010 hurricane experiment is in full swing as the tropics have heated up. NASA’s Global Hawk unmanned aircraft was sent out over this past weekend to conduct measurements on then Tropical Storm Frank in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the…
It is just one tropical depression after another. There is the major Hurricane Earl about to hit land and tropical storm Fiona is on the heels of Earl. Far in the Atlantic is tropical Storm Gaston. It is expected to…
James Jay Lee is holding a number of people hostage at the Discovery Communications headquarters in suburban Washington, D.C. This Discovery Channel hostage-taking incident has been fueled by James Jay Lee’s radical environmental ideas and who has had a grudge…
Appearing on The Late Show with David Letterman last Tuesday night, Michael Douglas looks happy and tough. The 65-year-old Oscar-winning actor told Letterman that he has a stage 4 throat cancer. Michael Douglas will undergo radiation and chemotherapy to treat…
In today’s Apple’s press conference in San Francisco, CEO Steve Jobs announced a new line of iPods — the new iPod Nano model that has a touch screen and no buttons and a new iPod Touch with video-chat features. New…
During the Apple press conference today, Apple announced the release of iTunes 10. It is a major upgrade to its music jukebox and media management software. Apple Announces ITunes 10 A major new social component of the iTunes Store, Ping…