Tons of Michael Phelps' Corn Flakes Sent to Food Bank

Categories: Archive | Mar 12, 2009

They're grrrreat! A month after Kelloggs dropped Olympic champion Michael Phelps' endorsement contract, a California food bank has gotten a sudden windfall: two tons of Frosted Flakes and Corn Flakes with the gold medal winner on the box. The boxes, featuring Phelps ...Read More

Sled dog dies during Iditarod race

Categories: Archive | Mar 10, 2009

The Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race began over the weekend in Alaska, and today the Anchorage Daily News reports that a sled dog has died while participating. The dog, a six-year-old named Viktor, was a member of musher Jeff ...Read More

Private Search for 3 Missing Boaters Reportedly Comes to End

Categories: Archive | Mar 7, 2009

The private search for three missing boaters off the Gulf Coast of Florida reportedly has ended. Private search efforts for two NFL players, Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith, and former University of South Florida football player Will Bleakley continued after the ...Read More

NASA: Wednesday night shuttle launch is official

Categories: Archive | Mar 6, 2009

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – It's official: NASA has finally settled on a Wednesday night launch for space shuttle Discovery. The flight to the international space station was originally set for mid-February, but was delayed four times because of concern over critical ...Read More

Obama to Lift Ban on Funding for Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Categories: Archive | Mar 6, 2009

President Obama is planning to sign an executive order on Monday rolling back restrictions on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, according to sources close to the issue. Although the exact wording of the order has not been revealed, ...Read More

Sri Lanka cricket attack: Pakistan hunts for dozen armed militants

Categories: Archive | Mar 3, 2009

As Sri Lanka's wounded and shaken players arrived back in Colombo, Pakistani forces scoured Lahore for up to 12 attackers after the brazen assault that left eight dead and wounded eight of the touring party, who were on their way ...Read More

Five Sri Lanka cricket players injured in Pakistan shooting

Categories: Archive | Mar 3, 2009

Lokuge added two players are receiving treatment in hospital including Samaraweera, who was shot in the thigh. Reports also suggest five policemen were killed when the team bus was fired upon by unidentified armed gunmen 100 metres ...Read More

Rafa Benitez remains positive despite Liverpool's league slip

Categories: Archive | Mar 2, 2009

The sense of frustration on the Kop, though, is growing. Top of the table at Christmas and with United wobbling, Rafael Benitez's side have blown their best chance in two decades. A startling run of form ...Read More

No survivors in Russian Czar family murders

Categories: Archive | Mar 2, 2009

Confusion reigned for 90 years about a possible surviving daughter of Czar Nicholas II, the last Imperial ruler of Russia. Now a public report reveals how modern investigators established that neither Anastasia nor the czar's other children found a fairy ...Read More

Car Crashes to Please Mother Nature

Categories: Archive | Mar 1, 2009

When a dark-colored S.U.V. raced through the streets of Washington, flipped over and burst into flames on Fox’s fast-paced action show "24" last week, viewers probably were not calculating how much carbon dioxide the explosion produced. But executives at Fox have ...Read More