Police discovered more than 600 snakes and other kinds of reptiles in a box kept on the luggage compartment of a bus in Argentina. The box was owned by a passenger who was an alleged smuggler. The police acted upon some advise forwarded to them. They immediately stopped the bus, which was traveling from a […]

Seventy flights from Southwest Airlines Co. were canceled on Monday as the inspection of Boeing 737 planes continued. The action was implemented after a Southwest plane with a hole in its fuselage had an emergency landing on Friday. Southwest’s Flight 812 was supposed to head to Sacramento from Phoenix when a 5-foot long tear opened […]

One in five air traffic controllers recently employed by the Federal Aviation Administration was washed out before the end of their training, said a government report released on Friday. The FAA has been taking the number of newly hired controllers, who did not complete their training, too lightly because of the blemishes in their methodology, […]

Suspected tornadoes masked by heavy thunderstorms and rain swept through central Florida on Thursday. The dangerous tornadoes flipped cars, damaged buildings and houses, and caused temporary loss of power in some parts of the region, officials said. Most people affected only suffered minor injuries such as bruises and bumps. Seventy people, who had gathered for […]

24 years after throwing a message in a bottle on the Baltic Sea, a German boy received a response to the letter. Daniil Korotkikh, 13-year old Russian boy, saw the bottle on the sand while walking on the beach. Korotkikh said that he just saw what looked like a beer bottle with a message and […]

A skyscraper climber, popularly known as the ‘French Spider-Man’ or ‘Human Spider’, has successfully scaled Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world on Monday. Alain Robert started the climb along the glass-covered structure at around 6 PM. He moved up a central column where it is mostly free of decorative pipes, which could reduce […]

The old clock has been set up on the lower level of New York’s Grand Central Terminal on Sunday. The clock is now hanging on the ceiling close to the gates going to Track 108 and 109. The clock was previously installed on the upper level of the terminal. It was located inside the gate […]

Many people walked under cherry blossom trees in Washington not only to kick off the National Cherry Blossom Festival held 26th of March until 10th of April every year, but also to raise funds for the victims of the March 11 tsunami in Japan. The 3,000 trees are gifts from the Japanese government 99 years […]

The annual Japan Fashion Week was cancelled because of the series of unfortunate events that have happened in Japan. This year’s fashion week was supposed to take place from March 21st to 25th. It should have showcased the fall and winter collections of 2011. However, the domino events of the earthquake and tsunami has canceled […]

The City News Service announced Monday that two California condo chicks were born last week at San Diego Zoo Safari Park. They were the first two chicks born in the zoo for this year. Traditionally, the California Condor Recovery Program let humans take care of the eggs until they are hatched. However, zoo officials said […]