Red-light cameras — reviled by many motorists as an intrusion by “Big Brother” — saved 159 lives in Baltimore and 13 other U.S. cities over a five-year period, according to a study to be released Tuesday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The report said its study of traffic fatalities in 99 large cities [...]
The death toll from a stampede at a Cambodian festival has risen to 345, the country’s official news agency said Tuesday. In addition to the deaths, another 391 people were injured at the annual Water Festival in the capital city of Phnom Penh on Monday, the AKP news agency said. Cambodia has declared Thursday a [...]
Posted by uspostHealthSaturday, November 13th, 2010
The United Nations is appealing for nearly $164 million for cholera relief in Haiti over the next six months. Aid agencies say the epidemic is worsening and they anticipate up to 200,000 people will show symptoms of cholera in the coming six months. Latest World Health Organization (WHO) figures report more than 11,000 Haitians have [...]
Super Mario Bros. 1. But Nintendo stuck him in a room with Shigeru Miyamoto and a few dozen heckling Nintendo fans, and he cracked. The Nintendo Store in Manhattan was the venue, hosting a celebratory event for Mario‘s 25th anniversary. Miyamoto, Mazza’s creator, was there, along with Gardikis who was tasked with performing his much-practised [...]
Posted by uspostHealthWednesday, October 20th, 2010
Women who take a popular hormone replacement drug after menopause not only increase their chances of getting breast cancer but also seem to face an increased risk of dying from the disease, according to new results of a landmark federal study. The study of more than 12,000 women who were followed for about 11 years [...]