Cat Catches Bus Every Day For Four Years
July 31, 2009
England (ChattahBox) - The buses in Devon has an unusual passenger to transport, who has been frequenting the lines on a daily basis.
Lost Manuscript By Famed Playwright Edmond Rostand Found In Archives
July 31, 2009
France (ChattahBox) - A previously unseen work by famed playwright, Edmond Rostand, has been found in the French archives, more than a hundred years after the ‘French Shakespeare’ tried to have all copies destroyed.
Southwest Joins Bidding for Bankrupt Frontier Airlines
July 31, 2009
(ChattahBox) — Southwest Airlines is reportedly preparing a bid to acquire bankrupt Frontier Airlines thwarting a rival bid, both carriers said on Thursday.
The nonbinding proposal worth a minimum of $113.6 million, from Southwest exceeds a current bid for Frontier by Republic Airways Holdings, which is in the midst of a buying spree in the industry.
Denver-based Frontier filed for bankruptcy protection in April 2008, after Southwest moved into the Colorado market.
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Government ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Program Too Successful - Going Broke
July 31, 2009
(ChattahBox) — The new much-heralded government incentive program ‘Cash for Clunkers’ program was supposed to last until the end of October—but on Thursday, less than one week after its launch, the program may be halted. Apparently it burned through the $1 billion allocated for it in six short days. Transportation Department officials called lawmakers earlier Thursday to alert them of plans to suspend the program as early as Friday. But a White House official said later the program had not been suspended and they were reviewing their options to keep the program funded, according to the AP. The program officially dubbed the ‘Car Allowance Rebate System‘ was signed into law in June, and started July 25th and was supposed to run until Nov. 1 or until the $1 billion was burned up.
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GOP “Deathers” Use Scare-Tactics to Deceive on Health Care Reform
July 30, 2009
(ChattahBox)—You may not have heard, but our very own government is hell bent on the mass euthanasia of senior citizens. You heard it right. According to Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), Rep. Eric Cantor, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and many other Republicans, the health care reform bill includes a provision that would require the killing of our elderly.
This insane claim is patently false of course, not based on anything resembling fact and has been debunked numerous times, but that has not stopped Rep. Boehner and others from shamelessly repeating it to scare and deceive the American public about health care reform. Read more
Boxer Arturo Gatti death now called suicide and wife released
July 30, 2009
(ChattahBox) — The death of Canadian boxer Arturo Gatti, 37, in Brazil earlier this month which was first believed to be a murder has been now ruled a probable suicide. Gatti, a former world boxing champion, was found dead July 11 in an apartment he was renting with his family in the seaside resort of Porto de Galinhas near the northern Brazilian city of Recife.
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Science Fair Wiz Kid Creates Hungry Microbes That Feast on Plastic Bags
July 30, 2009
(ChattahBox)—A 16-year-old science fair winner from Waterloo, Canada may be responsible for saving the environment from the 500 billion plastic bags that pollute our land and oceans worldwide every year.
The polyethylene plastic bags can take up to 1,000 years to decompose, but high-school student Daniel Burd found a way to significantly degrade plastic within three months. Read more
Blue Dog Dems Hedging on Sotomayor Vote Fearing NRA Backlash
July 30, 2009
(ChattahBox)—The NRA is launching a deceptive smear campaign against the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, claiming she is hostile to the Second Amendment that seems to be having an impact on some Blue Dog Democrats. As Think Progress notes, some Conservative Democrats’ votes may largely depend on how frightened they are of a backlash from the powerful NRA, if they vote yes to Sotomayor’s nomination for the Supreme Court. Read more
FDA Reverses Decision On Mercury Fillings
July 30, 2009
US (ChattahBox) - The FDA has once again shown it’s inability to regulate in an efficient way by reversing a decision made only weeks ago, that officially confirmed warnings about mercury fillings for children and pregnant women.
Scientists Create Obesity Fighting Brown Fat in Mice
July 30, 2009
(ChattahBox)—A team of Boston researchers has discovered a way to produce a natural energy-burning type of fat, which has great potential to fight against obesity and diabetes. The researchers engineered mouse and human cells, using two proteins that worked in tandem as a “switch” to transform the cells into brown fat producing cells. Read more