Thursday, October 21, 2010 The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is facing several lawsuits, including one filed by residents of San Bruno, California, after a gas line exploded in their neighborhood on September 10, completely destroying over 50 structures, 37 of them homes. In their lawsuit, residents claim that PG&E knew the pipeline was “defective” and was a “ticking time bomb”. They further allege that the company was aware that the pipeline could fail, but did not act. This wasn’t an accident. This was a foreseeable consequence of ignoring…
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Warning: The information on this page may be incorrect and/or outdated. Don’t trust it. Information about the world’s markets index, no longer maintained. Index Name Description Current Value Change Updated ^MERV MerVal (Argentina) 1479.650 25.720 Tuesday, July 26, 2005 ^AORD All Ordinaries (Australia) 4338.100 0 Tuesday, July 26, 2005 ^ATX ATX (Austria) 4.898,18 -0.1% Friday, June 22, 2007 ^BFX BEL-20 (Belgium) 3198.57 11.59 Tuesday, July 26, 2005 ^BVSP Bovespa (Brazil) 24868.471 337.682 Tuesday, July 26, 2005 ^GSPTSE S&P TSX Composite (Canada) 10367.89 5.34 Tuesday, July 26, 2005 ^SSEC Shanghai Composite…
Read MoreThinking Of Renovating Your House? These Are Some Popular Natural Stone
Read More About: Gravel Supplier Dubbo Home renovations are a big financial decision hence it is best to make your decision on the type of renovations and material to use only after a great deal of research. The Internet is a good source of information, where it is possible to find details on the type of tiles or kitchen slabs that are best for you. Popular Natural Stones For Interior & Exterior Some of the popular ones available include ceramic tiles, cement & concrete tiles, terracotta tiles, mosaics, vitrified quarries,…
Read More“Metric tonne” of date rape drug was bound for US
Friday, June 2, 2006 Scottish police have arrested a man and a woman after finding Britain’s largest ever stash of Gamma-butyrolactone. The man in charge of the operation, Graeme Pearson, director of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency, called the find “the most significant discovery of the drug in the UK.” Denise Caron MacPherson, 45, and Hanan Rabin, 53, have been charged with exporting the drug, also known as GHB, to the United States between 19 April and 24 May. The news of the Scottish factory comes as a…
Read MoreNavy helping New Orleans pets
Saturday, September 17, 2005 The Spanish word “tortuga” means “turtle.” But in the wake of the New Orleans disaster, the USS Tortuga is helping other animals. For nearly two weeks now, sailors from Tortuga’s repair division have devoted much of their time during this disaster relief operation to ensure the health and comfort of displaced pets. September 4th, just after the ship moored to a pier at Naval Support Activity (NSA) New Orleans, HT1(SW) Mark Hanley and DC1(SW) Antony Graves gathered materials from the repair shop on board to construct…
Read MoreTips To Get Your Employment Background Verification Right
Read More About: Probity People Today, almost all companies demand background checks for their employees. But the question is why background checks are needed for the employees? The answer is simple. It gives employers a clear picture of whom they are working with. It has been estimated that around 40% of the resume contains false information. So, a Employee Background Screening helps employers to ensure that the employee is what he is claiming. Moreover, background verifications don’t always mean authenticating major information, but it also mean verifying petty information about…
Read MoreFreighter hits fishing boat in Gulf of Suez; thirteen dead
Tuesday, December 16, 2014 A freighter hit a fishing boat around midnight on Sunday morning in the Gulf of Suez in the Red Sea. Of the 40 Egyptian fisherman on board, thirteen are dead and thirteen more missing. Survivor Al Sayyed Mohamed Arafat told local media he jumped from the fishing boat, named Badr al-Islam, as the container ship approached. He says he hung onto a wooden crate for four hours before rescue. Local authorities have promised compensation to each survivor. A vessel, flagged in Panama, suspected to be involved…
Read MoreSurgeons reattach boy’s three severed limbs
Tuesday, March 29, 2005A team of Australian surgeons yesterday reattached both hands and one foot to 10-year-old Perth boy, Terry Vo, after a brick wall which collapsed during a game of basketball fell on him, severing the limbs. The wall gave way while Terry performed a slam-dunk, during a game at a friend’s birthday party. The boy was today awake and smiling, still in some pain but in good spirits and expected to make a full recovery, according to plastic surgeon, Mr Robert Love. “What we have is parts that…
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Read More About: Tipper Trucks For Hire Get Introduced to Los Angeles DJ Equipment by Alfred StawellYour professional events will turn out to be a damp squib if you are not well equipped with the requisite DJ equipment. Los Angeles DJ Equipment caters to all those needs which make all your musical nights’ definitely memorable and cherishable ones. Be it the speakers or the lighting mixers, or the CD players, if your equipment is not of top notch quality, you cannot get the desired effect and result while on the…
Read MoreColleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans students/AL-KY
See the discussion page for instructions on adding schools to this list and for an alphabetically arranged listing of schools. Due to the damage by Hurricane Katrina and subsequent flooding, a number of colleges and universities in the New Orleans metropolitan area will not be able to hold classes for the fall 2005 semester. It is estimated that 75,000 to 100,000 students have been displaced. [1]. In response, institutions across the United States and Canada are offering late registration for displaced students so that their academic progress is not unduly…
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