NASA expects a dead satellite to fall to Earth in the next few days. The space agency says the satellite will break up into more than two dozen pieces, but the odds of someone being hit by the debris are extremely small. (Sept. 19)
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Eli Manning threw two touchdown passes and linebacker Michael Boley scored on a 65-yard fumble return to lead New York to a 28-16 victory over the mistake-prone Rams on Monday night. (Sept. 19)
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If a member of your household has drug-resistant staph infection, be aware that doorknobs, light switches, and other seemingly harmless items may serve as reservoirs for the bacteria to multiply and spread.
Continue reading …Tom Wilson Sr., the creator of the hard-luck comic strip character Ziggy, has died, his family said today. He was 80. Tom Wilson Jr., who took over the comic in 1987, said his father died Friday of pneumonia at a Cincinnati hospital. The elder Wilson had moved to a Cincinnati…
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Standard and Poor’s drops credit rating to A from A+, blaming sluggish economy and ineffective government reforms Italy has had its sovereign credit rating cut by Standard and Poor’s , with the ratings agency keeping the country’s outlook on negative in a major surprise that adds to contagion fears in the debt-stressed eurozone. The agency cut Italy’s government debt rating to A from A+ and said Italy’s economic growth prospects were getting weaker, with planned reforms by the government not expected to help much. “We believe the reduced pace of Italy’s economic activity to date will make the government’s revised fiscal targets difficult to achieve,” S&P said in a statement. Italy follows eurozone partners Spain, Ireland, Greece, Portugal and Cyprus in having its credit rating downgraded this year. Kathy Lien, director of currency research at GFT, said the ratings downgrade would impact heavily on the eurozone. “This is definitely going to put a damper on any recovery in euro/dollar. Italy is a much bigger deal than Greece,” she said. “It’s a much bigger deal because a lot more countries are exposed to Italian debt than they are Greek debt. The greatest concern was never really about Greece but the contagion over to Italy and to Spain.” US stocks fell ahead of S&P’s announcement but staged a late comeback as fears of a near-term Greek debt default faded on news of a possible deal to advance new bailout funds to Athens. The Nikkei average is expected to slip on Tuesday, though it is likely to stick to a narrow range ahead of a US Federal Reserve meeting. “Japanese markets were closed on Monday for a national holiday, meaning investors here have to catch up to all of the developments overseas,” said Kenichi Hirano, operating officer at Tachibana Securities. “Worries about Europe remain but investors are unlikely to take aggressive new positions ahead of the Fed meeting, which will keep the Nikkei trading in a range.” European debt crisis Italy Euro European banks guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …MerchantService.com, Florida Credit Processor, Offers Free AK-47 To Customers [WATCH]
September 19, 2011 No Comment![MerchantService.com, Florida Credit Processor, Offers Free AK-47 To Customers [WATCH]](https://newsbreakingonline.com/wp-content/themes/transcript/timthumb.php?src=%3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fnewsbreakingonline.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F09%2Fd7fb9abaddS-mini.jpg.jpg%22+%2F%3E&q=90&w=190&h=100&zc=1 "MerchantService.com, Florida Credit Processor, Offers Free AK-47 To Customers [WATCH]")
Credit card signing bonuses have been appearing in many forms of late. But one Florida credit processing company’s idea of a customer incentive is nothing less than a bona fide assault rifle. Last Thursday, MerchantService.com, a Sarasota-based company specializing in equipment and credit processing for businesses, announced it would offer its highest-volume customers a voucher for a free AK-47 assault rifle worth up to $750.00, according to the New Times of Broward and Palm Beach. The company is offering the gun as part of a broader campaign to empower merchants against violence through the use of “God, Guns, and Guts.” “We launched the No Merchant Victims campaign because it’s our goal to promote a societal expectation change,” Gino Kauzlarich, president of Merchant Service.com, told Orlando’s Fox 35 on Monday. “And that is from the right of criminals to make you into a victim, we want to change that so criminals have the expectation of facing lethal force during the commission of a crime.” Still, if not interested, customers can trade in the voucher for cash. Recently, signing bonuses for credit cards have been on the rise, with Chase bank offering $300 cash back if the customer’s total spending tops $500 within the first three months. More benign offers range from Barclaycard’s Williams-Sonoma rewards card to deals on flights. MerchantService.com isn’t the first business to use free guns as an incentive. Earlier this year, a Radio Shack in Hamilton, Montana was offering a gun to anyone who purchased Dish Network. MerchantService.com itself takes the time to emphasize that its program doesn’t promote illegal activity. “Keep in mind we are not simply handing out AK-47 assault rifles to anyone who opens an account with us,” the company’s website says. “You will receive a voucher…towards the purchase of a firearm at any reputable gun shop where you must go through the proper background checks and waiting period that the law requires.” (h/t New Times of Broward and Palm Beach.) Watch Fox 35′s interview with president of Merchant Service.com Gino Kauzlarich: Business offers free AK-47 to new clients: MyFoxORLANDO.com
Continue reading …Iranian authorities have arrested six filmmakers on allegations that they work for the BBC Persian Service—which is a crime in Iran, as is working for any non-government television or radio station. “The members of this covert cell of BBC Farsi were paid tens of thousands of dollars for each…
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GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Four earthquakes struck southern Guatemala on Monday within 2 1/2 hours, shaking buildings in the capital and killing three people. The quakes struck near Guatemala’s southwestern coast in the sugar cane-growing region around Santa Rosa, forcing the evacuation of about 400 people and cutting electricity and…
Continue reading …A volcanic eruption that kills 90,000 people and casts a shadow around the globe tends to leave an impression. That’s why hundreds of Indonesian farmers fled their villages this month when the legendary Mount Tambora began rumbling, the AP reports. Well-versed in stories of its 1815 eruption, which spewed…
Continue reading …‘Wuthering Heights’ Teaser Trailer: ‘Fish Tank’ Director’s Take on the Brontë Classic
September 19, 2011 No Comment
In the past decade Andrea Arnold has emerged as a promising art-house filmmaker, even if she has only two features to her name. Her 2009 film Fish Tank rightfully impressed many, thanks in no small part to Michael Fassbender’s effective performance. (His follow-up to Hunger.) And if her 2006 film Red Road is less impressive overall, it is photographed and assembled so beautifully that I couldn’t help… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : /Film Discovery Date : 20/09/2011 00:00 Number of articles : 2
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