July, 2010
Government agency recalls Nap Nanny products
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled Nap Nanny products, with the support of manufacturer Baby Matters. One death has been attributed to a Nap Nanny, though the product was getting used incorrectly. Baby Matters has offered an $ 80 coupon for the purchase of a new Nap Nanny for anybody who has a first-generation ...
Khmer Rouge executioner nets only 19 years behind bars for genocide
Recently, one of the tribunal trials of a Khmer Rouge official, decades following the murderous Khmer Rouge was forced from power. Notorious hatchet man for the regime, Kang Kek Iew or Kaing Guek Eav, or "Comrade Duch," was captured in 1999 and put on trial before a Cambodian tribunal. The trial of the man who ...
New rapid oil spill response system based on BP trial and error
A federal drilling moratorium was proposed as a result of oil spill within the Gulf of Mexico 2010. The oil industry has loudly criticized the ban. But a group of four oil companies are really doing something that may help lift the drilling moratorium. Exxon Mobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Royal Dutch Shell are committing $1 ...
Everyone cuts back for recession- even well off people!
While the economy nevertheless needs stimulating quite a bit, those well off have been doing most of the spending to help. Now, as outlined by the New York Times, even the wealthy have quit spending like they used to. The American economy has come deadly close to halting as noted by the Federal Reserve. Another ...
Carte Goodwin Senate help unemployed by passing unemployment extension
The Democratic Senator Robert Byrd who died on June 28 will be replaces by Carte Goodwin who was appointed by West Virginia governor Joe Manchin after being Manchin's aide. Goodwin is the man all unemployed Americans have been waiting for. As Byrd's successor, he is expected to provide the vote that finally passes a jobs ...
