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Girl Discovered Dead in Toxic Truck, Twin Brother Critical

Published February 17, 2011 | By Steve Wicks

A highway assistance worker along Interstate 95 in West Palm Beach discovered a red pickup sitting with a 10 year old boy inside covered with toxic chemicals. The chemicals, still unknown were so toxic, the boy was having convulsing from seizures. Close by the boys father was discovered lying on the ground covered in gasoline.

The boy was taken to hospital, those assisting him needed treatment for chemical exposure. The boy is currently in critical condition, Wednesday. It was later discovered that the father had been attempting suicide.

The truck was… Continue reading →

Celebrating Charles Darwin

Published February 12, 2011 | By Steve Wicks

Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species - Click his image to get this book in various formats, including the free Kindle version.

Charles Darwin was born today 202 years ago. An English naturalist, he will be most remembered for his 1859 book “On the Origin of Species”. Okay, everyone has heard of Darwin’s classic on the origin of the species. But how many of us have actually read it? I’ve read a lot of other books on evolution, and amongst them, I would recommend “Why evolution is true”. But I had never actually read the book that brought it… Continue reading →

The Voynich Manuscript: The Mysterious Code

Published February 11, 2011 | By Steve Wicks

The Voynich Manuscript

Cedar Rapids Movie Review: When a naive, small-town insurance agent named Tim Lippe (Ed Helms, The Hangover) goes to a convention in the big city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, his life gets turned inside out under the influence of three convention veterans.

This sort of fish-out-of-water comedy could have been a flimsy excuse for broad slapstick and absurd high jinks; instead, in the confident hands of director Miguel Arteta (The Good Girl, Chuck & Buck), Cedar Rapids becomes something more humane and, in a quiet way, more ambitious.

Helms manages to make Tim genuine, a man-child but… Continue reading →

New York City Outdoor Smoking Ban

Published February 6, 2011 | By Steve Wicks

New York City Outdoor Smoking Ban

Mayor Bloomberg had proposed a ban on outdoor smoking in New York City last year. Just recently, that proposal got passed by the New York City Council. due to come into effect in the summer will be $50 fines for smokers caught lighting up in a variety of locations across the city.

Places such as Times Square, all beaches and all parks will all be included as areas where smokers cannot light up. If you are a smoker and want to stop, here are a few tips for you, to get you in the… Continue reading →

Clickbank Gamers Review & $60 Discount Coupon

Published February 4, 2011 | By Steve Wicks

Clickbank Gamers $60 Discount Available

Clickbank Gamers Review & $60 Discount Coupon: Tony Sanders has just launched CBK Gamers today. He is relatively unheard of in the Internet Marketing arena for a very good reason: He was too busy making a massive fortune from the games niche!

He has teamed up with Dylan and Edmund Loh, to create and launch his product called CBK Gamers [Clickbank Gamers]. Dylan and Edmund Loh have several best selling Clickbank products to there names. You may have heard of some of their products in the past such as G Headshot, Non IM Riches, PLRGold… Continue reading →

Rioting in Tahrir Square Cairo – 3 Killed 1500 Injured

Published February 2, 2011 | By Steve Wicks

Rioting in Tahrir Square Cairo - 3 Killed 1500 Injured

Ten of thousands of protestors are clashing in Egypt’s capital city of Cairo today, at Tahrir Square. According to officials in the city, 3 people have been killed so far and over 1,500 injured.

The clashes taking place in Tahrir Square are between pro and anti President Mubarak protestors. Armed with sticks, rocks, petrol bombs and metal bars there have been numerous reports of lynchings taking place on both sides.

There have been reports of tear gas being fired at anti-Mubarak protesters, as well as concrete blocks being thrown on… Continue reading →

Snow Storm Images From Space

Published February 2, 2011 | By Steve Wicks

Snow Storm Images From Space

The massive snow storm that is covering a large part of the United States, makes good viewing if you are up in space to see it. Some excellent snow storm images are starting to be posted across the net now and some of the best are coming from NASA.

NASA “Visible and infrared images and animations of the storm’s clouds and movement are created every 15 minutes by the NASA GOES Project at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. using data from GOES-11 and GOES-13, the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites. The GOES-13 and GOES-11… Continue reading →

National Weather Service Warnings

Published February 1, 2011 | By Steve Wicks

National Weather Service Warnings

National Weather Service Warnings: There are a huge quantity of National Weather Service Watches, Warnings and Advisories for the United States today. Far too many for us to be able to effectively list on this page. for full details the warnings page can be opened here [in a new window].

In many parts of the country road travel is not being advised, unless absolutely necessary, from mid afternoon Tuesday until Wednesday morning. “Unnecessary travel should be avoided at all costs this afternoon through early Wednesday morning as more than half of the fatalities in previous Illinois… Continue reading →