Monthly Archive: June, 2012

Washington breaks record temperature set in 1934

WASHINGTON – The Washington area has broken a record high temperature set almost 80 years ago. The National Weather Service says that just before 3 p.m., it was 104 degrees at Reagan National Airport… Read More

Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile Virus across country, human cases confirmed

Reports of mosquitoes with West Nile virus are popping up all over the country, with several people already confirmed to be infected by the potentially dangerous disease. PICTURES: West Nile virus: How to… Read More

Deadly Heat wave breaks over a thousand records in one week

Feeling hot? It’s not a mirage. Across the United States, hundreds of heat records have fallen in the past week. From the wildfire-consumed Rocky Mountains to the bacon-fried sidewalks of Oklahoma, the temperatures are… Read More

Bangladesh floods leave 100 dead, 250,000 stranded

The low-lying and densely populated country, which is in its wet season, has been battered by five days of torrential downpours. The deaths took place late on Tuesday and on Wednesday. Most were caused… Read More

Maine prepares for zombie attack

Emergency officials in Maine have taken part in a training exercise in preparation for a zombie apocalypse. This comes just weeks after the federal government publicly denied the existence of zombies. Around 100 emergency… Read More

5.7 magnitude earthquake strikes along coastal region of El Salvador

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck western El Salvador’s Ahuachapan department at 0630 GMT, the U.S. Geological Survey, monitored in London, reported. The quake’s epicenter was relatively 160.5 km (90.5 miles) underground, about 12 miles west… Read More

WARS N RUMORS OF WARS: Furious Turkey mobilizes tanks, troops to Syrian border

The Turkish military mobilized large numbers of reinforcements from its eastern provinces to the Syrian border on Tuesday, amid rising tension with Damascus, after the downing by Syria of a Turkish Air Force… Read More

BREAKING NEWS: British forces are now in Syria, Assad presidential compound said under attack

Unconfirmed first reports from British, French and Turkish sources say British special operations forces crossed from Turkey into northern Syria Tuesday, May 26, and advanced up to 10 kilometers inside the country. The… Read More

BREAKING NEWS: US and Israel to hold largest ever joint military exercise

Israel and the US are set to hold their largest ever joint military exercise in October, featuring thousands of soldiers and advanced anti-missile defense systems, and simulating simultaneous fire from Iran and Syria.… Read More

New movie depicts Jesus as “Not Divine” and Born after Mary was raped by a Roman Soldier

Last year, a Hollywood documentary wondered if Jesus Christ was a communist. This year, a totally separate film is slated to claim that the Son of Man was born after a Roman soldier raped… Read More

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