News From Above
Billy Ray Harris – Good fortune for honest panhandler
A homeless panhandler, Billy Ray Harris who returned a diamond engagement ring accidentally thrown into his change cup has had his generosity repaid many times over. Sarah Darling of Kansas City, Mo., mistakenly gave her ring to Billy Ray Harris last ...
Chasing Happiness Might Be Making You Unhappy
In America most people are chasing happiness in getting a better job, living in a better place, and purchasing stuff to make them happy. Studies show that this type of searching may be leading to unhappiness. If you are buying ...
Calcium Supplements Linked to Dementia
Researchers have found that in some women who take calcium supplements and have had a stroke may suffer from dementia as they grow older. Women who suffer from cerebrovascular disease which is a disorder that effects the blood flow to ...
Eight Men Who Are Doing Quite Well
A notice appeared in the paper recently with the names and faces of eight men who have a combined wealth of $426 billion. According to Oxfam International, in 2015 this would have equaled the amount of wealth held by half the ...
China’s Attitude of Hands-Off Costs Lives
“None of my business” is the motto of most Chinese and it is costing lives. A school bus full of South Korean children was traveling through a tunnel near Weihai, China when it caught on fire. No one stopped to ...
Cannibalism for kicks
Dresden, Germany A German police officer has confessed to murdering a businessman who had a sexual fantasy of being killed and eaten. The officer, 55, identified as Detlev G., said he met his victim in an Internet chat room billed ...
The 5.1 earthquake that rattled Southern California
La Habra, Calif. Quake fears: The magnitude-5.1 earthquake rattled Southern California, raising fears that the tremors could presage the long-dreaded “Big One”—a catastrophic quake that could devastate the region. The temblor and its more than 100 aftershocks originated in La ...
Dolphins in distress
Dead and dying bottlenose dolphins are washing up along the Mid-Atlantic coast at an alarming rate. Since June, more than 120 dolphins have appeared on beaches from New York to Virginia—seven times the typical number. Early this month, the National ...
Icy World Past Pluto – Looks Like a Snowman
Out past Pluto NASA has spotted an icy formation that is about 4 billion miles past Earth. This formation has been named Ultima Thule and looks like a snowman. The spacecraft New Horizons while on autopilot is sending back black ...
Plastic Crisis Resolution
The European Parliament has put in to affect a ban on single use plastics to battle the plastic crisis. The new law would make it so that all plastic will need to be recyclable by the year 2030. Europe will ...