There are parallels between America’s current political situation and the conditions leading to the collapse of the Roman Republic more than 2,000 years ago, according to an International Business Times commentary published on RawStory.com.Ned Resnikoff, political capital reporter for IBT, writes that the Roman Republic was decaying long before Julius Caesar marched on the city in 49 B.C. and toppled it for good ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
More than a foot of rain in some places flooded low-lying areas across the Houston region on Monday, forcing officials to suspend bus and rail service, close schools and government offices and urge residents to stay home amid what authorities said were extremely dangerous conditions, CNN reported."This is a life-threatening emergency....
A report in the Belfast Telegraph Monday says dinosaurs were already on the path to extinction millions of years before the meteor impact that is widely believed to have wiped them out, scientists said.Experts have always believed dinosaurs were flourishing on Earth just before the disaster struck when a huge asteroid or comet hit the planet just off the coast of Mexico, the report said....
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DarlingNot only is New York State the future face of the two main political parties, but with 400 delegates at stake in Tuesday’s primary race starring presidential hopefuls Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, everything can change in a “New York minute.” Indeed, the Empire State is where millions of immigrants suddenly got a new start in life and fortunes made overnight on Wall Street....
Relief efforts continue in southern Japan following back-to-back strong earthquakes that killed at least 42 people last week and left the country in shambles, the Belfast Telegraph reported Monday.The U.S. military will join rescuers as they redouble efforts for 10 missing people on the southern island of Kyushu, where many area were cut off by landslides and road and bridge damage ... The U.S....
Washington (CNN)China's apparent landing of a military jet on a man-made island in the disputed waters of the South China Sea drew protest from the United States military Monday ...Power struggle over island in South China Sea ... Power struggle over island in South China Sea 03.11 ... The United States continues to perform "freedom of navigation" operations in close proximity of the Chineseislands to challenge Beijing's territorial claims....
The Islanders’ top line has lived up to its billing, carrying over its spectacular close to the regular season with a phenomenal first round of the playoffs ... It is what was necessary for the Islanders to have a chance to win a playoff series for the first time in 23 years ... the Islanders 2-1 ... Prince, 23, was traded to the Islanders from Ottawa on Feb....
(Source. Contact Energy Ltd) Slide 1. Monthly OperationalData. For the month ended 31 March 2016...SouthIsland108% of mean, NorthIsland 99% of mean. (p4) ... The average price at Otahuhu (North Island) for March 2016 was $64/MWh while the average. price at Benmore (South Island) was $54/MWh ... At 31 March, South Island storage was 108% of mean (29 February. 106%) and North Island storage was 99% of mean (29 February ... South Island ... North Island ... -....
Washington (CNN)China's apparent landing of a military jet on a man-made island in the disputed waters of the South China Sea drew protest from the United States military Monday ... There has been particular apprehension over Fiery CrossReef -- one of China's man-made islands in the SpratlyIsland chain -- after the Chinese constructed a runway long enough to accommodate large military aircraft....
China says a military plane has landed on one of the country's man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea, the first public acknowledgement of such a mission ... After picking up the injured workers, the plane then flew to HainanIsland where it was met by an ambulance. ....
JEKYLL ISLAND . A group has come up with a simple but novel way to save diamondback terrapins from getting crushed on the island’s causeway. a curb alongside a bike path. The problem is there is no bike path, and the plan for the first phase goes only from the island to the causeway visitors center and does not hit any of the terrapins’ three favorite crossings farther north. read more ... ....
— RepublicanJohn Kasich is planning an event in Rhode Island ahead of the state's presidential primary, and other candidates are considering doing the same. The Ohio governor is the first presidential candidate this primary season to book a Rhode Island event ... Rhode IslandRepublican Party will send 19 delegates to the [...]> ......
Cayman IslandsGovernment) ... The brain child of DaveMartins, 'Rundown' is a comic review of the latest happenings in the Cayman Islands featuring a talented cast of performers mimicking the news makers of the day ... Cayman Islands Government issued ......
LAHORE, Pakistan. Pakistani helicopter gunships on Monday pounded the island hideout of an armed gang that has been holding 24 hostages on a 10-km long island in the centre of the Indus River, media and army sources said ... ....