July 17– Krum reaches Constantinople and sets his camp outside the walls. He is given an invitation, and a promise of safe conduct to meet Leo V. Krum sets out unarmed for the capital with only a small escort, but is ambushed and manages to escape. After this unsuccessful Byzantine murder attempt, the Bulgars ravage much of Eastern Thrace.
The skeleton of an ancient sea monster discovered more than 50 years ago in Scotland has paleontologists excited over the quantity of bones found and anxious to learn more about the reptile, VOA reported Sunday. Using modern fossil extraction methods, the bones of the sea monster was able to be removed from hard rock. The previously unknown reptile lived in the oceans during the time of the dinosaurs, the report said ... ....
(CNN)Thousands dead. Millions more driven from their homes. A future far from certain. This is the situation in Iraq today. The deep-rooted sectarian divide that resurfaced amid the chaos of Saddam Hussein's downfall created a security vacuum that ultimately allowed extremist militant groups like ISIS to flourish. READ MORE. High stakes for Iraq's future ... Read More. CNN looks at Iraq's bloody crisis up close.. THE CRISIS IN NUMBERS ... Replay....
Ever since the first exoplanet (51 Pegasi b) was discovered in 1995 by Michael Mayor and Didier Queloz, there has been renewed activity and interest in this field. The Kepler and K2 missions of NASA have identified thousands of planet candidates. Now there are nearly 5,000 planet candidates, and of these, some 3,397 have been confirmed as planets, according to the NASA exoplanet archive ... This unit began taking data in 2012 ... ....
Donald Trump refuses to back down from his claim, which has been made without specific evidence, that the upcoming election results will be rigged at polling places. The Republican nominee for president tweeted on Sunday that the election was being rigged at polling places, just hours after his running mate Gov ... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 16, 2016....
(Source. City of Tampa, FL) ... The two northbound lanes on MorganStreet at the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway Morgan Street exit ramp will be closed until 4pm on Sunday, October 23st, weather permitting ... Questions or comments should be directed to the project team by email at contactus@downtowntampagrid.com or by phone at (813) 607- GRID (4743) ... (813) 635-3411 ... (noodl....
(Source. City of Tampa, FL). Several residential roads on Davis Islands will be paved beginning on Monday, October 17, 2016, as part of City's Resurfacing Project. The paving will be completed in three (3) phases ... For additional information, please contact.. Pete Brett, P.E ... (813) 274-3101;....
Volunteers Sought. Communities In Schools of the Rocky MountRegion is seeking volunteers to mentor and tutor students enrolled in one of the sixteen CIS supported schools in the Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools district. For information, call 442-9991 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m ... Nov ... 12 ... Veterans are welcome to stop by with questions or to speak with a veterans service officer about filing claims For information, contact Martin Hill at 813-5306....
(Source. Tampa Police Department) ... The two northbound lanes on MorganStreet at the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway Morgan Street exit ramp will be closed until 4pm on Sunday, October 23st, weather permitting ... Questions or comments should be directed to the project team by email at contactus@downtowntampagrid.com or by phone at (813) 607- GRID (4743) ... (813) 635-3411 ... (noodl....
STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT. NEW YORK (AP)_Sales, 4.30 p.m. price and net change of the 15 most active New York Stock Exchange issues, trading nationally ... 47,813,828 ... —————————. ....