On this date in history in 1898, U.S. takes over control of Puerto Rico. It was only one year after Spain granted Puerto Rico self-rule that American troops raised the U.S. flag over the Caribbean nation, formalizing U.S. authority over the island's one million inhabitants.
Pro democracy activists in Hong Kong have apparently been successful defying riot police who attempted to disperse them with pepper spray and baton charges.
Around a thousand protesters, some of which were wearing protection built barricades inside the densely populated Mong Kok district. Some chanted Black Police after public safety officials struck demonstrators' umbrellas with metal batons.
The National Hurricane Center says the eye of Hurricane Gonzalo has crossed over Bermuda. The small British territory was pounded with fierce winds and heavy surf as the Category 2 storm carried the threat of a dangerous storm surge.
The storm's top sustained winds remained at 110 mph (175 kph) as its core moved out to sea. It was centered about 35 miles (55 kilometers) north-northeast of Bermuda late Friday and moving north-northeast at 16 mph (26 kph)
During a recent trip to California, I learned that drivers from the Golden State not only like to drive fast as hell, but they also love to talk trash about drivers from other states across the entire country. Californians are the biggest haters of drivers from Arizona to Vermont.
This metropolis is definitely a mega city. They call it Shanghai and it is like The Big Apple on steroids.
Depending on who you listen to Shanghai is said to have a population of more than 23 million, but our crazy cowboy cab driver, aka speed demon insisted it has 27 million people. In either case, this is by far the largest and the most developed metropolis in The Peoples Republic of China, PRC. With nearly 3 thousand square miles, Shanghai physically, literally, and figuratively rocks in every way shape, or form.
With the midterm elections less than a month away, Democrats are burdened by Barack Obama’s political standing which is in some respects weaker than it was at a comparable point during the 2010 campaign, which caused the GOP to gain a majority in the US House of Representatives.
We are all too familiar with the term sleeping giant. The Latino vote was a good example, when it seemed to have awakened during the 2008 campaign and some say it remained through 2012. However the Hispanic vote appears to be returning to a form of slumber party, or a "Fiesta de Siesta."
Los Angeles residents are being told to decrease water consumption by 20 percent over the next 3 years. This is a serious warning and the official response to a dangerous drought.
LA Mayor ordered departments to dramatically cut the amount of water used by replacing lawns and other city landscaping, including street medians, with less thirty plants.
Angelinos were told that they cannot longer afford the water policies of the past. They are now being told to conserve, recycle and rethink how water is consumed to make sure that we have enough water to keep L.A. growing.
Federal, state and local public servants have joined political inaction committees, which are wasting our tax dollars and courting political disaster.
Voter registration is the responsibility of all the citizens of The United State of America, but only 70 percent of those who are eligible to vote have been registered.
RegistertoVote.org is committed to reaching the remaining 30 percent. They simplify the voter registration process, making it faster and easier for US citizens to get involved and become an active voice in the democratic system..
They call it the city of angels, but the official name is Los Angeles, aka LA-LA Land and in nearby Hollywood, they have all the beautiful people who are lucky enough to walk down the red carpet, and there are those who are just content to get up close and personal.
To feel like you’re one of these people, spend an afternoon on West Hollywood’s Robertson Avenue, or down ridiculously overpriced Rodeo drive where upscale department stores offer excellent chances to rub shoulders with celebrities.
According to World Health Organization figures, the following are the most deadly diseases in the world. The first figure is the annual mortality rate and the following is the percentage of all deaths. For example, of 57 million total deaths worldwide, heart disease accounts for more than 12.8%
Ischaemic heart disease 7.25 million 12.8%