Washington, DC Gliese 5818, a planet in a solar system 20 light years away, seems to have many attributes which make it the most earth-like planet ever discovered. Researchers consider it so similar that they have dubbed the new planet Goldilocks because everything is just right. Goldilocks orbits around Gliese 581. This star has around [...]
Oklahoma City, OK An 11 year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and assaulted early Wednesday morning, and now local police are in pursuit of a man so they can question him regarding the alleged crimes. The girl told her teachers that she was kidnapped. She was crossing the street near the intersection of Southwest 59th Street [...]
Norman, OK – At last night’s council meeting in Norman, protesters and supporters of the proclamation to make October a month of celebration for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders squared off with the supporters winning out. The debate went on for several hours, but in the end the proclamation passed the Norman City Council by [...]
Stillwater, OK – Mayor Nathan Bates of Stillwater Oklahoma was indicted by a grand jury yesterday. The indictment claims he used the resources of his office for personal gain. Bates has responded that the charges are motivated by politics. The accusation against Bates stems from his use of an office computer and an e-mail account [...]
Washington D.C. – Liberals are inviting members to come to the mall in Washington D.C. on Saturday October 2nd, for their hudge rally that they are calling “One Nation”. They expect to draw large numbers of cooperatives to join the intiative, as they gather strength just before the mid term elections here in the United [...]
Austin, TX – The University of Texas at Austin was the site of a shooting spree by a gunman who killed himself according to local authorities. This morning’s incident caused the cancellation of classes as students were instructed to stay in their rooms. For some time, a second shooter was being looked for which prompted [...]
Oklahoma City, OK – An arsonist is responsible for setting fire to an apartment building in northwest Oklahoma City that has left 17 people without a home, according to local authorities. Firefighters were called to Ridge View Apartments at 1am today. When they arrived there was already heavy smoke and flames coming out of building [...]
New York – Southwest Airlines will purchase rival AirTran in one of many deals that has stock traders on Wall Street excited about the day. In the deal, AirTran stock is valued at $1.4 billion. Walmart is also making waves on Wall Street with its offer to purchase South Africa’s giant retail store chain Massmart [...]
Leeds, England – Jimi Heselden, 62, the owner of the Segway company, has died following an accident while test riding a new product. Heselden fell off a cliff in what authorities are describing as a freakish accident. Heselden is valued at $166 million. He started out as a miner, but the company he worked for [...]
New York, NY Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook continues to fascinate society. Just this week a new movie, “The Social Network” about the this founder of social networking, is being released while Forbes Magazine has written that he is now worth $6.9 billion and there is news that he is giving $100 million to public schools [...]