According to a union rep for the 33 trapped Chilean miners, the company that operates the mine has run out of money and can’t afford to pay the miners while they sit underground and wait to be rescued.
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North Carolina Farm Produces Massive Emerald
It’s being compared to the Crown Jewels of Russia, and it was produced right here in the United States.
Human Cloning: Recipe for the Next Financial Crisis?
Last month’s passage of the financial reform bill paved the way for 2,300 pages worth of regulations that will improve how Wall Street is governed. But how could something as scientific as cloning burst the organized bubble?
The Great Snooki Purse Prank: Designers Send Star Competitor’s Bags
Ouch!
BlackBerry Staves Off Ban in India for 60 More Days
BlackBerry users in India are in luck, at least for the next two months. The Associated Press reports that India has withdrawn its threat to ban the mobile device’s services after the makers, Research in Motion Ltd., …
Toy Story 3 Makes A Billion Dollars, But It’s No Lion King
Disney has been touting the fact that Toy Story 3 passed the $1 billion mark at the box office this weekend. Is it that big of a deal?
An Educated Populace, High Taxes Mean Fewer Smokers
Sometimes studies determine things that are obvious! But this does not mean they are useless!
The New Danger-Career: Mushroom Hunting?
At least 18 people have died over the past 10 days in rural Italy in the hunt for delicacy mushrooms. That’s right, mushrooms.
Did You Get Sick from Recalled Eggs? It’s Your Fault
After a massive recall due to salmonella, the egg industry has chosen its PR strategy — it’s blaming its own customers.
Is This the End of Printed Dictionaries?
Who would have thought free, instant technology would have killed a 130-pound, $1,165 set of reference books? Oh, right, everyone.
Quotes: Ben Bernanke on America’s Economic Progress
“We have come a long way, but there is still some way to travel. Central bankers alone cannot solve the world’s economic problems.”
— BEN BERNANKE, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, on the nation’s economic recovery (Via ABC News)
Facebook Trying To Trademark “Face” and “Book,” Eventually Taking Away All Nouns
First, they came for our privacy. Now, they want to take two very common nouns, too.