Archive for January, 2012
President Obama’s administration is expected this week to announce its rejection of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline. Environmentalists are naturally against the installation of the 1,700 mile crude oil pipeline that would reportedly transport nearly a million barrels of crude oil a day to refineries in the Gulf Coast as well as create thousands of potential [ READ MORE ]
The Andaman islands are small pockets of land that exist in the Indian Ocean, southeast of India’s mainland. They are the home to a tribe of several hundred “primitive” people called the Jarawa. This unique people group is making news this week because video footage has surfaced of native Jarawa women dancing naked for tourists [ READ MORE ]
My single favorite story entering into the new year is that of a 53-year-old Lexington, N.C. gentleman by the name of Michael Fuller, who racked up $473 worth of goods from Walmart and tried to pay with a fake million-dollar bill. Walmart employees became suspicious and contacted local authorities to arrest Fuller on account of [ READ MORE ]
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