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Written by julie on 28 September 2011
Share Federal health official on Tuesday confirmed that 13 people are dead among the 72 who got sick in 18 states in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning tied to contaminated cantaloupes. The reported numbers were the updated news confirmed as of Monday morning, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. [Continue reading]
Written by julie on 22 September 2011
Share On Friday, Mogul Henry Sy adds another mall in mainland China, opening on Friday SM Prime Holdings’ fourth shopping mall in Asia’s biggest economy. The latest SM mall, the SM City Suzhou in Jiangsu Province, also the SM founder’s land of birth, is situated in the metropolis’ Wuzhong [Continue reading]
Written by julie on 21 September 2011
Share The very much popular game "Angry Birds," is coming to Starbucks through in-store promotions and potential leader boards to encourage gamers. Wibe Wagemans, a senior vice president of Rovio Entertainment said they are currently in talks with Starbucks regarding in-store promotions, according to a Bloomberg report. [Continue reading]
Written by julie on 19 September 2011
Share Due to rain and landslides the rescue efforts were blocked. Hundreds of workers in search for survivors of a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that shook a remote Himalayan region in northern India, at least 26 people were killed, police and media said on Monday. In the state of Sikkim at least seven people died which [Continue reading]
Written by julie on 18 September 2011
Share For the first time in 16 months, Mayweather comes back to the ring Saturday night, bracing himself for a fight against Ortiz for a piece of the welterweight title. His experience and great defense make him a big favorite, however Mayweather promises this fight will be entertaining from the opening bell. [Continue reading]
Written by julie on 16 September 2011
Share It has always been known that Philippines and Mexico are "rivals" in boxing ring but Mexican President Felipe Calderon said Philippine President Benigno Aquino III will always be welcome to visit their country. "President Calderon said that President Aquino would be welcome in Mexico should he decide to visit the [Continue reading]
Written by julie on 13 September 2011
Share Out of 89 delegates, it downed to 16, then 10 and five. Now, the ranking has been decided and there is no turning back. Here are the ranking of the 5 finalists: Miss China 4th runner-up Miss Philippines 3rd runner-up Miss Brazil 2nd runner-up Miss Ukraine 1st runner-up Miss Angola is Miss Universe [Continue reading]
Written by julie on 13 September 2011
Share You can either sigh with relief and shriek with delight as Shamcey Supsup enters Miss Universe Top ten. Here are the delegates to complete the 10 finalists of miss universe 2011: Australia, Costa Rica France Ukraine Portugal, Panama Philippines Angola China Brazil The crowd was cheering loudly for their candidates. The hosts countered [Continue reading]
Written by julie on 09 September 2011
Share Talk about inconvenience…. Malfunction of major transmission lines on Thursday cut power to millions of people in Southern California and northwestern Mexico. The stoppage stretched from San Clemente, Calif., in southern Orange County south to San Diego, the nation’s eighth-largest city, and on to Mexico’s Baja [Continue reading]
Written by julie on 09 September 2011
Share After 23 years, Giant clothing and sports equipment company Nike releases its Marty McFly’s auto-lacing Nike shoes. The design was straight out of the 80’s movie Back To The Future II. Nike has posted on YouTube a video of its Nike Air MAG, or better known as Marty McFly’s Kicks, in [Continue reading]