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In 1930, Keynes predicted that by 2030, we'd be working a 15-hour week. But he underestimated our appetite for wealth The economic downturn has produced an explosion of popular anger against bankers' "greed" and their "obscene"...
Hopes are fading in China that any more survivors from the Xingxing mine accident will now be found. 87 workers are now known to have died, and another 21 remain unaccounted for, but more than a day after the gas explosion,...
Spinal Tap does not go up to eleven. Crank could be cranked up a bit. Even a film like Transformers with its non-stop explosions and destruction does not come close to the new holder of this title. Enter the little movie that...
Survivors recount China mine disaster; 92 dead Accident highlights the human cost of digging for power-generating coal Rescuers sit in the railway trolley preparing to enter the site of Saturday's gas explosion for search and...
At least 15 dead after Indonesian ferry sinks More than 200 rescued from rough waters; 2nd ferry runs aground nearby Explosion rips through Chinese building, killing 3 Nov. 20: A suspected gas explosion rips through a building...
"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" grossed an astounding $140.7 million at the box office this weekend, exploding most industry expectations en route to the biggest autumn opening weekend in history and the third biggest three-day...
GUWAHATI, India (AFP) - Suspected separatists in northeast India set off two explosions on Sunday killing five people and wounding 50 more, police said, as two of the movement's leaders remained under arrest. The blasts hit...
Five people were killed in an explosion in an apartment building in central China's Henan Province Friday, local authorities said. The blast happened at around 5:30 a.m. in Hualong District, Puyang City, damaging walls of...
Nov 22, 2009 (The Argus - What police were saying was not enough to quell rumors that someone had been shot at Newark Memorial High School, that teachers and students were being held hostage, and that gunmen had taken over the...
Christmas in Boston, Boston. Nova Scotia sends a Christmas tree every year as thanks for disaster aid from Massachusetts after the Halifax Explosion in 1917, when two ships collided. This year’s tree will be lit on the Boston...
