Archive for March, 2011
Bronx Zoo Cobra Found: Bronx Zoo Cobra Found
The snake that went missing from the Bronx Zoo was found coiled in a dark corner of the zoo’s reptile house on Thursday, zoo director…
Russian billionaire buys $100M Silicon Valley home
LOS ALTOS HILLS, Calif. (AP) — A Russian billionaire investor has purchased a lavish, 25,500-square-foot mansion in Silicon Valley for $100 million, believed to be the most ever paid for a single-family home in the United States. The Wall Street Journal reports that 49-year-old Yuri Milner, an investor in Facebook, Groupon and Zynga, has no immediate plans to move into the home
Death rate for lung cancer among women declines
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, women’s death rates from lung cancer are dropping, possibly a turning point in the smoking-fueled epidemic. It’s a small decline, says the nation’s annual report on cancer – just under 1 percent a year. And lung cancer remains the nation’s, and the world’s, leading cancer killer
Death rate for lung cancer among women declines
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, women’s death rates from lung cancer are dropping, possibly a turning point in the smoking-fueled epidemic. It’s a small decline, says the nation’s annual report on cancer – just under 1 percent a year. And lung cancer remains the nation’s, and the world’s, leading cancer killer.
Go Daddy CEO Shoots Elephant, PETA Responds
The CEO of Go Daddy posted a video on his Twitter page that shows him shooting an Elephant in Zimbabwe and people are not happy. Bob…
Former Kansas official gets prison term for scam
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A former assistant athletics director at the University of Kansas has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for his role in a $2 million ticket scalping scheme. In addition to the 46-month term, a judge on Thursday also ordered Rodney Jones to pay $1.3 million in restitution to the university and the Internal Revenue Service and a $2 million forfeiture judgment.
