On Tuesday, June 11, the Colorado Department of Transportation experimented with a peculiar new method of monitoring traffic. The CDOT completed a two-day test of a helium-filled traffic blimp over Interstate 25, the first such test in the nation. No other state department of transportation has attempted to use a camera-equipped blimp, also known as […]
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A scholar at King’s College London warns in a new book that donating clothes in the United States and the West may do more harm than good in third-world countries, especially those in sub-Saharan Africa. The Washington Times reports that in order to cope with their overwhelming inventory and to raise money, Western-based charities that […]
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A new study has found that humanity is a lot more ill than it realizes. In 2013, only 4% of the entire world didn’t have a health problem, while one-third — about 2.3 billion people — suffered from more than five health problems. The study, which was published in the The Lancet, has been called […]
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A bus full of Italian tourists collided with two tractor trailers on the morning of Wednesday, June 3 in Pennsylvania’s Poconos. The accident left three dead and at least a dozen more injured. The crash occurred on Interstate 380 northbound in Tobyhanna Township, which is near Mount Pocono, around 10 a.m. at mile marker four. […]
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During the first week of May, Paris catered to what could be considered one of the largest tourist groups in modern history. The New York Times reports that far from a modest company outing, more than 6,400 employees of the Chinese multinational conglomerate the Tiens Group enjoyed a four-day vacation in France and Monaco — […]
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Can retirees successfully remodel their homes, or can they save their money by investing it elsewhere? According to experts, they can remodel, but they should choose those renovations wisely. According to a survey by Merrill-Lynch and Age Wave, which had more than 3,600 respondents, the most common renovations among retirees and soon-to-be retirees included creating […]
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