Category: News

Last week, Accuweather released its 2014-2015 winter forecast, predicting another wet and snowy winter for much of the country. “Cold air and high snow amounts will define the season,” the report reads. The Pacific Northwest is the only region that will have a mild and dry winter, the forecasting company believes. The Midwest will also […]

Even the rich face bankruptcy: after recent fraud accusations, former billionaire Texas investor Samuel Wyly has filed for Chapter 11. Wyly last appeared on Forbes’s list of top 400 richest Americans in 2010, with a net worth of over $1 billion. But now the tycoon says he does not have the assets to pay off […]

Medical malpractice law in California could see amendments proposed by Proposition 46, which will be voted on next month. According to Independent Voter Network, there are three main amendments that Proposition 46 would make. As of now, patients in California can take legal action against health care providers for standards of care violations. Proposition 46 […]

After toxic black mold was found in Carlin C. Coppin Elementary School in Lincoln, Nebraska, school officials decided to shut down the school for a week, until the mold could be removed completely and safely. The school is still fairly new — it was built in 1973 — and it has been tested for black mold […]

Last February, a Portland veterinarian did surgery on a three-year-old, 140-pound Great Dane in order to remove a mysterious blockage. It didn’t take the vet too long to figure out what was causing the obstruction, as she soon encountered 43.5 half-digested socks in the belly of the beast. “We opened up his stomach and kept […]

The solar energy movement is sweeping North Carolina, and it’s all thanks to energy entrepreneur Katie Bray. Last year, Bray, 27, launched her own company, Sawtooth, Inc., linking nonprofits and community organizers working to boost solar power use with companies able to install solar panels and help homeowners with other cost-saving projects. Bray launched the […]