Uncle and brother to Previous Presidents of the United States, Prescott Bush, Jr. has died at the age of 87. Bush had been fighting a lengthy illness for quite some time. He died in Hingham, Massachusetts where his family had lived for the past three years to be closer to his son James.
He was active in the world of insurance rather than in politics. However, he did play an active role in helping others to successfully fulfill their own goals in the world of politics. Those who knew him called …

Wimbledon returned to a normality Thursday at 4.48 PM after John Isner from United States won the marathon match which ended two days after it had begun. His brave opponent was Nicolas Mahut from France.
In the World Cup final, after 90 minutes may follow other 30 minutes of overtime and finally the penalty kicks. This match ran 11 hours and 5 minutes, the fifth set ran 8 hours and 11 minutes (more than the longest match on record), a brutal struggle that consisted of 183 games and requires 380 towel-offs …

President Obama invited Russian president Dmitry Medvedev to a surprise American lunch Thursday before returning to the White House for a news conference. Escaping from the formality of summit at the White House, they traveled by motorcade to the Washington suburb of Arlington, Virginia to Ray’s Hell Burger, a favorite place of the president. Last year he ate there with Vice President Joe Biden.
The Presidents were seen sitting together scrunched in at the tiny table in shirtsleeves, sharing a conversation through their interpreters, while everyone’s eyes were peeled on the …

There are studies being conducted that may introduce a technique for restoring vision to burn victims. In such instances the cornea has been burned. However, a graft consisting of healthy stem cells can be grown in a lab setting. Many experts refer to it as a biological contact lens. The technique is believed to work extremely well and that is exciting news.
In order to have good vision, a person needs the cornea to be clear. Think of it like a window that is clean versus one that is covered in …

As tension with Iran grows daily, Israel launched a new satellite on Tuesday. This is capable of high resolution surveillance to monitor Iran’s nuclear program. It is called Ofek 9 (Horizon 9), one of six spy satellites that were launched by Israel and it is made by Elbit, a leading Israeli high-tech optics firm. Weighing 650 pounds, it is small in comparison to U.S. spy satellites and it will orbit Earth from up to 600 km.
Along with the United States and European Union, Israel suspects Iran of trying to develop …

Hurricane Celia, the first of the 2010 Pacific season, increased Wednesday into a major Category 3 on the one-to-five Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale. On June 20 Celia was growing as a tropical storm, with powerful thunderstorms in the southwest quarter of the storm.
The eastern Pacific is a hot bed of storm activity in this period and because the waters are very warm over there and may generate hurricanes. According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, the storm have increased to about 65 mph Wednesday night and it is expected …

With a perfect goal disallowed last week and another one Wednesday, with England winning the other match of the Group C, against Slovenia, the United States was just minutes away from elimination. The Algerian goalkeeper Rais Mbolhi made several sterling saves but missed Donovan’s final try, who saved the American’s hope with his last-minute goal, giving the U.S. a 1-0 victory over Algeria at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria and first place in Group C.
Last time when U.S. won a group was 80 years ago, in 1930. It is also …

South Africa and France exited the World Cup after their match on June 22. South Africa is the first host team in World Cup history not to advance beyond the first round, despite their last victory.
South Africa gave everything to try and stay in their own FIFA World Cup, but in the end their great victory (2-1) with France was in vain. Bongani Khumalo and Katlego Mphela scored for South Africa and Florent Malouda for France.
France, the World Vice Champion will go home with no victory and the coach Raymond …

The London Telegraph has reported General Stanley McChrystal has submitted his resignation to the White House. He plans to retire according to the comments McChrystal has made. He recently spoke to Rolling Stone Magazine. During that interview he criticized both his own boss and the entire Obama administration for insubordination. Many speculate that President Obama pressured McCrystal to resign/retire after such comments were made.
It is no secret that Obama hasn’t been impressed with the negative media attention McCrystal has been involved with in the past. This latest information is nothing …

Breast biopsies have been very common for checking for cancer cells. However, a combination of a couple areas of technology using both light and sound waves may be changing all of that. The result could mean breast biopsies being conducted very rarely. The August edition of Radiology magazine offers the results of this method known as Ultrasound Guided Optical Tomography.
The study covers the use of it during the early stages of breast cancer. It has been a successful tool for identifying lesions around the breast tissue. This information is according …