In what is being touted as a possible missile launch that has left experts clueless and scratching their heads, there was a luminous cloud trail that was spotted off the Southern California coast this Monday. The “is it a bird? Is it a plane” question is no longer being asked about the grungy brooding all-new Superman, but about the mystery missile launch.
The cloud trail has Pentagon shamefully flummoxed with most experts not even having a vague clue as to what was on. These guys in whose hands national security …

Veterans Day, previously known as Armistice Day, is set to arrive on November 11. This day established in 1919,now serves to commemorate the veterans who fought heroically in World War I. over time, Veterans Day accrued a greater significance for all war veterans.
In 1953, a few years after World War II ended, which the United States had decisively entered into, there was a widespread campaign to make Armistice Day a holiday in memory of all veterans. President Eisenhower obliged in 1954 when he signed this holiday making it into law.
War …

GM (General Motors), Automotive giant from the United States has shown a rise in profits in the third quarter, mostly alluded to increasing sales overseas and in the nation.
The giant carmaker came up with $2 billion dollars within three months, ending September 30, as compared to a major loss recorded in 2009.
The revenues at the car firm were 434.1 billion amidst unveiling plans for a sale share of 13 billion dollars.
Compared to its main rival, Ford, GM’s profit in the third quarter was more, Ford had made $1.7 billion.
As it …

It has been a long-standing debate on how to improve the increasingly failing American School system.
However, attention is rarely paid to the fact that children may be performing below par due to the conflict caused by faulty divorce and family law policies in the United States. Even if the education system is upgraded, improvement in performance will not be fully realized unless these family law policies are addressed.
The failing academics has gone hand in hand with the high rate of divorces which result in ugly custody court battles, a …

As is common at the onset of winter, time was set back one hour from British Summer Time to Greenwich Mean Time. However, this may soon be a thing of the past.
This is because a campaign has been launched lobbying for the time change to be done away with and reduce injury. It advocates for the clock to be an hour ahead of where it presently is, all year round; GMT+2 during summer and GMT+1 during winters. The campaigners list a number of benefits to this system.
For starters, business and …

The news of the merger between United Airlines and Continental Airlines has brought with it a lot of speculation over whether a significant job loss will result. The companies have agreed to keep the name ‘United’ since it is a more widely known brand and this has translated into the Continental headquarters to move from Chicago to Houston, United’s headquarters.
Around 800 jobs are expected to be moved to Chicago, meaning while there will be job losses at Houston, gains will be made in Chicago.
Cleveland Ohio’s Hopkins International airport, which is …

Mobile phones are a hugely popular electronic device today. The high rate at which new models are being produced has led to the disposal of many such phones which in all appearances, are still in perfect working order.
This has led to the development of many environmental initiatives that aim to ensure these mobile phones end up recycled and disposed in a proper fashion. Nowadays, there are numerous companies and charities which take cell phones as donations or recycle them.
Initially, there were no financial benefits to recycling mobile phones as the …

Whenever the word poverty is mentioned, it evokes images of starving children in Africa or other developing countries that are the poster child for abject poverty.
However, it is a little known fact that over 14 million American children live below the poverty line. Considering how many well off Americans there are, we are often tempted to ignore the plight of these children.
The rise in poverty levels has been attributed to the recent economic downturn, where less people are being able to meet the high cost of living. The losers in …

Scientists have long been the greatest skeptics of any sort of spiritual prophecy.
However, these scientists are adopting prophesies as they warn of the earth ending by December the year 2012. Out of 7 groups that are convinced beyond any shadow of doubt that the end is going to come in approximately less than 26 months, 5 hail from the scientific field.
Below are 7 apparent signs that prove 2012 will be the end of time;
1. The Earth’s Magnetic Field; scientists have said that the earth’s magnetic fields, that is, north and south …

It was with incredulous belief that many received the information that the real ‘reason’ the Titanic sank was because one of the crew members was clueless about differentiating right from left. This was revealed in anew book by Louise Patten, the granddaughter of the Titanic’s Second Officer, Charles Lightoller. Lightoller happens to be the only surviving officer of the Titanic.
Given that the Titanic sunk about a century ago, where so many etiquette rules required the use of one’s left and right sides more often than not, this explanation is at …