Abraham Lincoln, one of the greatest presidents of the United Kingdom has always been highly honored
by the people of his country. Today, even after years of his death, one more honor has been added
to his name. The US mint, on November 18, 2010 has released new presidential coins in the honor of
Abraham Lincoln. According to the reports, the new gold plated Abraham Lincoln coins of one dollar
valuation have rolled out on the day, which also mark his remarkable Gettysburg address.
The reports state that the new coin has been released at …

The National Museum of American Jewish History will be opened in Philadelphia during a grand opening gala that will feature personalities such as Bette Midler and Jerry Seinfeld. The weekend-long event will also have Joe Biden as the keynote speaker on Sunday. The museum will then grant its members and funders a series of special-access days before its doors are open to the public on November 26th.
Plans to expand the museum have been long overdue as it was previously housed in a small brick building that had only 40 objects …

Philadelphia is gearing up for the seventeenth marathon. Like the other years, this year too Philadelphia
Marathon has garnered huge response from the athletes. Every year this marathon has attracted
athletes from different places and this year will not be any exception. According to the reports, the
organizers expect around twenty three thousand athletes will participate in the 2010 Philadelphia
marathon and will make this event a grand success.
As per the reports, athletes from many places have registered their names for this year’s event, which
indicates this sporting event will record a success also in …

The government is seeking to reassure the public that the full-body scanners being availed at airports for security checks are safe, despite their use of radiation to examine one for bombs or weapons past their clothing.
The Transport security Administration said that the radiation exposed during one scan was equivalent to that which a person flying for three minutes at 30,000 feet would be exposed to. It went on to state that that amount was significantly lower than what one is exposed to during a single dental X-Ray.
Officials from the Food …

Thanks to collaboration between Walt Disney Co. and Gowalla, visitors to theme parks in the United States can now use their smart phones to check into resorts and earn the digital versions of the park’s popular pins, which Disney fans buy, collect and trade, as well as go on customized tours.
Gowalla is one of a number of start-up companies that offer phone applications, which allow users to broadcast their location to friends and strangers. Facebook also contains this feature, indicating the high likelihood of this being a mainstream trend.
According …

Stuxnet is the new virus causing nightmares to industrial system controllers all over the world. The malicious computer software, which is rumored to have been aimed at Iran’s nuclear plants, currently, represents the most harmful cyber threat known to industries due to their tendency to merge networks and computer systems to improve efficiency.
The virus is in the form of a complex formula, which is able to infiltrate and take over systems that direct the working of manufacturing and other crucial operations. In addition, it has the ability to silently steal …

Senator Joseph Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut, as well as a dozen democrats put Majority leader Harry Reid under immense pressure to strike a deal with republicans to propagate the passing of a bill aimed at letting homosexuals to serve openly in the military.
Reid is being urged to extend debate on the defence policy bill, which repeals the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ 1993 law. Reid declined to give GOP senators two weeks to debate the policy that resulted in their sinking of the measure. Republicans were also adamant that they …

Major banks and federal regulators are under pressure from legislators to explain how faulty paperwork, that could slow home sales and raise cost for borrowers, went through.
Despite the mistakes the money lenders said they had corrected the mistake and told the House of Representatives subcommittee that tighter procedures were in place.
That was second congressional hearing into the issues that lenders used “fake” documentation and sign foreclosure documents without legal opinions.
The subcommittee was inquisitive and concerned on the mortgage servicing industry, what government and the industry players were doing to have …

Steven Rattner, an auto czar working in the Obama administration formerly hardly refused to part with $6.2 million as settlement to civil charges after he had a role in a scandal involving the use of influence in the State of New York’s public fund pension.
The announcement was made by the Securities and Exchange Commission as Rattner ended up being barred from working in the securities industry for at least two years.
The allegations have stemmed from accusations that SEC said Rattner used his private-equity Quadrangle Group in questionable dealings in 2004-05 …

Two more pain killing drugs have been recalled from the market. According to the reports, Darvon
and Darvocet, two high selling pain killing pills of Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals have been recalled in the
United States. Reports state, the company officials have stopped all sorts of publicity and marketing of
these drugs after FDA reports claimed propoxyphene, an important compound of the pills have the risks
of causing some serious heart ailments.
It has been reported, propoxyphene can affect the heart of any people and cause rhythm abnormalities
of heart. As the side-effect of the component is quite …