WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Health experts are fond of saying any new disease is just a flight away from anywhere, and a report published this week shows the new strain of H1N1 flu followed the airline route map as it spread around the globe.
The swine fl...
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (AP) — For the 35th anniversary of his "A Prairie Home Companion," humorist Garrison Keillor will be in "Lake Wobegon" when he reads the news from Lake Wobegon.
But don't assume Keillor is all misty about the milestone.
"I'm not s...
After Bermudian filmmaker Lucinda Spurling premiered her now star-studded documentary film this spring she found it was missing something – a stud, who's a star.
That problem has now been rectified. Actor Michael Douglas, who lives in Bermuda with hi...
Consumer Affairs has recalled a coffeemaker because of fears that it could cause second degree burns.
Affected machines are Black & Decker Spacesaver Coffeemakers with the model numbers ODC440, ODC440B, ODC450 and ODC460.
The US Consumer Product Safe...
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Bermuda Aquarium Museum & Zoo and the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute are hosting a visit from world-renowned BBC filmmaker Hugh Pearson. A showing of his film 'The Great Feast' at 6.30 p.m. about the summer plankton bloom off Alaska...
A local charity is helping hundreds of families in war-torn northern Uganda plant seeds of hope (literally).
Last February Restorers of Hope distributed seeds, beans and maize plus farming tools to 700 people in a internally displaced person (IDP) ca...
The global economic crisis has prompted employers to look at ways of reducing overhead as they seek to stay in business.
Redundancy is a step of last resort by any employer – the implementation and selection for redundancy is often one of the most ag...
"We've had quite a bit of growth in the last 18 months. There's more staff and more management attached to it, and I'm not a manager," explained Ms Harriott. "That's not my skill set, so that's really why I decided to move on and allow someone else w...
The outlook for the US economy is improving. An examination of the economic data reveals that green shoots outnumber yellow weeds — but not by a huge margin. The shape of the recovery remains uncertain though it would be reasonable to exclude a tradi...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson spent the last years of his life buried in debt. But the King of Pop's death is likely to yield a financial bonanza more lucrative than any comeback tour ever could, as fans snap up his music and memorabilia and per...
