Melting sea ice in the Arctic will kill thousands of bears in coming years, the US says, and continued commercial trade must not be allowed to make the situation worse Polar bear products are used for furs, rugs and taxidermy.
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Foreclosures continued their slow rise in Oklahoma last month, but in the Tulsa area the increase was much steeper.RealtyTrac, a real estate data service, reported Thursday that 1,888 foreclosures were filed in the state, 926 of them in metropolitan Tulsa and 671 in the Oklahoma City metro area.That represents increases over January of 6.5 percent for the state and 22.5 percent in Tulsa and a …
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After being out of the news for several weeks, the flu was reported Thursday to have caused two more Oklahoma deaths.They are the first such fatalities reported in the state since early January, bringing the total in Oklahoma to 43 since the virus emerged in April, according to the Oklahoma Health Department.Reports of H1N1 in Oklahoma have slowed so far this year, but officials have continued …
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Your humble introduction page It’s the Magazine’s 7 days 7 questions weekly quiz – a chance to find out how much news from the past week you’ve read, heard and watched… and how much has stayed lodged in the old grey matter.
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Jaipur, March 12 Amputees in Sri Lanka, who lost their limbs during the prolonged civil war in the country, will now be able to lead a near normal life with the help of the Jaipur foot – artificial legs made in Rajasthan that are known for being cosmetically and functionally close to the human limb.
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THE grieving mother of a champion high jumper who died in a crash said the hundreds of mourners at her son’s funeral showed he was “breaking records even after his death”. Debbie Evans, of Connah’s Quay, told the Leader more than 400 people turned up on Wednesday to say their final farewells to her 18-year-old son Danny at St Mark’s Church.
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With flooding predicted for the next several days, this could be a bad time to talk about celebrating water in Pittsburgh — but that’s exactly what local officials plan to do.
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Sri Lanka’s separatist war finally over, Indian experts are in the island nation to provide the Jaipur Foot, artificial legs known to be cosmetically and functionally close to the human limb.
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During the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, American missionary Carl Wilkens received a shortwave radio transmission from an orphanage in a rural section of the troubled African nation.
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Natural gas line explodes northeast of Oklahoma City, sending wind-whipped flames into the air Oklahoma City – Natural gas – Oklahoma – United States – Business
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