Thursday, July 24, 2014
HYATTSVILLE, Md., July 23 (UPI) --Nearly a third of American children and adolescents aged 8 to 15 years misperceive their weight, according to a new CDC study. The majority of that 30 percent chunk are obese and overweight children who don't see their weight as an issue. The study, conducted and... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Kerry arrives in Israel to push cease-fire initiative
TEL AVIV, Israel, July 23 (UPI) --U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry landed in Israel on Wednesday to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas regarding a cease-fire proposal. Israel and Hamas have been engaged in a deadly exchange of... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, July 21, 2014
Putin calls for independent Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 investigation
MOSCOW, July 21 (UPI) --Russian President Vladimir Putin called for all parties to allow the investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and to not exploit the tragedy. In his remarks Monday, Putin once again implied fault on the part of the Ukrainian government for the incident... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, July 19, 2014
Sex conviction of Italy's ex-PM Berlusconi overturned
ROME, July 18 (UPI) --Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has successfully appealed a conviction for engaging in prostitution with a minor and a related charge that he had used his position of power to secure her release. On Friday, an appeals court in Milan overturned the 2013... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, July 18, 2014
North Carolina driver captures streaking meteor on dash cam
RALEIGH, N.C., July 18 (UPI) --A barrage of meteors splashed across the night sky late Thursday along the Eastern Seaboard, and one meteor burned particularly bright as it disintegrated in the Earth's atmosphere. The fireball was caught on video by a Dan Perjar, a software developer from Raleigh,... Sign in to see full entry.