A capital offense is an illegal act that is punishable by death, otherwise known as a capital punishment. The exact conditions for an offense to be considered a capital offense vary across states and countries, but all capital offenses are distinguished by capital punishment as its penalty. Themost...
According to the official reports, Nicole John, the daughter of US Ambassador to Thailand fell 22 storeys to her death today. Nicole John is said to have taken off her shoes, stepped onto the ledge of her top-floor apartment in Manhattan, and plummeted to her death 22 storeys below with her camera....
Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it” - William Pitt the Elder, British Prime Minister from 1766 to 1778. Our nations’ leaders are supposed to be paragons of virtue and strength, ever striving to better the populace’s lot in life and aid their country’s economic,...
A recent finding by a team of researchers led by Dr. Hannah Kinney of Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital at Boston links biology to SIDS risk. Kinney and colleagues examined tissue from the brains of deceased babies who died of SIDS and other causes. The study revealed that serotonin...
Riots display human beings acting at their worst. Usually the result of political or social turmoil, most riots rely on killing, raping, looting and widespread destruction to get their point across. After examining the tolls that riots take on society, we have to wonder whether this is an effective...
We live in precarious times; a time when disaster preparations are an important responsibility which cannot be overlooked. Emergency situations have become almost commonplace. It used to be that workplace violence, school shootings, terrorist attacks and natural disasters were rare occurrences....
Politics is a dirty business and politicians don't come any dirtier than Dick Cheney. He's a man who delights in operating on the 'dark side' and is the Darth Vader of American politics. However, is it going too far to accuse him of "crimes against humanity"? That term has quite a narrow and specific...
Escapology is the art of escaping from restraints of some kind - such as handcuffs, straightjackets, cages or coffins. The skill has been used as a form of magical entertainment since at least the 1860s, although it didn’t become recognized as an act in itself until later in the century. As the...
Agatha Christie is a famous writer of mystery whose achievement in this field of writing has not yet been reached by other writers of the same genre. Her real name is Agatha Miller, born in 1890. She has enjoyed financial stability through her books despite her divorce with his husband. It was...
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions across the globe. More than 1 billion adults are overweight with 300 million labeled clinically obese. An alarming 22 million children around the world under the age of five are estimated to be overweight. Of even greater concern is the fact that these...
