Lubricant
Whenever one body moves over the surface of another, it encounters a resistance to its movement from the other surface. This resistance is called friction. Although friction may exist betwee...
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The families of all 23 nursing home patients who died in a bus explosion as they fled Hurricane Rita have settled their lawsuits against the nursing home that evacuated them, lawyers said.Lawyers f...
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TROLL STATION, Antarctica, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Alarm bells
are ringing about risks of a quickening thaw of Antarctica that
would drive up world sea levels, Norway's Prime Minister said on
Sunday af...
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The chief minister of Malaysia's Sarawak State threatened Friday
to take legal action to clear his name over allegations he received
1.1. billion yen in kickbacks from Japanese shipping compa...
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Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras and two partners announced on Monday a cash and stock deal valued at nearly $4 billion (euro3.01 billion) to buy Ipiranga, the No. 2 fuel distributor and re...
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A federal judge on Wednesday approved a $13.55 million settlement of a lawsuit filed against Boeing Co. and three other companies by two soldiers who were hurt in a 2003 Army helicopter crash in Ir...
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Litter from sexual activity is unpleasantly evident in High Bridge and People's parks, reflecting years of lewd conduct in the open air, police and park officials say.
Discarded underwear,...
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Zagreb (dpa) - Grandchildren of the late Yugoslav president Josip
Broz Tito won exclusive rights to his increasingly profitable name,
which has become a brand in the region,...
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The owners, operator and captain of a cruise ship that hit the rocks off the island Santorini and sank were fined a total of $1.57 million Monday for polluting the Aegean Sea.The Sea Diamond leaked...
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